Rory Dames

Rory Dames is an American football coach and functionary exercising the franchise of the Chicago Red Stars in the National Women's Soccer League since the 2013 season.

Career

Player

Dames played in his youth for the football teams in the St. Viator High School in Arlington Heights and the high school team the Saint Louis Billikens. He then ran for one season on the team for the Rockford Raptors.

Coach

1997 returned Dames as head coach of the local girls team at the St. Viator High School back and looked after them until the year 2005. In 2011, he took over the leadership of the former Red Stars franchise in the WPSL, reaching with this, the final game for the championship that was lost in extra time 1-2 against the Orange County Waves. The same was repeated in the 2012 season: The, now in the WPSL Elite gambling, Red Stars once again reached the Cup final and led there until in injury time, but had to accept the late equalizer and eventually lost on penalties.

Gave the end of 2012, the Red Stars announced that Dames is to act in the in April 2013 the operation of gambling receiving inaugural season of the newly formed NWSL as head coach. The season concluded at Chicago eight participating franchises with the sixth place and six points behind the playoff places from.

Eclipse Select Soccer Club

Dames is also chairman of the Eclipse Select Soccer Club (also known as Chicago Eclipse Select), which lays down in the Chicagoland area over 50 teams at youth level.