Daryl Shore Returns as Strikers Coach
Daryl Shore
The Strikers announced today that Daryl Shore, 41, will return as head coach of the south Florida club previously branded as Miami FC. Shore took over the Miami FC head coaching reins last July and guided them to a five-game unbeaten streak to end the 2010 season.
Shore came to Miami FC last season after spending ten years as an assistant coach for the Chicago Fire of MLS, serving under current US Men’s National Team coach Bob Bradley, Colombian Juan Carlos Osorio and former Striker Denis Hamlett. Before his long association with the Fire, Shore was the head man for the USISL New Orleans Riverboat Gamblers in 1998 and the A-League’s Lehigh Valley Steam in 1999. A goalkeeper by trade, Shore played professionally in the USISL before becoming an assistant coach in the league.
Strikers’ Director of Soccer Fernando Clavijo is glad to have Shore back. “Daryl is someone with a lot of experience at the highest level in North American Soccer. He has been an assistant with one of the most successful franchises in the MLS. We understand he is the right person to take this franchise to the high level our fans expect,” Clavijo stated on the team’s website.
Shore is happy to return to coaching the South Florida club again, too. He stated that “I am grateful that Traffic Sports has given me the opportunity to return and lead our team as we embark on a new era. I understand what the Strikers mean to South Florida soccer and I can promise that we will be one of the hardest working clubs in the NASL, with the goal of making the playoffs and bringing a winning mentality back to this team. We want to build on the success we enjoyed late last season by returning a good core group of players from last year’s team and bringing in new players that are going to help us achieve our goals. The Strikers legacy is powerful in South Florida, and we are ready and humbled to follow in the footsteps of some of the game’s greats.”
A native of New York, Shore graduated from high school in Plantation, Florida. His return to Florida last season as Miami’s coach did not find immediate results in the win column, but Shore improved the team’s defense and the results began to come. The team’s final five games included two wins over the Rochester Rhinos, the regular season USSF D2 point leaders, as well as a 2-1 home victory over the then hot Montreal Impact, plus a triumph over AC St. Louis that ruined the playoff hopes of that expansion side. Shore’s team finished the season drawing against the Puerto Rico Islanders, who went on to win the 2010 USSF D2 playoff championship. Shore was able to achieve these results without Miami FC regular goalkeeper Caleb Patterson-Sewell or young offensive catalyst Paulo Araujo Jr., who went on loan to 2009 MLS champions Real Salt Lake in early September.
Earlier this winter, the Strikers announced the signing of FC Tampa Bay forward Aaron Wheeler, who notched four goals and an assist in nineteen 2010 appearances for the Strikers’ Florida rivals. The same November press release cited the return of goalkeeper Matt Glaeser, who replaced Patterson-Sewell the last month of 2010 for Miami FC, 2010 rookie midfielder Paulo Le Petit, and defender Zach Kirby. In December, the Strikers announced a partnership with Playbook Management International to improve ticket marketing and assist with the launch of the Strikers brand.
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Ok, another NASL Fanatic story. Why spin this at this point? This is all hype and hyperbole designed to warp the public and USSF to sanction NASL’s D2 wish with what we call “wannabee” posts.
Unless and until NASL can work this out, and odds are they cannnot, I am shocked that you, Mr. Wittman, are posting stories that have no substance at this point.
Brian, this is another example of the lowering of the famous IMS standards that you have set over the last couple of years.
How is this even remotely another NASL Fanatic story? Is it possible you are reading this through your own bias and apparent dislike of the author? It seems the same type of news as the last article by BQ about FC New York announcing Belson Stadium for their home games.
@Jim
Not even close. FC New York is with a qualified, sanctioned league that will actually be playing in 2011.
FC Miami and NASL is a dream at this point. This is nothing more than what reporters call “puff”.
Wow.
Even *I’m* tired of Bart at this point.
As to the story itself, Daryl’s a good guy (and would be a damn fine TV analyst) and I’m glad to see him gainfully employed and happy. I wish him success.
It does seem like these releases are being sent out to make it look like they are making progress. I hope for the coaches and players that they are not going to be unemployed in a few months.
Bart… rhymes with fart.
When you next see the word Bart, you will think of a fart.
So we should never talk about soccer unless it gets Bart’s stamp of approval. By expanding the writing staff to cover more Soccer news in North America for a broader readership, it invades Bart’s turf. Bart doesn’t like that. GRRRR says Bart! GRRRRR!
