Brian Haynes (born 7 May 1962 in Couva, Trinidad and Tobago) is a Trinidadian

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coach and former player who earned twenty-one caps with the Trinidad and Tobago national team. He spent his entire professional career in the United States where he played for numerous indoor and outdoor leagues. He was the 1991 American Indoor Soccer Association Rookie of the Year, won three

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titles and played five seasons with the Dallas Burn in

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Club career

Haynes attended Erskine College, playing on the men's soccer team from 1986 to 1989. He was a three time NAIA All American. He graduated in 1989. In the fall of 1989, Haynes signed with the

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of the American Indoor Soccer Association where he was the 1990 Rookie of the Year. Haynes remained with the Attack until 1996. In 1990, the league was renamed the National Professional Soccer League. In 1991, Attack team moved to Missouri where it became the Kansas City Attack. That year, Haynes was a first team All Star. In 1990, Haynes began his outdoor career with the

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of the

(APSL). In 1991, Haynes played for the Maryland Bays of the

. In 1992, he moved to the

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. Haynes and his teammates won the 1992 and 1993 APSL championships. They also won the 1992 Professional Cup, with Haynes scoring a goal in the Final. In 1995, Haynes began the season with the Foxes, but the Seattle Sounders (1994–2008) purchased him for an undisclosed amount of cash in August 1995. The move to the Sounders gave Haynes his third APSL and fourth overall championship as Seattle won the title. On 6 February 1996, the Dallas Burn selected Haynes in the 4th round (33rd overall) in the

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. He remained with the Burn through the 2000 season. However, that year, he played only one game. In 1997, he played one game on loan to the

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. On 27 August 1999, Haynes played two games on loan with the

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of the USL A-League while serving a red card suspension with the Burn. He played one more indoor season during his time with the Burn. In 1997, he joined the

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of the NPSL.

International career

Haynes earned twenty-one caps, scoring eight goals, with the

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between 1987 and 1996.

Managerial career

On 16 March 2001, the Dallas Burn announced they had hired Haynes as an assistant coach. He remained with the Burn until 2007 when he became the head coach of the Real Colorado Cougars of the W-League. He served as the head coach for the

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of the

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from 2012 until the end of 2013, losing in the final of the 2013 season, but he was not retained following the season despite being named 2013 NASL Coach of the Year. In March 2021, after coaching stints with the academies of

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, and

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, Haynes joined USL Championship side Charlotte Independence as an assistant.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Haynes, Brian Trinidad and Tobago footballers 1962 births Living people American Indoor Soccer Association players American Professional Soccer League players Atlanta Attack players Atlanta Silverbacks coaches Colorado Foxes players FC Dallas players Kansas City Attack (NPSL) players Major League Soccer players Maryland Bays players Milwaukee Rampage players National Professional Soccer League (1984–2001) players New Orleans Riverboat Gamblers players Orlando Lions players Seattle Sounders (1994–2008) players DFW Tornados players Trinidad and Tobago international footballers Trinidad and Tobago expatriate footballers Expatriate soccer players in the United States Trinidad and Tobago expatriate sportspeople in the United States A-League (1995–2004) players USL W-League (1995–2015) coaches Wichita Wings (NPSL) players Erskine College alumni North American Soccer League coaches Association football midfielders Trinidad and Tobago football managers