Randy Ragan

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Randy Ragan
Personal information
Full name Randy Lee Ragan
Date of birth (1959-06-07) June 7, 1959 (age 64)
Place of birth High Prairie, Alberta, Canada
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Position(s) Midfielder, defender
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
0000–1979 Simon Fraser Clan
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1980–1984 Toronto Blizzard 117 (6)
1980–1981 Toronto Blizzard (indoor) 17 (3)
1986–1987 Toronto Blizzard 19+ (0)
1990 Victoria Vistas 11 (2)
1991 North York Rockets 4 (0)
International career
1976 Canada U20 6 (0)
1980–1986 Canada 40 (0)
Managerial career
2007 Guelph Gryphons (men's assistant)
2008– Guelph Gryphons (women's)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Randolph "Randy" Lee Ragan (born June 7, 1959) is a former Canadian elite professional soccer player, who was considered one of the top midfield players in Canada in the 1980s.

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Club career

Ragan attended Simon Fraser University where he played on the men's soccer team.[ citation needed ] In 1980, the Toronto Blizzard of the North American Soccer League drafted Ragan. He played for the Blizzard from 1980 to 1984, including one indoor NASL season. In 1986, he played with the Blizzard during their 1986 season in the National Soccer League. [1] In 1987, he again played for the Blizzard in the Canadian Soccer League where he was a 1987 First Team All Star. [2] In 1990 he played with the Victoria Vistas. In 1991, he spent one season with the North York Rockets. [3]

International career

In 1976, Ragan played for the Canada U-20 men's national soccer team during its unsuccessful qualification campaign for the 1977 FIFA World Youth Championship. He went on to play 40 times for the Canadian national team. His first game was a 4–0 win over New Zealand on September 15, 1980. His last was a 1–0 loss to China on August 31, 1986. His greatest achievement[ according to whom? ] came when he played all three games for Canada during the 1986 FIFA World Cup. [4] Ragan also played nine games with the Canadian Olympic team and was a member of the 1984 Olympic Canadian soccer team [5] which went to the quarterfinals of the 1984 Olympic soccer tournament.

In April 2002, Ragan was inducted into the Canada Soccer Hall of Fame. [6]

Coaching career

Ragan is a contracts manager in Guelph and coaches the Guelph Royals 1994 Boys A team who play in the Western Ontario Youth Soccer League. In 2007, he served as an assistant with the University of Guelph men's soccer team. On May 16, 2008, the university hired Ragan as the head coach of the Gryphons Women's team. [7]

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References

  1. ↑ "Waiters remains uncertain who can suit up for Cup". Newspapers.com. Alberni Valley Times. April 4, 1986. p. 8. Retrieved April 8, 2020.
  2. ↑ "The Year in American Soccer - 1987". Archived from the original on July 8, 2015. Retrieved April 8, 2010.
  3. ↑ "Randy Ragan soccer Statistics on StatsCrew.com". www.statscrew.com.
  4. ↑ "Canada Men's World Cup Team 1986".
  5. ↑ "Canada Men's Olympic Team 1984".
  6. ↑ "Hall of Fame Names Eight Inductees".
  7. ↑ Randy Ragan named head coach of Guelph Gryphon program Archived 2011-07-06 at the Wayback Machine
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