I’d say that this is one of Gerry’s better articles so far. I, for one, don’t mind seeing coverage of soccer news, and the resigning of a coach clearly qualifies as news.
I would, though, like to see some mention of all of this still being in flux. If it’s a possibility that Shore will be coaching a team that won’t exist, that fact should at least be briefly noted. The same would go for any article about NASL in the coming weeks.
Daryl is a good coach and deserves to be the head coach of a pro team in this country.
Have to agree with Bart though, this blog is starting to feel like the public relations arm of the NASL .
Got to admit, my heart sinks a little when I look at the comment section of EVERY article and there is Bart, front and center, spewing negativity and throwing cold water over all things NASL.
Ive had enough….see you guys in April!*
*-unless Bart’s obvious dream of total disaster for The NASL comes true, in which case, none of us will have to worry about discussing 2nd division American soccer, anyway!
@vegas vic: Is the article on FC New York part of the NASL publicity machine as well?
@silly are you @fart?
Shore did a fine job with MFC last season, happy to see him back. The 5 game unbeaten streak was fun, although it was too little too late as far as making the playoffs. BUT it did put us ahead of Tampa so that was nice. They won the “Coastal Cup”, but we knocked them out of the USOC and finished higher in the standings.
Can’t wait for the home opener of the (Fort Lauderdale? Hopefully…) Strikers!
@Grant Stephens
There is this thing about being a realist. It keeps your feet on the ground while the world goes round and round. Contrary to your belief, I do not dream of total disaster for D2 soccer in this country.
What I object to is abject ignorance and willful bliss when the facts dictate a completely different measure.
As my wife constantly tells me, sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me. (One reason her beatings are so effective with me.) So call me what you want and insult me to the Nth degree, jw7.
IMS has always been a place where objective reporting about minor league professional soccer events have taken place. Be it NASL or USL, neither entity has been spared the hard cold truth of objectivity. A case in point is the multi-part series BQ did last summer on the State of D2 in this country. It did not flatter USL, nor did it flatter NASL, it made the very correct point that something had to change.
I want to enjoy a stable and long term series of seasons in minor league soccer. Without D2 soccer, MLS would not be where it is today. D2 is the origin of Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver, Seattle and Portland. An astounding 26.3% of all MLS teams come from D2 soccer. for this reason alone, I believe it is important for D2 to survive.
At the end of the day, in spite of everyone’s local bias towards wanting individual teams and/or individual leagues to survive, this is about D2 soccer on a macro platform.
If this site transforms itself into what NASL Fanatic is, then it will do little to promote what I believe BQ’s vision is, and it will start to erode the great deal of respect this site has in the larger world of soccer at all levels. BQ should be commended for taking the charge in this arena, it is most needed, as there is a huge vacuum that previously existed.
Brian was one of the first to point out that USL Pro, at the end of the day, it still, no matter how you spin it, D3 soccer. I really love fondue, but in Texas, they just call it cheese dip. You gotta call it like you see it.
@ Bart
Agree with you about wanting a stable D2, but at some point, the ‘call to arms’ mentality has to take effect for those of us in a NASL market. I know it sounds ‘pollyanna’ – as has been described before – but what are we supposed to do when there are articles and press releases that continue with the positive nature that there WILL be a NASL season?! I, along with other NASL fans, are not going to sit back and crap all over what NASL is trying to do! Even if Gerry was trying to be biased towards NASL, dont you think that those of us reading the article like what is being said, that perhaps we WANT something positive?! Ill never apologize or regret my irrationality in that regard! Even if I got 3 other friends and we painted N-A-S-L on our chests and stood on a street in Downtown Tampa, and THEN they folded, fine! If Aaron Davidson called me himself and said “Hey Grant! We ARE having a 2011 season and you can PLAY if you want” and THEN they folded….I still wouldnt regret my hours and hours of ‘hope’ for all of this. I would STILL want NASL to succeed even if The fucking USSF, Gulati, Garber and Jesus himself had a press conference, covered by ESPN, Fox Soccer Channel, and GOL TV that stated that USL was the better league and NASL is not and should be wiped off the Earth! Ive paid for tickets already…do you think I WANT to have to call someone and get that money back because I wont be spending time with friends and family at soccer games this Summer?!
Perhaps this is a by-product of being in the offseason ‘doldrums’, but I just dont think you know how tiring you are with your ‘down with The NASL because it HAS to be better for soccer!’ attitude!
