Trevor James (football manager)

Last updated
Trevor James
Personal information
Place of birth Norwich, England
Managerial career
YearsTeam
2006–2010 LA Galaxy (Assistant)
2010–2012 Portland Timbers (Assistant)
2014–2015 Chicago Fire (Scout)
2017–2018 Indy Eleven (Assistant)
2019–2023 Detroit City FC
2023– Detroit City FC (Sporting Director)

Trevor James is an English football manager who is the currently sporting director of USL Championship club Detroit City FC.

Contents

Career

James started his managerial career as assistant manager of American top flight side LA Galaxy. [1] [2] [3]

In 2010, he was appointed assistant manager of Portland Timbers in the United States. [4]

In 2017, James was appointed assistant manager of American second tier club Indy Eleven. [5]

Detroit City FC

In 2019, he was appointed manager of Detroit City FC of the National Premier Soccer League, in the top tier of the American amateur system. After helping them win three regional titles, he continued to lead the team as it became a professional club and joined the National Independent Soccer Association in the American third tier in 2020. [6] [7] After 2 titles in the league, James remained at the helm as Detroit City moved to the second tier USL Championship for the 2022 season. James led the team to consecutive playoff appearances in their first two USL Championship seasons, and a victory over MLS club Columbus Crew in the 2022 U.S. Open Cup, before taking on the role of sporting director following the conclusion of the 2023 season. [8] [9]

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Frank Yallop</span> Soccer player and coach (born 1964)

Frank Walter Yallop is a British-Canadian professional soccer coach. Yallop is currently the head coach and sporting director of USL Championship side Monterey Bay FC.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Richmond Kickers</span> Soccer team in Richmond, Virginia, USA

Richmond Kickers is an American professional soccer club based in Richmond, Virginia. The Kickers compete as a member of USL League One (USL1). The club was established in 1993, and began play that same year as a United States Interregional Soccer League expansion team, which at the time, was the fourth tier of soccer in the United States.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Danny Dichio</span> English footballer (born 1974)

Daniele Salvatore Ernest Dichio is an English retired professional footballer and the current manager of Detroit City FC. Previously Dichio has served as an assistant for Sacramento Republic FC.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sporting Kansas City II</span> Soccer club

Sporting Kansas City II is a MLS Next Pro club affiliated with Sporting Kansas City of Major League Soccer. For the 2022 season they will play their home games at Rock Chalk Park at the University of Kansas in Lawrence, Kansas, as well as Swope Soccer Village in Kansas City, Missouri. They were formerly known as the Swope Park Rangers. The club is headquartered alongside Sporting Kansas City at Children's Mercy Park in Kansas City, Kansas.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">USL Championship</span> Professional soccer league in the United States

The USL Championship (USLC) is a professional men's soccer league in the United States that began play in 2011. The USL is sanctioned by the United States Soccer Federation as a Division II league since 2017, placing it under Major League Soccer in the hierarchy. The USL is headquartered in Tampa, Florida.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Orange County SC</span> American soccer team

Orange County Soccer Club is an American soccer team based in the Orange County, California city of Irvine. Founded in 2010 as the Los Angeles Blues, the team currently plays in the second tier USL Championship.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Detroit City FC</span> Professional American soccer club

Detroit City FC (DCFC) is an American professional soccer club based in Detroit, Michigan, that competes in the USL Championship. The club played in the National Premier Soccer League from 2012 to 2019 and the National Independent Soccer Association in 2020 and 2021. Detroit City plays its home matches at Keyworth Stadium in Hamtramck, an enclave of Detroit.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">United Premier Soccer League</span> American soccer league

The United Premier Soccer League (UPSL) is an American soccer league that was founded in Santa Ana in Southern California, with teams in regionalized conferences throughout the United States, and recently Canada and Mexico. The league was founded in 2011 by Santa Ana Winds FC President Leonel López as a regional league for teams in Greater Los Angeles, but expanded to include 400 teams from 41 states as of the 2022 season.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Maxi Rodriguez (American soccer)</span> American soccer player

Maximiliano "Maxi" Rodriguez is an American professional soccer player who currently plays as a midfielder for Detroit City FC in the USL Championship.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">USL League One</span> American professional soccer league

