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Cle Kooiman
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| Cle Kooiman | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Cle Kooiman | |
| Date of birth | July 4, 1963 (age 43) | |
| Place of birth | Ontario, California, United States | |
| Height | 6 ft 1 in | |
| Playing position | Defender | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Retired | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| -1982 | San Diego State University | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1982-1987 1989 1990 1990-1991 1992-1994 1994-1996 1996-1997 1998 |
Los Angeles Lazers California Kickers San Diego Nomads Juarez Cruz Azul Morelia Tampa Bay Mutiny Miami Fusion |
54 (3) 14 (0) |
| National team2 | ||
| 1993–1994 | United States | 12 (1) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Cle Kooiman (born July 4, 1964) is a former United States soccer defender, currently the assistant head coach for the United States Men’s Under 20 National Team.
Cle Kooiman attended San Diego State University. In 1982 he was named to the All Far West team.
In 1982, Kooiman began his professional career playing for the Los Angeles Lazers of the Major Indoor Soccer League. He would remain with the Lazers until 1987.
In 1989, he began his outdoor professional career with the California Kickers of the Western Soccer League (WSL). That year, he was named as a league First Team All Star. He moved to the San Diego Nomads for the 1990 season. However, by that time, the WSL had merged with the American Soccer League to form the American Professional Soccer League.
At the end of the 1990, Kooiman moved to Mexico. He began with Juarez of the Mexican Second Division before moving to Cruz Azul in Mexican Premier League. While with Cruz Azul, he became the first U.S. citizen to capatin a Mexican soccer team. In 1994, he moved to Morelia.
In 1996, the newly established Major League Soccer (MLS) distributed "marque" players throughout the league's teams. Kooiman was allocated to the Tampa Bay Mutiny. He would play two seasons with the Mutiny, but at the end of the 1997 season, the Mutiny left him exposed in the 1997 MLS Expansion Draft. The Miami Fusion selected Kooiman in the first round (14th overall) and he would play a single season for that team.
Kooiman was known throughout his career as a bruising defender. In 1997, he was second in the MLS in fouls committed with 68 in 27 games. That year he was also ejected from two games, tied for second in the league.
Kooiman earned his first cap with the national team in 1993. He would eventually play 12 games with the national team, scoring a single goal and participate in the 1994 FIFA World Cup.
Since his retirement from playing professional soccer, he has been involved as the director of coaching for Alta Loma Club in California. In 2006, he coached the U13 Arsenal FC girls team to the Super Y-League North American championship, held at Tampa's Ed Radice Complex.
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United States squad - 1994 FIFA World Cup | |
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1 Meola | 2 Lapper | 3 Burns | 4 Kooiman | 5 Dooley | 6 Harkes | 7 Perez | 8 Stewart | 9 Ramos | 10 Wegerle | 11 Wynalda | 12 Sommer | 13 Jones | 14 Klopas | 15 Moore | 16 Sorber | 17 Balboa | 18 Friedel | 19 Reyna | 20 Caligiuri | 21 Clavijo | 22 Lalas | Coach: Milutinović |
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