Mike Renshaw

Michael Renshaw ( born April 28, 1948 in Manchester ) is an English former football player and coach. As offensively oriented left winger and later a coach, he was almost during the entire period of existence of Dallas Tornado in the North American Soccer League in the squad of the franchise; Moreover, he graduated in 1973 - without U.S. citizens have been his - two A- international matches for Team USA.

Club career

Renshaw was already 17 years the reserve squad of the English first division club FC Blackpool, but he did not made ​​the jump into the first team, as he answered, in the footballer for a world tour and then a commitment in the United 1967, an advertisement in the Liverpool Echo States were sought. He was hired for the new team of Dallas Tornado; and was after the world tour in the squad for the first season of the NASL.

After the team of Dallas for their desatrösen results - the worst Billanz a NASL franchise of all time - was disbanded after the end of the 1968 season, he returned to England, where he joined the Southern Football League Premier Division got a sample contract from FC Margate, but was discharged immediately because punk performance in his only competitive match in the League Cup on 23 December 1968. Instead, he played for the remainder of the 1968/69 season for Rhyl FC in the League of Wales.

In the early summer of 1969, he returned as the only player in the squad again last year to Dallas Tornado and was back in the new following the English system in the game design team to one of the service providers. In 1970 he was elected to the All-Star Second Team of the NASL, chosen in the following two years at the All -Star team Voters neither the first nor second team, however, included in the extended all-star group of Honorable Mentions and later became captain of the team. Since his salary at that time was quite low and was only paid during the season, he worked occasionally on the side as station manager at a railway undertaking. He scored the decisive game for the championship in 1971 1-0. Renshaw, however, had already resign before the 1976 season from active competition due to the damage to his knee by several injuries 27 years.

National

Although Renshaw had become a U.S. citizen, he was appointed by the chaotic U.S. association in the squad for a tour of Europe with a stop in Bermuda. Since the FIFA not noticed the error, Renshaw was launched on March 17, 1973 against Bermuda and on March 20, 1973 against Poland on the first and probably the only non-US citizens for the U.S. selection in A- internationals. He also came during the tour to four missions against club teams (including Lazio Rome ) and U -23 teams ( Germany and Poland). The problem appeared to return to the United States, as were the meantime Renshaw visa and work permit expired, recognizable as a member of the U.S. team, but he was allowed to enter.

Coach

1977 Renshaw came back as an assistant coach Al Miller to Dallas Tornado and followed this after his resignation after leaving the play-offs 1980 against New York Cosmos as head coach after. The team was staffed and financially already bled and lost the first 16 games in a row; immediately prior to the 17th game, he was released on July 4, 1981, after to some observers, to spare him the shame of being last in the league.