Eddie Radwanski
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Edward Radwanski | ||
| Date of birth | May 5, 1963 | ||
| Place of birth | Neptune Township, New Jersey, United States | ||
| Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1981–1984 | UNC-Greensboro | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1985–1988 | Dallas Sidekicks (indoor) | 157 | (39) |
| 1990–1991 | Dallas Rockets | ||
| 1990–1992 | Tacoma Stars (indoor) | 50 | (19) |
| 1993–1997 | Greensboro Dynamo | 117 | (18) |
| 1995 | Washington Warthogs (indoor) | 10 | (3) |
| National team | |||
| 1985 | United States | 5 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1998 | UNC-Greensboro (assistant) | ||
| 1999 | Piedmont Spark | ||
| 2001–2010 | UNC-Greensboro | ||
| 2011– | Clemson | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Edward “Ed or Eddie” Radwanski (born May 5, 1963 in Neptune Township, New Jersey) is a former U.S. soccer midfielder. He spent the five seasons in the Major Indoor Soccer League, one in the Continental Indoor Soccer League and seven in the USISL and its predecessor, the SISL. He also earned five caps with the U.S. national team in 1985.
Radwanski grew up in New Jersey and graduated from Neptune High School in 1981. In 1999, he was named by The Star-Ledger as one of the top ten New Jersey high school soccer players of the 1980s. In addition to playing with his school teams, he was a member of the Wall Atoms youth club. After graduating from high school, Radwanski attended the University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG) where he played on the school’s NCAA Division III soccer team from 1981 to 1984. In both 1982 and 1983, UNCG won the Division III soccer championship. In 1983 and 1984, Radwanski was named a first team Division III All American and finished his career at UNCG with thirty-eight goals and fifty-six assists. While he finished his collegiate playing career in 1984, he did not earn his UNCG bachelor’s degree in business and economics until 1997, while playing for the Greensboro Dynamo
In 1985, the expansion Dallas Sidekicks of Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL) made Radwanski the first player drafted by the team when they selected him with the number one pick in the 1985 MISL draft. He spent three seasons with the Sidekicks, winning the 1986–1987 MISL title with them. Dallas released Radwanski on June 15, 1988. In October 1988, Kenny Cooper, Sr., head coach of the Baltimore Blast, signed Radwanski to play with the Blast. However, Radwanski retired a few days later after being told during a team physical that he risked permanent back damage if he continued playing. Radwanski returned to soccer in 1990 when he joined the Dallas Rockets of the Southwest Independent Soccer League. In 1991, he was a member of the team when it won the league championship. In the fall of 1990, he signed with the Tacoma Stars of MISL. He spent two season with the Stars until they folded at the end of the 1991–1992 season. In 1993, he moved east to the Greensboro Dynamo of the USISL. He remained with the Dynamo until 1997. In 1996, the team renamed itself the Carolina Dynamo. In both 1993 and 1994, the Dynamo won the USISL outdoor championship. In 1993, he was both the League and Championship MVPs. Radwanski returned to the indoor game in 1995 with the Washington Warthogs of the Continental Indoor Soccer League (CISL).
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