Earnie Stewart
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Earnest Stewart | ||
| Date of birth | March 28, 1969 | ||
| Place of birth | Veghel, Netherlands | ||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| UDI'19 | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1988–1990 | VVV | 62 | (15) |
| 1990–1996 | Willem II | 170 | (49) |
| 1996–2003 | NAC | 199 | (50) |
| 2003–2004 | D.C. United | 47 | (4) |
| 2004–2005 | VVV | 6 | (1) |
| Total | 484 | (119) | |
| National team | |||
| 1990–2004 | United States | 101 | (17) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Earnest "Big Ern" Stewart (born March 28, 1969) is a retired American soccer player who was a regular midfielder for the U.S. national team from 1990s until his retirement in 2005. He is currently the Sporting Director at the Philadelphia Union, after assuming the role on January 1, 2016.
Stewart, the son of an African American U.S. Air Force airman Earnie Stewart, and his Dutch wife Annemien Stewart, grew up in the Netherlands, and began his professional career in that country in 1988 with VVV. He spent two years at the Dutch First Division (second-level) club before moving to Eredivisie side Willem II in 1990. By the end of 1990, he made his first appearance for the U.S. national team against Portugal.
In his first season at Willem II, he finished third on the goal-scoring list for the Dutch First Division, with 17. He went on to score 49 goals in six seasons there. In the meantime, he developed into a regular for the U.S. national team, starting all four games that the U.S. played in the 1994 FIFA World Cup. Most notably, he scored the goal that gave the U.S. its winning margin against Colombia in group play, the first World Cup game won by the U.S. since 1950.
By 1996, Stewart had moved to NAC Breda, eventually spending more than six seasons at NAC. The club was relegated in 1999, but Stewart helped the club win the First Division in 2000, thereby earning promotion back to the Eredivisie. During his years at NAC, he also played in all of the U.S. team's matches at the 1998 and 2002 FIFA World Cups, becoming one of only five U.S. men to play in three World Cups.
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