USL League One (USL1) is a professional men's soccer league in the United States that had its inaugural season in 2019. The Division III league is operated by United Soccer League, the same group that operates the Division II USL Championship and other leagues. As of 2023, the league has 12 teams who play 32 regular season games, followed by playoffs.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">National Independent Soccer Association</span> Third division American soccer league

The National Independent Soccer Association (NISA) is a professional men's soccer league in the United States. The league is in the third tier of American soccer and began play in 2019. NISA initially used a fall-to-spring season format with a winter break but have switched to spring-to-fall which is more common in the United States.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Adam Smith (coach)</span> English-born U.S. soccer coach

Adam Smith is currently serving as the Sporting Director for USL League 1 team, Central Valley Fuego FC. Smith has held coaching positions at Portland Timbers in Major League Soccer, Fresno FC and Sacramento Republic. Prior to joining Fuego, Smith took the role of CEO and Director of Football at USL League 2 team Ventura County Fusion. Fusion had previously been on a two-year hiatus from the league due to Covid shutdowns, but returned to win the National Championship in 2022. During the 2021 season, Smith took an interim position as First Team Coach at Detroit City FC. This was to provide short-term help to the Head Coach and General manager, Trevor James. Detroit went onto win the NISA Legends tournament that same season.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Oakland Roots SC</span> American professional soccer team

Oakland Roots Sports Club is an American professional soccer team based in Oakland, California. The club was formed in 2018 by a group of Oakland natives, and began play in the National Independent Soccer Association in the fall of 2019. In 2021, the club joined the second division USL Championship.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Fort Wayne FC</span> Association football team

Fort Wayne Football Club is a pre-professional soccer club in Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States. The club currently competes in the Valley Division of the USL League Two, the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid. Fort Wayne FC played home games in its first two seasons at Shields Field Stadium at Bishop Dwenger High School. On January 10, 2023, the club announced it would play home games in the 2023 and 2024 seasons at Bishop John M. D'Arcy Stadium on the campus of the University of Saint Francis.

The 2020 Indy Eleven season was the club's seventh season of existence, their seventh consecutive season in the second tier of American soccer, and their third season in the league now named the USL Championship. This article covers the period from November 18, 2019, the day after the 2019 USLC Playoff Final, to the conclusion of the 2020 USLC Playoff Final, scheduled for November 12–16, 2020.

Ben Pirmann is an American soccer coach who is the head coach of USL Championship club Charleston Battery.

The 2021 Sporting Kansas City II season was the club's second year under the name of Sporting Kansas City II, sixth year of play and their third season in the Eastern Conference of the USL Championship, the top tier of United Soccer League and the second tier of the United States Soccer Pyramid. The team will continue play at Children's Mercy Park.

Nathan Enrique Steinwascher is an American soccer player who plays as a goalkeeper for Detroit City FC in the USL Championship.

Ryan Shellow is an American soccer player who plays as a goalkeeper for USL League One side Richmond Kickers.

The 2024 USL Championship season will be the 14th season of the USL Championship and the seventh season under Division II sanctioning. The 2024 season will have 24 teams participating in two conferences during the regular season. Conference realignment will see Memphis 901 FC and FC Tulsa join the Western Conference, while expansion sides North Carolina FC and Rhode Island FC will join the Eastern Conference. Phoenix Rising FC are the defending league champions and the Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC are the defending Players' Shield winners.

References

  1. "Trevor motors to the big time". ipswichstar.co.uk.
  2. "Trevor still driving force behind Becks". eadt.co.uk.
  3. "LA Galaxy assistant coach volunteers to help Essien's Game of Hope". ghanasoccernet.com.
  4. "New DCFC coach Trevor James will need creativity in transition season". detroitnews.com.
  5. "New Detroit City FC manager Trevor James on the club, his plans and what he learned from Bobby Robson". theathletic.co.uk (Archived).
  6. "They're special people': How Trevor and Tiffany James expedited Detroit City FC's culture". detroitnews.com.
  7. "Trevor James Embodies Detroit City FC's Vision". uslchampionship.com.
  8. "TREVOR JAMES TO BE PROMOTED TO SPORTING DIRECTOR AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE 2023 SEASON". detcityfc.com. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
  9. White, Max. "Trevor James to be promoted to DCFC sporting director at end of 2023 season". wxyz.com. Retrieved 1 November 2023.