Tim Tyma

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Tim Tyma
Personal information
Date of birth (1960-12-14) December 14, 1960 (age 64)
Place of birth Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Position(s) Defender
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1979 Cleveland State Vikings
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1980–1982 Kansas City Comets (indoor) 4 (0)
1984–1988 Canton Invaders (indoor) 105 (18)
1985 Tulsa Tornados
1988–1991 Milwaukee Wave (indoor) 117 (23)
1991–1992 Illinois Thunder (indoor) 40 (3)
1992–1997 Cleveland Crunch (indoor) 192 (33)
Managerial career
1996–1997 Cleveland Crunch (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Tim Tyma (born December 14, 1960) is a former American soccer forward, coach and referee. Tyma played professionally in the Major Indoor Soccer League andNational Professional Soccer League.

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Player

Youth

Tim Tyma, younger brother of John Tyma, graduated from Brecksville-Broadview Heights High School where he was member of the 1975 Ohio State High School soccer championship team. [1] Tyma attended Cleveland State University where he played on the men's soccer team in 1979.

Professional

Tyma left college after his freshman season to turn professional with the Kansas City Comets of the Major Indoor Soccer League. He spent most of two seasons on the Comets reserve team, seeing time in only four first-team games. In 1984, Klaas de Boer left Cleveland State to become the head coach of the expansion Canton Invaders of the American Indoor Soccer Association. He signed Tyma, who at the time was working odd jobs in the Chicago area. [2] The Invaders won the 1985 AISA championship in his first season there. That summer, Tyma played one game with the Tulsa Tornado's of the outdoor United Soccer League before the bankrupt team and league shut down in the middle of their season. [3] He returned to the indoor game that winter in Canton, where he would help the team repeat as champions in 1986 and finish as runners-up in 1987. That year, Tyma was the AISA Defender of the Year. [4] In January 1988, the Invaders traded him and Pete Smith to the Milwaukee Wave in exchange for Randy Pikuzinski. [5] Tyma went on to be named the 1988 and 1989 AISA Defender of the Year with the Wave. [6] [7] On October 23, 1991, the Wave sold Tyma's contract to the Illinois Thunder. [8] On June 17, 1992, the Wave purchased Tyma's contract back from the Thunder. [9] However, a few weeks later, Wave coach Keith Tozer decided to return Tyma's rights to the Thunder who failed to protect him in the expansion draft. The Cleveland Crunch then selected him in the draft and he signed with the Crunch in September 1992. [10] He played five seasons with the Crunch. [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] A knee injury suffered during the 1996–1997 season eventually led to surgery just prior to the 1997–1998 season. The Crunch activated him off the injured list in January 1998, but he was unable to play and was waived a month later. [16]

Coach

On July 30, 1996, Tyma signed a two-year contract with the Cleveland Crunch as a player-coach. [17] Currently Tyma is an assistant coach for the girls varsity team at North Royalton High School in North Royalton, Ohio, in suburban Cleveland.

Referee

Following his retirement from playing, Tyma became a referee in the National Professional Soccer League and later in the college ranks. He continues to serve as a professional indoor soccer referee.

He was inducted into the Illinois State Soccer Association Hall of Fame in 1992. [18]

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References

  1. ↑ Livingston, Bill; Brinda, Greg (October 14, 2008). The Great Big Book of Cleveland Sports Lists. ISBN   9780786741694 . Retrieved January 16, 2012.
  2. ↑ "Tyma Remains a Bullish Defender". January 10, 1990. Retrieved January 16, 2012.
  3. ↑ "Struggling Tulsa gets financial boost". The Miami Herald. June 14, 1985. p. 427. Retrieved January 2, 2025.
  4. ↑ "The Year in American Soccer – 1987". Homepages.sover.net. Retrieved January 16, 2012.
  5. ↑ "Wave Woes Beginning to Clear Up". January 22, 1988. Retrieved January 16, 2012.
  6. ↑ "The Year in American Soccer – 1988". Homepages.sover.net. June 15, 2008. Retrieved January 16, 2012.
  7. ↑ "The Year in American Soccer – 1989". Homepages.sover.net. Retrieved January 16, 2012.
  8. ↑ DEALS USA TODAY – Wednesday, October 23, 1991
  9. ↑ Wave reacquires Tyma from Thunder Milwaukee Sentinel – Wednesday, June 17, 1992
  10. ↑ Wave may make offer for Sockers goalkeeper Nogueira Milwaukee Sentinel – Wednesday, September 16, 1992
  11. ↑ NATIONAL PROFESSIONAL SOCCER LEAGUE FINAL OFFICIAL STATISTICS – 1992–1993 Archived October 29, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  12. ↑ NATIONAL PROFESSIONAL SOCCER LEAGUE FINAL OFFICIAL REPORT – 1993-1994 Archived October 29, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  13. ↑ NATIONAL PROFESSIONAL SOCCER LEAGUE FINAL OFFICIAL STATISTICS – 1994–1995 Archived September 3, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
  14. ↑ NATIONAL PROFESSIONAL SOCCER LEAGUE FINAL OFFICIAL STATISTICS – 1995–1996 Archived September 27, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  15. ↑ NATIONAL PROFESSIONAL SOCCER LEAGUE FINAL OFFICIAL STATISTICS – 1996–1997 Archived September 24, 2015, at the Wayback Machine
  16. ↑ TRANSACTIONS Rocky Mountain News (CO) – Saturday, February 21, 1998
  17. ↑ "July 30, 1996 Transactions". The New York Times. July 30, 1996. Retrieved January 16, 2012.
  18. ↑ Illinois State Soccer Association Hall of Fame Archived February 22, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
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