1. Frank Walter Yallop was born on 4 April 1964 and is a British-Canadian professional soccer coach and former player.
38 Facts About Frank Yallop
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Frank Yallop played 13 years in England for Ipswich Town, including the club's first three seasons in the Premier League.
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Frank Yallop played in Major League Soccer for the Tampa Bay Mutiny, and earned 52 caps for the Canada men's national soccer team.
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Frank Yallop spent a further 13 years as coach in MLS for San Jose Earthquakes, LA Galaxy, and Chicago Fire, as well as three years coaching the Canadian men's national team.
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Frank Yallop has most recently been a coach and sporting director in the USL Championship, working with Phoenix Rising, Fresno FC, Las Vegas Lights, and Monterey Bay FC.
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Frank Yallop continued playing in British Columbia, where he caught the eye of an Ipswich Town scout who invited Frank Yallop to try out for Ipswich aged 14.
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In 1983, aged 19, Frank Yallop signed a professional contract with Ipswich Town.
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Frank Yallop was inducted into the club's Hall of Fame in 2023, a recognition of his nearly 15 years spent with the club between academy and professional play.
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Frank Yallop had collected his award in December 2022, as the March match of honor fell within the USL Championship season.
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Frank Yallop was given his only MLS All-Star honor with an appearance in the 1997 game, representing Tampa Bay on the Eastern Conference team.
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Frank Yallop was released from the Mutiny roster due to MLS shrinking their foreign player limit from 5 to 4 players per team.
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At the time of his retirement, Frank Yallop was second on the team all-time in games played, games started, and minutes played.
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The Mutiny petitioned the league to sign Frank Yallop, who was still participating in player drills and could resume his career, but the league denied the request and Frank Yallop remained retired.
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Frank Yallop initially been ineligible to feature for Canada and thus missed out on their first World Cup participation in 1986.
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Frank Yallop had featured in Canada's first match of the tournament against the United States, however since the US sent a B-squad to the match, it did not count as a full international.
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Frank Yallop represented Canada in 27 FIFA World Cup qualification matches across the 1994 and 1998 World Cup qualifying campaigns.
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On 29 April 2005, Frank Yallop was selected for induction into the Canadian Soccer Hall of Fame for his playing career.
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In December 2000, it had been reported that Frank Yallop was considered as an early candidate to coach for his former team Tampa Bay Mutiny, but he did not make the final group of candidates.
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In 2001, Frank Yallop was named head coach for the San Jose Earthquakes, just three days before the MLS SuperDraft.
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Frank Yallop replaced Lothar Osiander, who he had briefly coached under just few years prior with Project-40.
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Frank Yallop was the first former MLS player to become an MLS head coach after retiring.
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At the season's conclusion, Frank Yallop was named 2001 MLS Coach of the Year.
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On 16 December 2003 it was announced that Frank Yallop would become head coach of the Canadian National Team starting on 1 January of the following year.
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Frank Yallop oversaw Canada's appearances at the 2003 and 2005 editions of the CONCACAF Gold Cup, both of which featured group stage exits, as well as their qualification campaign for the 2006 FIFA World Cup which ended in the third round of CONCACAF qualifying out of four total.
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On 7 June 2006, Frank Yallop resigned as coach of the Canadian men's national soccer team, as he was announced as the new head coach of Los Angeles Galaxy.
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Frank Yallop took the helm for the Galaxy midway through the 2006 MLS season, eventually guiding the team to just outside the playoffs by three points.
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On 4 November 2007 it was revealed that Frank Yallop was being bought out of his contract with the Galaxy to become the head coach of the San Jose Earthquakes for the 2008 season, with Dutchman Ruud Gullit taking his place.
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Two weeks after it was announced Frank Yallop would be taking over as Earthquakes head coach, the team participated in the 2007 MLS expansion draft to build out the team's roster.
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Frank Yallop led the new-era Earthquakes for five and a half seasons before mutually parting ways with the club on 7 June 2013.
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Frank Yallop's combined 126 wins in two stints at the club is the most in team history.
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Frank Yallop would be inducted into the club's Hall of Fame in 2022, in recognition for his impact on the club, being the coach that brought them their only two MLS Cups, and three of their four trophies overall.
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In October 2013, Frank Yallop was named Chicago Fire's new head coach and director of soccer.
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Frank Yallop was signed to a three-year contract as head coach and president of soccer operations of Arizona United SC on 23 December 2015.
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Frank Yallop would stay on to consult in the club's search for a replacement head coach.
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Frank Yallop was announced on 26 July 2017 as General Manager of the newly established Fresno FC, an expansion team for the 2018 USL season.
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On 29 June 2020, Frank Yallop returned to coaching for the first time since 2017 when he was hired in a caretaker role to replace Eric Wynalda as head coach of Las Vegas Lights FC, a month before the 2020 USL Championship season was set to resume.
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Frank Yallop had made it official at the time of his hire that he would not pursue the head coaching role after the end of the season.
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Frank Yallop was initially announced as sporting director, a similar role to what he had previously with Fresno.