Maybe…you can have IMS, and Ill hang out over a The NASL Fanatic…because, even though it kills you, thats what some of us have to be! NASL fanatics! And Im not sorry for that one bit!
@bart you still have failed to explain to me how IMS is a propaganda arm of the NASL, when it is the only site that seems to be publishing news about USL PRO teams as well. For example, the FC Clip Art stadium announcement.
And one last thing…there is ABSOLUTELY ZERO PROTOCOL for being a ‘realist’ in regards to Minor league American Soccer! IF there was, none of us would be here! Being a ‘realist’ would mean not even thinking for one second about any of this because…realisitically…there is a huge fail rate and chances are none of these teams – NASL or USL – will exist as they are in the future as they do in 2011!
Being a ‘realist’ about American Soccer:
1) ALL of us should choose to cheer ONLY for an MLS team because those are the one’s who REALISTICALLY will exist in 10 years! In fact, dont anybody waste their time with Colorado Rapids, Sporting KC, or any of the smaller MLS teams because realistically, those teams will go away if there is MLS contraction!
2) NONE of those teams will even match the ‘fanship’ of the weakest NBA or NHL market!
3) Even if they do manage to be comparable to the weakest NBA or NHL team, they STILL wont get the same media attention and WILL ALWAYS be viewed as 5th or 6th rate compared to NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, NASCAR, and College sports!
4) Dont bother talking to the average sports fan about Soccer, because, REALISTICALLY, they still wont care as much as you/us!
How much fun does this ‘Soccer Realism Project’ sound, now? Are we feeling better? Boy, I sure wouldnt want my ‘uinrealistic’ notions to take over and stray from any of these 4 bullet points…that would be a huge waste of time and would surely damage American Soccer!
In fact, since were talking Realistically, we should all follow Bart’s lead and cancel our tickets for soccer at a division lower than MLS! Sorry, FCTB, I want my money back…because realistically, your chances of survival are slim and I want my money to go to the ‘realistic’ choice for American Soccer – MLS – and even though the closest market for that is in Houston, I will purhcase MLS Direct Kick and NEVER waste any time on any type of America Soccer except what is ‘realistic’
Sorry, BQ, but there are dozens of soccer blogs which exist and serve the ‘realistic’ choice of American Soccer – MLS! so, so long…sorry that you werent ‘realistic’ enough!
Gerry…the fact that you run and write for a site called ‘NASL Fanatic’ shows how out of touch you are in regards to ‘realism’, and I pray for your future!
NASL and USL Pro…you might as well just close your doors now because realistically, you have NO CHANCE! Sorry to all of the employees and support staff of anyone related to soccer other than MLS, Realistically, you are one press conference from being ‘unemployed’ Realistically, you should NOT be focused on lower division soccer, but instead, finding a new job!
Youre right, Bart, Realism is so liberating!
@ Grant Stephens
Whoaaa, slow down on the coffee!
You are defining pessimism, not a realist’s view of the world.
Fun debate though, I will admit
@ Bart
Im going based off the facts. The writers and KT have so eloquently stated the fail rate for lower division teams. Its not good and future viability is ‘unrealistic’. MLS teams outside of Florida dont ‘go away’, so how could we realistically cheer for anyone but non-Florida based MLS teams? Its not pessimistic…Im speaking realistically!
Youve said it yourself, that this is all a ‘dream’ or ‘puff’ if you are in The NASL camp, so why stop there? It would be inconsistent to not discuss what is actually realistic in American Soccer with regards to all leagues. Seems to me that by being ‘realistic’ about American Soccer, one of the natural outcomes is Pessimism. But ‘pessimism’ is a choice, and it carries the same weight as ‘optimism’ when analyzing half-truths and undisclosed facts. I choose to be ‘optimistic’ about what NASL is doing because press releases, articles, and first hand accounts indicate that I should be.
Is that the best way you can respond for Grant handing your ass to you Bart? You play it off, in a teehee my verbal abuse was only a widdle joke. You are pathetic.
“Wow.
Even *I’m* tired of Bart at this point.
As to the story itself, Daryl’s a good guy (and would be a damn fine TV analyst) and I’m glad to see him gainfully employed and happy. I wish him success.”
Best.Kenn.Post.EVER!!!! LOL
Seriously though, Coach Shore did a fantastic job turning around a team that looked absolutely befuddled the first half of the season. I think I can speak for all Strikers fans in saying we are extremely glad to have him on board!
