Frank Yallop
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Frank Walter Yallop | ||
| Date of birth | 4 April 1964 | ||
| Place of birth | Watford, Hertfordshire, England, UK | ||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1982–1983 | Ipswich Town | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1983–1996 | Ipswich Town | 389 | (9) |
| 1995 | → Blackpool (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| 1996–1998 | Tampa Bay Mutiny | 88 | (1) |
| Total | 480 | (10) | |
| National team | |||
| 1990–1997 | Canada | 52 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2001–2003 | San Jose Earthquakes | ||
| 2004–2006 | Canada | ||
| 2006–2007 | Los Angeles Galaxy | ||
| 2008–2013 | San Jose Earthquakes | ||
| 2013–2015 | Chicago Fire | ||
| 2016– | Phoenix Rising FC | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Frank Walter Yallop (born 4 April 1964) is a British-Canadian former professional soccer player and current head coach and president of soccer operations for Phoenix Rising FC of the United Soccer League.
He played 13 years in England for Ipswich, including the club's first three seasons in the Premier League. He also played in Major League Soccer (MLS) for the Tampa Bay Mutiny, and earned 52 caps for the Canada men's national soccer team.
He spent a further 13 years as a manager in MLS for San Jose Earthquakes, LA Galaxy, and Chicago Fire, as well as 3 years coaching the Canadian men's national team.
Yallop was born in Watford and spent his early childhood there before his father, a meat cutter by trade, joined a brother in Canada in 1974 bringing his wife and three children to Vancouver. Yallop continued playing in British Columbia where he caught the eye of an Ipswich Town scout who invited Yallop to try out for Ipswich at age 14.
In 1983, at age 19, Yallop signed a professional contract with Ipswich Town, for whom he would play 385 games in all competitions, scoring 8 goals. He was part of the Ipswich squad that was relegated from the First Division in 1986, and of the squad that won promotion six years later to the new FA Premier League, where Ipswich stayed for three years before being relegated once again. Yallop remained at the club for a further season after this.
In the later years of his Ipswich career, he played alongside fellow Canadian Craig Forrest.
One of his eight goals for the Town came in February 1993 as they beat Premier League title favourites Manchester United 2–1 at Portman Road, a result which saw Ipswich occupy fourth place in the league and spark hopes of a late run to the title, but instead a slump in form followed and Ipswich finished 16th.
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