Amos Hart Magee (born September 7, 1971) is the Director of Player Personnel for Minnesota United FC. As a player, he is the Wesleyan University Cardinals all-time leading scorer, won a bronze medal with Team USA at the 1993 Maccabiah Games in Israel, is the Minnesota Thunder all-time leading scorer, and played for the Tampa Bay Mutiny and the Chicago Fire. As a coach, he was Head Coach of the Minnesota Thunder and assistant coach for D.C. United. In the front office, formerly he was Director of Soccer Development for the Portland Timbers. He has been inducted into the Wesleyan University Hall of Fame, the Minnesota Thunder Hall of Fame, and the United Soccer League Hall of Fame.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Amos Hart Magee[1] | ||
| Date of birth | September 7, 1971 | ||
| Place of birth | New Haven, Connecticut, United States | ||
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Wesleyan Cardinals | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1992–2003 | Minnesota Thunder | ? | (64) |
| 2000 | → Tampa Bay Mutiny (loan) | 7 | (0) |
| 2001–2002 | → Chicago Fire (loan) | 6 | (2) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2006–2008 | Minnesota Thunder | ||
| 2007 | US Maccabi | ||
| 2009–2010 | Portland Timbers (USL) (assistant) | ||
| 2011–2013 | Portland Timbers (assistant) | ||
| 2011–2013 | Portland Timbers Reserves | ||
| 2014–2016 | D.C. United (assistant) | ||
| 2014–2015 | D.C. United U-23 | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
Representing  United States
| ||
| Football | ||
| Maccabiah Games | ||
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1993 Maccabiah | Football |
Early life and education
editMagee is the son of Beatrice B. Magee and Paul T. Magee.[1] He moved to Minnesota at 17 years of age and grew up in St. Paul, Minnesota, where he attended St. Paul Academy ('89) for two seasons, winning a state championship in 1987; he also attended East Lansing High School.[2][3][4]
Magee received his bachelor's degree from Wesleyan University ('93), and his masters in Public Affairs from the University of Minnesota ('08).[5]
Soccer playing career
editIn St. Paul he played for the local soccer team, the St. Paul Blackhawks.[6][7]
College
editIn college, Magee helped lead Wesleyan University to an ECAC Championship and school-best record of 15–1–1 in 1991. Magee is the Cardinals all-time leading scorer (35 goals and 85 points), was an NCAA D III All-American in 1992.[8] He was a National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) Division III All-American in 1992, and four times was named all-New England.[9] In 2008 he was inducted into the Wesleyan University Hall of Fame.[9]
Maccabiah Games
editMagee played for Team USA at the 1993 Maccabiah Games in Israel, winning a bronze medal.[10] He said: "There is nothing quite like representing your country in an international competition."[10]
Minnesota Thunder
editMagee played for the Minnesota Thunder for 12 seasons, retired in 2005, is its all-time leading scorer (64 goals and 39 assists), and was inducted into the USL Hall of Fame in 2008.[11][12][4][13] He had several loan stints as a player with Major League Soccer sides, one season with the Tampa Bay Mutiny and two with the Chicago Fire. During his professional career, he played with the likes of Carlos Valderrama, Tony Sanneh, Hristo Stoichkov, Ante Razov, and Manny Lagos. He was named first-team all-league in 1998, and A-League Championship MVP in 1999.[9] He was inducted into the Minnesota Thunder Hall of Fame in 2005.[9]
Soccer coaching and front office career
editMaccabiah Games
editAt the 2005 Maccabiah Games in Israel, Magee assisted Team USA head coach Lev Kirshner, as the team won a silver medal.[10] In December 2007, Magee coached the Team USA Maccabiah squad to the gold medal at the 2007 Pan American Maccabiah Games in Buenos Aires, Argentina; Al Albert was his assistant coach.[10]
Minnesota Thunder
editMagee was a player/assistant coach of the Minnesota Thunder in 2003–04, and its assistant coach from 2004 to 2005.[9] He was named Head Coach of the Minnesota Thunder in October 2005, when he was 34 years of age.[12] He resigned as Thunder manager on July 22, 2008, halfway through the 2008 season.[14]
Portland Timbers
editOn November 21, 2008, Magee was inducted into the United Soccer League Hall of Fame.[11] The same day he was also named Director of Soccer Development for the Portland Timbers of the USL First Division.[15] In the winter of 2013 Magee left the Portland Timbers for family reasons.
D.C. United
editHe soon was hired in January 2014 as the D.C. United's U-23 Head Coach, and assistant to the First Team [16]
Minnesota United
editIn November 2016 Magee left D.C. United to become the first Director of Player Personnel for the MLS expansion team Minnesota United FC.[17]
References
edit- ^ a b Schwartz, Paula (December 18, 2010). "Charlotte Tuttle and Amos Magee" – via NYTimes.com.
- ^ Supporters, Tavio Palazzolo | Motor City (May 11, 2012). "Michiganders in the Pros: Brighton's Summer Green shatters record, carries US Women's U-17 team to World Cup (video)". mlive.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Minnesota soccer stalwart Amos Magee joins United". November 16, 2016.
- ^ a b Tribune, David La Vaque Star (November 17, 2016). "Minnesota United brings back Amos Magee as player personnel director". Star Tribune.
- ^ "NSC Minnesota Stars Will Conduct School Supply Drive August 21 Game v Portland". insidemnsoccer.com. Archived from the original on July 16, 2011. Retrieved August 19, 2010.
- ^ "United increases efforts to unload disappointing defender Vadim Demidov". July 18, 2017.
- ^ Patrick C. Borzi (2018). Minnesota Made Me
- ^ "Amos H. Magee '93, Hall of Fame, Athletics – Wesleyan University". wesleyan.edu.
- ^ a b c d e "Amos Magee '93 (2008) - Hall of Fame Inductees". Wesleyan University.
- ^ a b c d "Thunder coach Amos Magee to head US Maccabi soccer team". OurSports Central. March 9, 2007.
- ^ a b "15-year veteran Amos Magee hangs up cleats". OurSports Central. April 27, 2005.
- ^ a b "Magee takes charge of Thunder". OurSports Central. October 12, 2005.
- ^ "United Soccer Leagues (USL)". Archived from the original on March 2, 2009. Retrieved 2011-11-07.
- ^ La Vaque, David (July 22, 2008) "Magee out as Thunder coach"[permanent dead link] Star Tribune
- ^ Timbers Public Relations (November 21, 2008)"Timbers add Amos Magee to team's staff" Archived February 15, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Amos Magee joins D.C. United as U-23 Head Coach and Assistant Coach to the First Team (March 7, 2014)[1]
- ^ "Amos Magee Joins MNUFC". Minnesota United FC. November 16, 2016. Retrieved November 17, 2016.
External links
edit- Wes Burdine (December 19, 2017). "'“Papa Was a Rolling Stone': Amos Magee Comes Home, Settles Down, and Builds a Team," FiftyFive.One.
- "Ep. 18: Chris & Coach; Beyond the Box Score with Amos Magee ’93", Wesleyan Cardinals, February 3, 2021.