23 Facts About Mike Renshaw

Michael Lawrence Renshaw was a soccer player who played as a left winger.

Mike Renshaw began as a youth player with Blackpool before moving to the United States to join the Dallas Tornado of the North American Soccer League in 1968.

Mike Renshaw spent time with Margate FC and Rhyl FC Born in England, he earned two caps with the United States national team in 1973 despite not being a US citizen at the time.

Mike Renshaw never cracked the first-team lineup but played regularly for the youth team against the likes of Manchester United, Liverpool and Everton.

Mike Renshaw sufficiently impressed Bob Kap at the trial to be offered a position with the Dallas Tornado of the newly established North American Soccer League.

Mike Renshaw gained a starting position with the Tornado during the 1968 season.

Mike Renshaw returned to the Tornado in the summer of 1969 and remained with it until he retired in 1976.

Mike Renshaw scored the winning goal in the third, and deciding, game of the series, the only outdoor professional championship ever won by a Dallas soccer team.

Mike Renshaw was plagued with bad knees for several years and in 1976, doctors advised him that he could no longer play without risking lifelong damage.

Mike Renshaw was named the MVP of the NASL's first ever indoor tournament in 1971.

Mike Renshaw led the tournament in scoring with two goals and an assist in two games.

Mike Renshaw went on to earn an 'A' coaching licence from the United States Soccer Federation, the highest qualification available in the United States.

In 1973, Mike Renshaw earned two full caps with the US national team when he was called up for a tour of Europe.

In 1980, Miller quit the team and Mike Renshaw was promoted to head coach.

Mike Renshaw lasted half the season but was fired on 4 July 1980 after the team, having started with two wins in their first three games, failed to win for sixteen straight games.

Mike Renshaw remained in the Dallas area, raised a family and became involved in youth soccer.

Mike Renshaw earned an "A" level licence from the United States Soccer Federation, the highest licence available in the United States.

Mike Renshaw did color commentary, with Norm Hitzges doing play-by-play, for the Dallas Sidekicks of the Major Indoor Soccer League.

Mike Renshaw co-owned a wine-import business with former Tornado goalkeeper Kenny Cooper, Sr.

Mike Renshaw stayed very involved in the development of youth soccer in the North Texas area and coached at a well-known Dallas private school.

Mike Renshaw was named, in an article in the Fort Worth Star Telegram, as one of the ten most influential people in North Texas soccer history.

Mike Renshaw was mentioned in a Dallas Morning News article as being one of the eleven best all-time Dallas Tornado players.

Mike Renshaw died on 17 February 2021, at the age of 72.