Ken Fogarty (born in

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, England) is a (naturalised) American soccer coach. Fogarty was Head Coach and Technical Director of the Cayman Islands national team from 1993 to 1994 and from 1996 to 1998.

Professional career

Fogarty began his professional career with

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at the age of seventeen. He then moved to the United States to play for the

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of the second American Soccer League (ASL) in 1976, the year they won the ASL Championship. He returned to England to play for Stockport County until returning to the US in 1979 to play for the

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of the North American Soccer League (NASL). He remained with the Strikers through the end of the 1983 season. When the Strikers moved north to

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, Fogarty went with the team for the final NASL season in 1984. The NASL folded at the end of that season and the Strikers then jumped to the Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL). Fogarty continued to play with the Strikers until he joined the St. Louis Steamers for the 1987–88 MISL season. However, in 1988, the

were resurrected, this time playing in the third American Soccer League.
/sup> Fogarty joined them for the outdoor season, then moved to the Baltimore Blast (1980–1992), Baltimore Blast of MISL for the next three indoor seasons. In 1989, Fogarty left the Strikers for good and joined the

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of the ASL where he served as a player coach from 1989 to 1993. In 1990, the Rowdies joined the American Professional Soccer League (APSL). The team folded at the end of the 1993 season and Fogarty retired from playing professionally.

Coaching

While playing with the Rowdies, Fogarty also served as the team's head coach. In 1993, he was the APSL Coach of the Year. From 1994 to 1996 Fogarty served as the Technical Director for the Cayman Islands Football Association where he oversaw the youth and Olympic team programs. After a years absence, he assumed the position of Head Coach of the national team steering the full squad to their most famous victory over the Jamaica national team in the Shell Caribbean cup final. The Kansas City Wizards of Major League Soccer (MLS) signed Fogarty as an assistant coach in 1999. On 15 April 1999, the Kansas City Wizards named Fogarty as its interim coach after Ron Newman resigned following an 0–4 start.
/sup> After the team hired

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, Fogarty returned to his position as an assistant coach for the next two seasons. He later became the head coach of the Eclipse Soccer Club in Sugar Land, Texas, until he left this position to coach the Texans Soccer Club. Ken is currently a Director for uScore Soccer in Spring, Texas.

National team

Fogarty played for the Republic of Ireland in the U-17 European Championships. He was also called up to the full squad for an international match against

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, but did not play. He is also President of Global Soccer International, a tour company offering professional soccer tours to Europe and South America for the club and college soccer player.(Globalsoccerint.com)

External links

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Strikers fan page

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