Daryl Doran
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| Daryl Doran | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Daryl Doran | |
| Date of birth | March 29, 1966 | |
| Place of birth | St. Louis, Missouri, United States | |
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | |
| Playing position | Midfielder | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| 1981 | St. Louis University | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1982-1988 1988-1989 1989-1992 1992-1999 2000-2005 |
St. Louis Steamers (indoor) Los Angeles Lazers (indoor) St. Louis Storm (indoor) St. Louis Ambush (indoor) St. Louis Steamers (indoor) |
253 (182) |
| Teams managed | ||
| 1992-1999 2000-2005 |
St. Louis Ambush St. Louis Steamers |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Daryl Doran (born March 29, 1963, in Saint Louis, Missouri) is a retired U.S. indoor soccer player. His 827 games are the most of any player in American professional indoor soccer history.[citation needed] Doran spent all but one season of his playing career in his hometown.
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[edit] High school and college
Doran gew up in Saint Louis, Missouri, where he attended Christian Brothers College High School from 1977 to 1980. He was a four-year letterman with the school’s soccer team, finishing his career with 35 goals and 31 assists.[1] The local St. Louis Steamers of the Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL) drafted Doran when he was in high school, but he declined the offer, and instead graduated and matriculated at St. Louis University. The Steamers drafted Doran again during his freshman year of college. This time, he left college and turned professional.[1]
[edit] Playing career
Doran played as a midfielder with the Steamers until the team folded at the end of the 1987-1988 season. With no professional team in St. Louis, Doran moved to the Los Angeles Lazers (MISL) for the 1988-1989 season. However, the Lazers closed down at the end of the season and Doran moved back to St. Louis to sign with the expansion St. Louis Storm. When the Storm shut down at the end of the 1991-1992 season, Doran jumped to the National Professional Soccer League (NPSL), and signed with the St. Louis Ambush. He spent the next seven seasons with the Ambush as a midfielder and defender, where he was a six-time All-Star, twice a first-team All-NPSL player, and 1997's Defender of the Year. In 1999, Doran surprised St. Louis soccer fans when he left the Ambush for the resurrected St. Louis Steamers, now playing in the World Indoor Soccer League (WISL). The Ambush folded at the end of the season while the Steamers spent the 2000 and 2001 seasons in the WISL, followed by two more seasons in the new Major Indoor Soccer League.
[edit] National team
During his single season with the SLU Billikens, Doran was a United States men's national soccer team member but made no "A" international appearances.
In 1999, Doran played two games with the U.S. national futsal team.[2]
[edit] Coaching
In 1992, Doran began coaching the St. Louis Ambush. The 1994-95 Ambush won the NPSL championship and Doran was named league Coach of the Year. In 1999, Doran left the Ambush, replaced as head coach by Jamie Swanner. Doran is in second place, behind Keith Tozer, on the NPSL list of coaching wins with 166.[3]
Doran left coaching after the 2004-2005 season with the Steamers.
In April 2006, the Steamers retired his jersey number, the second to be retired after that of Slobo Ilijevski. He is the Steamers' Vice President of Corporate Sales and Alumni Relations.
[edit] Honors
- NPSL Defender of the Year: 1997
- NPSL First Team All Star: 1997, 1998
- All Star Game MVP: 1997
- NPSL Coach of the Year: 1994
