Miles Joseph (born May 2, 1974) is an American

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coach and former player who earned three

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with the United States national soccer team. He spent six seasons in

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and the part of one season in Major Indoor Soccer League. He was also a member of the U.S. soccer team at the

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. He currently serves as an assistant coach for the

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Youth and college

While born in Massachusetts, Miles grew up in

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and graduated from

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in 1992. During his high school career, he won three NY state championships and a national championship. He entered

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in the fall of 1992.

Professional

The MetroStars selected Miles in the second round (12th overall) in the

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. He was with the MetroStars until they traded him to the

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on May 3, 2000 for a second round 2001 draft pick. Joseph finished the 2000 season with Columbus before being traded to the

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for the 2001 season. At the end of the season, the Burn released him. On February 13, 2003, the Dallas Sidekicks signed Miles as a free agent. He played only seven games with the Sidekicks in the 2002–03 season before leaving the team to become an assistant coach with the

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women’s soccer team on August 5, 2003. Miles served four years as an assistant coach for Major League Soccer's

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, the

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head coach who knew Joseph from their times working together at Real Salt Lake, named Miles Joseph as the first assistant coach of New York City FC in 2014. New York City FC debuted as a club in the

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. On November 2, 2015 New York City FC, disappointed with not making the

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, announced they had parted ways with Head Coach Jason Kreis as well as Joseph and assistant

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after just one year of management and would be looking for a new head coach for the following season.

National teams

Joseph was selected for the roster of the U.S. team at the 1993 U-20 World Cup held in

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. He scored a goal in the 6–0 victory over Turkey. The U.S. went 1–1–1 in group play, qualifying for the second round where it fell to Brazil. In 1996, U.S. coach

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named Joseph to the U.S. soccer team at the

. Once again, the team went 1–1–1, but this time failed to make the second round. Joseph earned his first cap with the U.S. national soccer team when he came on for

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in the 89th minute of a 3–1 win over

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on August 30, 1996. He was again a late game substitute on December 21, 1996 in a 2–2 tie with

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. He started his last national team game, a 2–1 loss to

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, before coming off at halftime for Cobi Jones.USA – Details of International Matches 1995–1999
/ref> Miles has now joined the technical coaching staff for Real Salt Lake (MLS). Prior to joining RSL, he was the technical and coaching director for Players Soccer Academy and the executive director for the New York Elite soccer program in the Clifton Park, New York area.

References

External links

MetroStars profile

NY Elite FC

Real Salt Lake
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