Minnesota United has announced that Adrian Heath will be the club’s coach for the 2017 Major League Soccer season. Heath was most recently head coach of Orlando City and has over 20 years of managerial experience in the U.S. and England.
Hailing from Staffordshire, England, Heath enjoyed an 18 year professional soccer career before entering into coaching. The midfielder’s journey began with Stoke City and included a notable career at Everton where he scored 71 goals in 226 appearances, winning two league titles, an FA Cup as well as a UEFA Cup Winner’s Cup in 1985. In 1989 Heath went on to play for Espanyol in Spain, then returned to England to play for Manchester City, and Burnley – where he eventually transitioned into the role of player-manager in 1996.
The Englishman spent the next eleven years coaching in England for clubs such as Burnley, Sheffield United, and Coventry City, before a chance encounter with Phil Rawlins brought him to the United States in 2008.
Minnesota United anuncio hoy a Adrian Heat como tecnico para su primera temporada en la MLS en el 2017. Het fue tecnico recientemente de Orlando City y ha pasado sus ultimos 20 años como tecnico y manaher en Estados Unidos e inglaterra.
Heat paso 18 años como futbolista profesional antes de dedicarse a la direccion técnica, destacandose con el Stoke City y con Everton, equipo con el que anoto 71 goles en 226 presentaciones. gano la liga 2 veces, asi como la FA Cup y la Copa de Campeones de la UEFA en 1985. 1989 se fue a la liga con el Espanyol, para regresar a jugar con el Manchester City y Burnley.
Heat paso 7 años como tecnico en Inbglaterra con equipos como Burnley, Sheffield United y Conventry City, antes de mudarse a Estados Unidos en el 2008.
Minnesota United comenzar a jugar la MLS a partir del 2017 en el estadio de la Universidad de Minnesota o TCF Bank Stadium.
Rawlins, the former Stoke City director, met with Heath in his hometown of Newcastle-under-Lyme, where the two discussed Rawlins’ dream of setting up a football club in the U.S., and – serendipitously for Heath – Rawlins needed a manager.
Heath accepted the role and was named the head coach of the Austin Aztex, Rawlins’ USL expansion franchise. The team spent two years in Austin, before relocating to Orlando in 2010, becoming Orlando City.
In just four years under Heath in its new city, Orlando City won two USL Pro championships, and three Commissioner’s Cups. The USL club under Heath also tallied two U.S. Open Cup victories over MLS opposition.
Orlando City launched into Major League Soccer in 2015, and Heath’s influence helped build the club for a very successful inaugural MLS season. The club finished seventh in the Eastern Conference, falling just short of clinching a berth into the 2015 MLS playoffs.
Minnesota United will begin play in MLS in 2017 at the University of Minnesota’s TCF Bank Stadium.