USD Men's Soccer 2002

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Torero Assistant Coaching Staff

HARRY TWEEDIE - 12TH YEAR

Assistant Coach Har r y Tweedie return s for hi s 12th season at the University of San Diego, and hi s second as a full-time ass istant coach with the Torero men' s socce r program. He assists Coach McFadden with prac– tice and game preparations, scouting and player evaluation . A nati ve of Belfast, Northern Ireland , Tweedie is a ve teran of 16 years playing in many of hi s homeland's top leagues. Tweedie immigrated to the United States in 1970 and since has had an extensive background in coaching and player development in thi s country. He was head coach of the San Diego Villa Under 19 team which captured the McGuire Cup as National Champions in 1979 and 1980.

TOMMY TATE - 6TH YEAR

Ass istant Coach Tommy Tate returns for hi s sixth season coaching the Torero goali es. No stranger to USO, he played four years for Coach McFadden between I990- 1994 . He recorded 17 shutouts during hi s career and fini shed with a 37-14-5 record as the starting keeper. He recorded 16 wins and 9 shutouts as a freshman and went 13-4 during hi s seni or campai gn. A 1995 graduate of USO with a B.A. in Hi story, Tommy also ass ists the USO women 's goali es, and the past two seasons was goalkeeper coach for th e San Diego Spirit of the WUSA . He has additional coaching experi ence with two San Diego Surf clu b teams (U- 17 boys and U-8 boys); and as an ass istant coach for the boy's team at the Uni versity of San Diego Hi gh School. He competed for fo ur years as a goali e fo r the San Diego Flash profess ional minor league team that pl ays in the A-League Western Di vision.

JUSTIN NEERHOF - 1st YEAR

Assistant Coach Ju stin Neerh of beg ins hi s first season he lping out the USO men's soccer

program.

The past four yea rs he played goalie for the Toreros and last season was se lected the Wes t Coast Confe rence co-Defender of the Yea r. Whil e play ing every minute of every match a yea r ago, Neerhof was 12-4-1 in net for the Toreros while sporting a 0.92 goa ls-aga inst average. He also tall ied 7 shu tou ts on his way to being named NSCAA Fi rst Team All- Far West Reg ion along with teammate Ryan Coiner. During hi s juni or year, the 2000 campa ign, he ranked 7th in the nat ion in GAA at 0.73. A two-time Ist Team All -West Coast Conference se lec ti on, he is fin ishing up hi s degree at USO in Psyc hology.

VSD Men's Soccer NCAA Tourney Appearances - 2001, 2000, 1999, 1998, 1995, 1994, 1993, 1992, 1990