This is Hartwick College
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2 0 0 8 H A R T W I C K S O C C E R<br />
Soccer After <strong>Hartwick</strong><br />
<strong>Hartwick</strong> <strong>College</strong> has benefited from the<br />
efforts of many individuals who have been<br />
instrumental in the development of soccer<br />
in the United States. More than 40 former<br />
<strong>Hartwick</strong> players have entered professional<br />
soccer in the U.S. and overseas. Former<br />
coaches and players have joined national and<br />
professional teams as head coaches, ass<strong>is</strong>tant<br />
coaches, and front office staff members.<br />
<strong>Hartwick</strong> graduates have been hired as<br />
coaches at all levels of NCAA colleges.<br />
NATIONAL TEAM AND PRO<br />
PLAYERS<br />
<strong>Hartwick</strong> has had numerous former players<br />
who have been involved with the United<br />
States National Team program.<br />
Mike Burns ’92, the 1991 `Wick captain,<br />
was a member of the 1994 U.S. World Cup<br />
team and played in all three games for the<br />
U.S. in the 1998 World Cup. He earned a<br />
total of 75 caps with the U.S. National Team<br />
from 1992-98.<br />
Burns <strong>is</strong> an original member of Major<br />
League Soccer’s New England Revolution. He<br />
retired from MLS after the 2002 season, and<br />
h<strong>is</strong> seven-year career included stints with<br />
New England, San Jose, and Kansas City.<br />
Matt Kmosko ’95 made three appearances<br />
with the national team and started every<br />
match at the 1993 World University Games.<br />
He played in the MLS for Columbus, Miami,<br />
and Colorado.<br />
Dominic Kinnear, who played at <strong>Hartwick</strong><br />
In 2007, Matt Lawrence ’96 continued h<strong>is</strong><br />
professional career with Crystal Palace FC.<br />
during the 1985 season, saw action in 56<br />
games with the U.S. national team. Kinnear<br />
left <strong>Hartwick</strong> for an 11-year professional<br />
career, including MLS stops in Colorado, San<br />
Jose, and Tampa Bay.<br />
Other former <strong>Hartwick</strong> stars who have<br />
been selected to represent the United States<br />
include David D’Errico ’74, Eddie Hawkins<br />
’84, Glenn “Mooch” Myernick’77, and Doug<br />
Wark ’76. D’Errico earned 20 caps from 1974<br />
to 1977, while Hawkins made h<strong>is</strong> lone appearance<br />
against Ecuador in 1984. Myernick<br />
started four times for the U.S. Men’s Olympic<br />
Team in qualifying for the 1976 Olympics,<br />
captained the U.S. Men’s National Team<br />
in 1978 and retired from international play<br />
in 1979 with 10 appearances. Wark appeared<br />
in a match against Poland in 1975.<br />
<strong>Hartwick</strong> graduates who are currently<br />
playing on the professional level include: Matt<br />
Lawrence ’96 (Crystal Palace, Engl<strong>is</strong>h First<br />
Div<strong>is</strong>ion), goalie Josh Wagenaar ’07 (ADO<br />
Den Haag in the Erediv<strong>is</strong>ie, Holland’s top<br />
professional div<strong>is</strong>ion), Andrew Sambrook<br />
’01 (Gray’s Athletic FC, Engl<strong>is</strong>h Second Div<strong>is</strong>ion),<br />
George Neofot<strong>is</strong>tos ’95<br />
(Levathiakos, Greek Third Div<strong>is</strong>ion). Edwin<br />
Ruiz ’04 was the first round pick of the MLS’s<br />
Kansas City Wizards in 2005, the 11th player<br />
drafted overall, and Tyler Hemming ’07 <strong>is</strong><br />
suiting up with Toronto FC of the MLS after<br />
being a supplemental pick in the draft.<br />
coaches who have contributed to the growth<br />
of soccer beyond the collegiate level. Each<br />
man has made h<strong>is</strong> own mark at the ’Wick as<br />
well as in the world of professional or international<br />
soccer.<br />
David Haase, who coached the Hawks<br />
from 1960 until 1966, was the director of<br />
player development for the Atlanta Chiefs of<br />
the North American Soccer League.<br />
Al Miller gained additional prestige as<br />
coach of the U.S. National Team. He also<br />
served as head coach of several teams in the<br />
NASL. As a general manager in the Major<br />
Soccer League (previously MISL), Miller<br />
helped the Cleveland Force gain success financially<br />
and on the field.<br />
Miller helped start h<strong>is</strong> own MSL team-the<br />
Cleveland Crunch. He <strong>is</strong> the former general<br />
manager of that club. Miller was inducted<br />
into the National Soccer Hall of Fame in 1995.<br />
Timo Liekoski ’71, who played for Miller,<br />
was an All-American defender at <strong>Hartwick</strong>.<br />
He later coached the Hawks from 1973 to<br />
1975 and posted a 30-9-7 mark. H<strong>is</strong> teams<br />
made three straight NCAA Tournament appearances.<br />
Liekoski was head coach of the United<br />
States Under-23 team as it prepared for the<br />
1996 Olympic Games. He served as an ass<strong>is</strong>tant<br />
coach for the United States National<br />
Team from June of 1991 until h<strong>is</strong> appointment<br />
as the Under-23 coach on October 6,<br />
1994. Liekoski was an ass<strong>is</strong>tant coach for<br />
Mike Burns ’92 earned 75 caps for the United<br />
States National Team between 1992-98<br />
PROFESSIONAL COACHES<br />
<strong>Hartwick</strong>’s soccer program has been led<br />
by outstanding head coaches and ass<strong>is</strong>tant<br />
Dominic Kinnear led the Houston Dynamo<br />
to the 2006 MLS title.<br />
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