@Grant & Bart – Wow guys. Gotta admit Grant, your “ranting” produced a hell of a lot of good points. Bart, how about acknowledging a few of them? You can put forth the OPINION that Gerry is pro-NASL. But so what of it? This is a blog, with commentaries, not the Wall Street Journal headlines. Every one of us is here because of our passion for soccer. Telling someone to be realistic they are passionate about is like telling a bride to be calm and logical if her wedding cake falls on the floor before the ceremony. It’s just not reasonable if you apply a little common sense. People like Grant are the core fans of pro teams badly in need of support across the entire continent. You think your comments are pessimistic? I’d go as far as to say they are quite often defeatist. There’s no hope, if you’re smart just give up. As Grant pointed out, you have made just this type of remark more than once. Coach Shore has a job, and even if NASL does not get back it’s D2 sanctioning for 2011, I’d bet he’ll still be coaching up his team to take on the other NASL squads for 28 games. Traffic has invested too much money to follow through on the D2 or nothing scenario.
There’s taking a premise to its logical conclusion.
And then there’s taking it to an illogical and far-too-out-there-conclusion.
Grant has just taken it to an illogical and far-too-out-there-conclusion.
“Be realistic” doesn’t mean “I guess you’re right, give up now, it’s never going to happen for you.” It means “Look at the positives and negatives of both sides, not just the facts that happen to favor the league in which your favorite team currently resides.”
Holy cow, this is what I’m on about. You guys can’t do anything without whining and frothing at the mouth.
For the last time: USL is no great shakes. NASL is no great shakes. USL has beefed up its infrastructure and has the advantage of being the incumbent, but it certainly doesn’t have all the answers. NASL hasn’t proven they can do anything at all – yet – except talk. Neither of these is a shining bastion of fabulousness. But don’t get hacked off when someone points out a fact about whichever side you happen to prefer. Facts are facts. Only some of you are so freaking insecure that you can’t handle having them pointed out to you.
And when it’s pointed out that you’re being too emotional ABOUT A FREAKING SOCCER TEAM, you go run and hide and say, “Well, I guess we should just GIVE UP THEN? WILL THAT MAKE YOU HAPPY?”
Honest to God, it’s tedious.
I’m just happy to be here.
@KT…if you cant spot the sarcasm in my ‘give up now’ post, then you have no business going near a weblog! Also, what were the ‘Facts’ that Bart gave us that I got so ‘hacked off’ about? Try reading. Then look up ‘sarcasm’
Then it was funny when you said…
“And when it’s pointed out that you’re being too emotional ABOUT A FREAKING SOCCER TEAM, you go run and hide and say, “Well, I guess we should just GIVE UP THEN? WILL THAT MAKE YOU HAPPY?”
…Because it made you look like you didnt read any of the posts at all. After you look up ‘sarcasm’, look up ‘comprehension’…got that?
And since were breaking down KT’s wacky posts, when did I say that I hated The USL? Completely unfounded! Im in support of ALL lower division soccer, down to The NPSL, so you got the wrong guy. Nice try, though…
And I guess you would view it as ‘tedious’….that so many people disregard yourself and Bart when it comes to all matters NASL. Sorry about that!
Honestly, why all the hard work to be such blowhards? Its soccer, for Christ sake! What do you guys care what we like and want to support? In post 4, you said you were tired of Bart, then you trash me for my posts? Who are you, anyway? (besides the worst excuse for a Rowdies fan Ive ever seen!) Perhaps, while you have the dictionary out, you should look up ‘hypocrite’ since it might apply to you….fanboy!
@Grant – I gotta say, this is one of the more entertaining threads I’ve read in awhile. LOL In all seriousness though, you’re banging your head against the wall going at Kenn like that methinks. You could point out flaws in his arguments or contradictions all day long and he’d still never admit to being anything other then the Grand Poobah Know It All of pro soccer, whose opinion of course means gold compared to that of “fanboys” which means little more then that nugget of poop someone mentioned on the Scorpions FC story. LOL Personally I think they like being “blowhards.” I think it gives them great satisfaction to get someone to go off the way you did.
