Frank Yallop

Frank Walter Yallop ( born April 4, 1964 in Watford, Hertfordshire ) is a Canadian football coach and former player.

The English-born defender spent most of his playing career with Ipswich Town.

Club career

Frank Yallop grew up in Vancouver, British Columbia. In 1983 he signed a contract with the then first division club Ipswich Town. In total, he completed 13 years at the club 385 games (including Cup ) and scored 8 goals. Yallop rose in 1986 with Ipswich to the second division from and was also six years later with the rise in the new Premier League squad still in the team.

After his long time in England, he moved to North America in 1996 in the then neuentstandende Major League Soccer. In MLS Inaugural Player Draft, he was selected by Tampa Bay Mutiny. By the end of the 1998 season he was with Tampa each game on the court.

National

In 1990 he made ​​his debut for the Canadian national soccer team during the NAFC Championship against the United States. His last game for Canada, he graduated in November 1998 against Costa Rica.

Coaching career

In 2004, he became coach of the Canadian national team before he re- joined the MLS in 2006 to Los Angeles Galaxy. He did not make it in the years 2006 and 2007 to bring the Galaxy's in the Play Offs.

In early November 2007, he announced that he would go back to his old club San Jose Earthquakes, which he had trained from 2001 to 2003 before. Yallop's team won in the 2012 season, the MLS Supporters' Shield, but started comparatively weak in the 2013 season. On June 7, 2013 Yallop was then entlassen.Am October 31, 2013 he took over the position as head coach and sporting director at the Chicago Fire SC.