NATIONAL SOCCER HALL OF FAME

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The 'National Soccer Hall of Fame' is a hall of fame located in Oneonta, New York that honors the best American soccer players, and individuals who have helped build the sport in the United States. Despite its location in the United States, non-American players can be honored, but must have either played, or contributed to, soccer in the United States (like former North American Soccer League players Pelé and Franz Beckenbauer).

Contents
Eligibility
Inductees
Builders inducted
External links

Eligibility


There are two groups of individuals eligible for election to the Hall of Fame:

★ Players

★ Builders
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In order to be eligible in the Player category an individual must have met Number 1, and either Number 2, or Number 3 of the following three criteria:
1.) Retired as a player for at least three years, but for no more than 10 years
2.) Played at least 20 full international games for the United States. This requirement is reduced to 10 games if the games were prior to 1990 and 5 games if the games were prior to 1960.
3.) Played at least five seasons in an American first-division professional league (currently MLS), and won either the league championship, or the U.S. Open Cup, or was selected as a league all-star at least once.
Players who have met either No. 2 or No. 3 but who retired more than 10 years ago are automatically placed on the Veteran eligibility list.
;Builder
In order to be eligible in this category, an individual must have made his or her mark in soccer in a non-playing capacity and have had a major, sustained and positive impact on soccer in the United States at a national or First Division professional level. Due to the broad, general nature of the criteria, nominations for this category may be considered. Nominations are screened by the Hall of Fame Historian and Researcher who submit their recommendations to the Hall as to the appropriateness of the nominee's inclusion on the eligibility list.

Inductees



Michelle Akers
Carlos Alberto
Robert Annis
Andrew Auld
Adolph Bachmeier
Walter Bahr
Marcelo Balboa
George Barr
Fred Beardsworth
Franz Beckenbauer
Raymond Bernabei
Vladislav Bogicevic
Mike Bookie
Frank Borghi
John Boulos
Harold Brittan
Davey Brown
George Brown
Jim Brown
Paul Caligiuri
Joe Carenza, Sr
Ralph Carrafi
Efrain Chacurian
Stanley Chesney
Paul Child
Giorgio Chinaglia
Fernando Clavijo
Charlie Colombo
Geoff Coombes
Robert Craddock
Paul Danilo
Rick Davis
Walter Dick
Nicholas DiOrio
Aldo Donelli
Jimmy Douglas
Thomas Duggan
Jimmy Dunn
Alex Ely
Jock Ferguson
Tom Fleming
Thomas Florie
 
Andrew Folan
Julie Foudy
Werner Fricker
William Fryer
Joe Gaetjens
Jimmy Gallagher
Gino Gardassanich
James Gentle
Rudy Getzinger
Teddy Glover
Billy Gonsalves
Bob Gormley
Sheldon Govier
Karl-Heinz Granitza
Joseph Gryzik
Mia Hamm
Al Harker
John Harkes
Shannon Higgins-Cirovski
April Heinrichs
Jack Hynes
John Jaap
Carin Jennings-Gabarra
Harry Keough
Nicholas Kropfelder
Rudolph Kuntner
Alexi Lalas
Millard Lang
Bobby Lenarduzzi
William Looby
Joe Maca
Arnie Mausser
Pat McBride
Bart McGhee
John McGuire
Ed McIlvenny
Benny McLaughlin
Alex McNab
Werner Mieth
Robert Millar
Lloyd Monsen
Johnny Moore
 
George Moorhouse
Robert Morrison
Ed Murphy
John Nanoski
John Nelson
Werner Nilsen
Patrick Ntsoelengoe
Shamus O'Brien
Gene Olaff
Arnold Oliver
Len Oliver
Carla Overbeck
Gino Pariani
Bert Patenaude
Pelé
Tab Ramos
Harry Ratican
Peter Renzulli
Jimmy Roe
Werner Roth
Willy Roy
Francis Ryan
Fabri Salcedo
Willy Schaller
Philip Slone
Ed Souza
John Souza
Dick Spalding
Archie Stark
Thomas Swords
George Tintle
Raphael Tracey
Al Trost
Frank Vaughn
Frank Wallace
Alex Weir
Alan Willey
Bruce Wilson
Peter Wilson
Mike Windischmann
Adam Wolanin
Alexander Wood
Eric Wynalda
Al Zerhusen

Builders inducted



Umberto Abronzino
Milton Aimi
Julius A. Alonso
William Anderson
Philip Anschutz
John Ardizzone
James Armstrong
Joseph J. Barriskill
Clay Berling
John O. Best
Joseph Booth
Matthew Boxer
Gordon Bradley
Lawrence E. Briggs
John Brock
Andrew M. Brown
Thomas W. Cahill
Walter Chyzowych
John Coll
George M. Collins
Peter Collins
Colin Commander
Ted Cordery
Robert B. Craddock
Edmund Craggs
George Craggs
Wilfred R. Cummings
Joseph Delach
Enzo DeLuca
Edward J. Donaghy
George Donnelly
John W. Dresmich
Duncan Duff
Gene Edwards
Rudy Epperlein
Ahmet Ertegün
Nesuhi Ertegün
Harry Fairfield
Ernst Feibusch
John A. Fernley
Charles Ferro
George E. Fishwick
Jack Flamhaft
Harry G. Fleming
Powys A.L. Foulds
Samuel T.N. Foulds
Daniel W. Fowler
 
Margaret Fowler
Peter Garcia
Walter Giesler
David L. Gould
Donald Greer
Robert Guelker
G.K. Guennel
George Healey
Herbert Heilpern
William Hemmings
Bob Hermann
Ted Howard
Maurice Hudson
Lamar Hunt
Alfredda Iglehart
William Jeffrey
Jack Johnston
Mike Kabanica
Bob Kehoe
Frank J. Kelly
George Kempton
Paul Klein
Alfred Kleinaitis
Oscar Koszma
Frank Kracher
Raymond G. Kraft
Harry Kraus
Kurt Lamm
Bertil Larson
H. Edgar Lewis
Giuseppe "Joseph" Lombardo
Dennis Long
John J. MacEwan
Enzo Magnozzi
Jack Maher
Randolph Manning
John Marre
Allan McClay
Frank J. McGrath
James P. McGuire
Dent McSkimming
Peter Merovich
Al Miller
Milton Miller
Jimmy Mills
James Moore
 
William Morrissette
Fred Netto
Ron Newman
Dimitrious Niotis
William Palmer
Edward Pearson
Peter J. Peel
Wally Peters
Don Phillipson
Giorgio Piscopo
Edgar Pomeroy
Arnold Ramsden
Vernon R. Reese
Eugene J. Ringsdorf
Elizabeth Robbie
Joe Robbie
Steve Ross
Jack J. Rottenberg
Thomas Sagar
Harry Saunders
Manfred Schellscheidt
Emil Schillinger
Elmer Schroeder
Erno Schwartz
Fred Shields
Erwin Single
Alfred A. Smith
Patrick Smith
Reinhold Spath
Nicolaas Steelink
Hank Steinbrecher
Lee B. Stern
August Steuer
Douglas T. Stewart
Robert T. Stone
Clive Toye
Joseph Triner
James A. Walder
Adolph Washauer
Thomas Webb
Victor Weston
John W. Woods
Phil Woosnam
Jerry Yeagley
John Young
Daniel Zampini

External links



National Soccer Hall of Fame and Museum

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