Bret Hall is an American

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coach and former professional player who played in the NASL, Major Indoor Soccer League and National Professional Soccer League. He has coached at the collegiate, professional and national team levels.

Player

Hall played soccer for Wheaton College, graduating in 1979. The

Portland Timbers The Portland Timbers are an American professional men's soccer club based in Portland, Oregon. The Timbers compete in Major League Soccer (MLS) as a member club of the league's Western Conference. The Timbers have played their home games at P ...

of the

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drafted Hall in the second round of the 1979 NASL Draft. He never played for the Timbers. Instead, he played for the

Chicago Sting The Chicago Sting (1974–1988) was an American professional soccer team representing Chicago. The Sting played in the North American Soccer League from 1975 to 1984 and in the Major Indoor Soccer League in the 1982–83 season and again from 1 ...

from 1980 to 1983. In 1981 he became a NASL league champion winning the Soccer Bowl with the Sting, defeating the New York Cosmos in Toronto and bringing the title back to Chicago. In the fall of 1983, he moved to the Cleveland Force of the Major Indoor Soccer League. In 1988, he moved to the

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of the

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where he was a 1988 First Team All Star and the 1990 Defender of the Year and a First Team All Star.

Coach

In August 1994, Hall became the Director of Coaching for the

. In 1998, he was hired by the

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of the

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. He took the team to the league championship. In 1999, the team was renamed the Sockers and he took them to two more titles before the team folded following the 2000 season. In 2000, he was hired to coach the

Indiana Blast Indiana Blast was an American soccer team, founded in 1996. The team was a member of the United Soccer Leagues, played in the USISL and A-League (1997–2004) until folding at the end of the 2004 season. The Blast played their home games at Kun ...

, but stepped down a few weeks later without coaching a game. In 2001, he became the head coach of the

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. In those five seasons, he had a 67-21-2 record. Hall currently coaches at

Baylor University Baylor University is a private Baptist Christian research university in Waco, Texas. Baylor was chartered in 1845 by the last Congress of the Republic of Texas. Baylor is the oldest continuously operating university in Texas and one of the fir ...

. He was inducted into the USL Hall of Fame in 2004.2004 USL Hall of Fame Class Announced

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Hall, Bret 1956 births Living people American soccer players American soccer coaches Chicago Power players Chicago Sting (NASL) players Chicago Sting (MISL) players Cleveland Force (original MISL) players Major Indoor Soccer League (1978–1992) players National Professional Soccer League (1984–2001) players North American Soccer League (1968–1984) players North American Soccer League (1968–1984) indoor players Phoenix Pride players Soccer players from New York (state) Sportspeople from Buffalo, New York USISL coaches Chicago Sockers players Wheaton College (Illinois) alumni Men's association football defenders United States women's national soccer team non-playing staff