Kyle Smith is a retired American
soccer
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...
player who played professionally with the
Seattle Sounders in the
USL A-League. He is the Director of Soccer Operations at
San Diego State University
In 1996, Smith began his collegiate career at San Diego State University. He started nine of the fifteen games he played that season, scoring one goal. Smith then transferred to
Santa Clara University
Santa Clara University is a private Jesuit university in Santa Clara, California. Established in 1851, Santa Clara University is the oldest operating institution of higher learning in California. The university's campus surrounds the historic Mis ...
where he was a three-year starter. In 1999, Santa Clara was runner-up to the
Indiana Hoosiers in the
NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship. In 2001, Smith had an invitation-only trial with the
Seattle Sounders of the
USL A-League.
Sounders get scoring punch, re-sign forward Kyle Smith
/ref> Smith played for the Sounders until 2004. Both during his time with the Sounders and after his retirement, Smith coached youth soccer in the Seattle area. In 2011, Smith became an assistant coach with the San Diego State Aztecs
The San Diego State Aztecs are the athletic teams that represent San Diego State University (SDSU). San Diego State currently sponsors six men's and eleven women's sports at the varsity level.
The Aztecs compete in NCAA Division I ( FBS for foo ...
men’ soccer team. In 2012, he moved up to become the Director of Soccer Operations at San Diego State.
External links
SDSU: Kyle Smith
References
Living people
1973 births
American men's soccer players
American soccer coaches
San Diego State Aztecs men's soccer coaches
San Diego State Aztecs men's soccer players
Santa Clara Broncos men's soccer players
Seattle Sounders (1994–2008) players
A-League (1995–2004) players
Men's association football defenders
Men's association football midfielders
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