@KT – Kenn you continue to baffle me with your “logic.” You over and over imply that anyone who gets emotional about soccer, their team, or their league is an idiot. Emotions are something that should be turned on and off like a light switch when the whistle blows to kick off the game and when the final whistle signals its end, respectively? The only place for passion and emotion is in the stadium? We’re not discussing clinical studies here Kenn, it’s soccer. And not only that, it’s lower division soccer where the one thing that can help more then anything else to keep it alive is the passion of the fanbase. No tv deals, no celebrities sitting in sky boxes, no hours of pre-game coverage on 4 different networks. It’s just D2 – D4 soccer, and it’s just local sports and soccer fans who care enough about their team and the game to come out, on a hopefully regular basis, and plunk down their hard-earned money to enjoy it.
I think we all want every level to survive, but if not NASL at D2, then who (or is it whom – was never sure on that one)? It can’t be USL Pro as they are D3.
@Tom – Not only are USL D3, but there doesn’t appear to be any conceivable way they could gather together enough teams from their current roster to get the minimum 8 needed to get sanctioning, even if they wanted to. Rochester should qualify, don’t know if Orlando would (Austin seemed like it would other then the stadium issue), Charleston and Richmond too I imagine would work, but both have shown zero interest in recent years of returning to D2. If NASL fails at D2, it might be an empty gap in the pyramid for a long, long time to come.
I don’t think we will have a gap for real length of time. All you need are 8 guys (or gals) worth a minimum of $20,000,000 that each own a minimum of 35% of their team, and can make binding decisions for that team. On top of that, they will have to post a $750,000 Letter of Credit that will be joint and several for each season, and make sure they have a strong front office for the league and each team.
Obviously, each team needs to have a venue that is fitting for a D2 team, and strong sponsorships for revenue purposes. The league needs to work on a television deal that actually pays the league to broadcast the games.
The league also has to have teams that fit the description in at least two different time zones and have a minimum of 75% of the teams being US based.
You do that, you have a successful D2 league.
@Bart – Ok, now I’m confused. You’ve been going on and on and being negative about everything NASL has done to this point to try and meet the USSF standards which basically you’ve just paraphrased there. You said they probably can’t pull it off. You said NASL is a “dream.” If the organization that has the most teams existing that could possibly live up to these standards “can’t pull it off” and is just “dreaming” then who the hell is going to do it? How will it happen? If NASL can’t get off the ground, either this year or in 2012 as a sanctioned D2 league, what makes you think anyone is going to come along anytime soon with 8 teams and a plan that WILL work?
@Strikers Return
I did not paraphrase anything. These are the USSF standards. NASL has simply not met the requirements. If it meets these requirements (or anyone else for that matter) then they would be sanctioned as a D2 league.
NASL has simply not met the standards, which is why they are not sanctioned.
@Bart – Umm, yes, that’s not what I said. I was confused by your statement of “I don’t think we will have a gap for real length of time.” after which you proceeded to ramble off the major standards. I want to know what reason you have for making such a bold statement, considering the fact that the league with the most teams currently in it that meet the standards is having trouble getting sanctioned. Do you think new onwership groups are just waiting for NASL to fail and then will suddenly appear and form a new D2 league?
I think that there is a high degree of probability, because of the obvious feud between NASL and USL, that there is a group of 8 qualified investors out of the 300,000,000 people that reside in the United States that want to take a run at D2 soccer.
I think that these folks like neither NASL/Davidson or USL/Marcos, and now that there are standards, they can form an alliance, without all the drama, and be committed enough to make it work.
@Bart – I’m not sure I buy this as much more then wishful thinking or the ramblings of a bit too much prune juice from a geriatric chap who just received his daily beating from his wife for not taking out the trash on time. LMAO Oh, couldn’t resist. LOL
Seriously though, if there were people that interested in D2 soccer, why haven’t we at least heard rumblings before now? I think millionaires willing to lose bucket loads of cash in the name of minor league pro soccer are far more scarce than few and far between could ever properly convey.
@Strikers Return “I think millionaires willing to lose bucket loads of cash in the name of minor league pro soccer are far more scarce than few and far between could ever properly convey.”
Well put. And that is why NASL does not meet the current standards.
@Bart – Geez chief, I really wonder if you’re reading things through here. I understand and agree with that. NASL is indeed finding it difficult to secure ownership groups capable of sustaining D2 teams long term. I’m still waiting to hear why you think this is true:
“I think that there is a high degree of probability…..that there is a group of 8 qualified investors out of the 300,000,000 people that reside in the United States that want to take a run at D2 soccer.”