Thomas Rongen
Rongen in 2012
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Thomas Rongen | ||
| Date of birth | October 31, 1956 | ||
| Place of birth | Amsterdam, Netherlands | ||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder, Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1971–1975 | AFC | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1973–1979 | AFC | ||
| 1979–1980 | Los Angeles Aztecs | 40 | (6) |
| 1979–1980 | Los Angeles Aztecs (indoor) | 12 | (3) |
| 1980 | Washington Diplomats | 10 | (0) |
| 1981–1983 | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | 83 | (4) |
| 1984 | Minnesota Strikers | 5 | (0) |
| 1984–1985 | Minnesota Strikers (indoor) | 18 | (0) |
| 1985 | South Florida Sun | ||
| 1985–1986 | Chicago Sting (indoor) | 14 | (1) |
| 1987 | Houston Dynamos | ||
| 1988–1993 | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | ||
| Teams managed | |||
| 1984–1988 | Pope John Paul II High School | ||
| 1987–1990 | Nova Southeastern University (assistant) | ||
| 1988 | Fort Lauderdale Strikers (assistant) | ||
| 1988 | South Plantation High School | ||
| 1989–1994 | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | ||
| 1991–1995 | Nova Southeastern University | ||
| 1996 | Tampa Bay Mutiny | ||
| 1997–1998 | New England Revolution | ||
| 1999–2001 | D.C. United | ||
| 2001–2005 | United States U20 | ||
| 2005 | Chivas USA | ||
| 2006–2011 | United States U20 | ||
| 2011 | American Samoa | ||
| 2012–2014 | Toronto FC (academy director) | ||
| 2014–2015 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Thomas Rongen (born October 31, 1956) is a Dutch-American soccer coach who has spent the majority of his playing and coaching career in the United States. Rongen won the MLS Coach of the Year award in MLS's inaugural season in 1996, leading the Tampa Bay Mutiny to the best regular-season record.
Rongen began his playing career with Amsterdamsche FC, with whom he played as defensive midfielder and defender from 1973 to 1979.
In 1979, Rongen moved to the United States, joining the Los Angeles Aztecs of the North American Soccer League. Rongen spent the entire 1979 season with the Aztecs. He then began the 1980 season in Los Angeles. On July 12, 1980, the Aztecs sold his contract to the Washington Diplomats. The team folded at the end of the season and Rongen moved to the Fort Lauderdale Strikers where he would remain for the next three seasons. In 1984, Joe Robbie, owner of the Strikers, moved the team to Minneapolis, Minnesota where it was renamed the Minnesota Strikers. Rongen moved with the team and spent the 1984 outdoor season there. The league collapsed at the end of the season.
The Strikers moved to the Major Indoor Soccer League for the 1984–1985 season. On May 22, 1985, Rongen joined the South Florida Sun of the United Soccer League. The league lasted six games, then collapsed. In October 1985, Rongen signed as a free agent with the Chicago Sting of MISL. At the end of the season, he moved to Florida to coach youth and high school soccer. In 1987, he played for the Houston Dynamos of the Lone Star Soccer Alliance. On January 8, 1988, he became the first player to sign with the Fort Lauderdale Strikers of the newly established American Soccer League. He continued to play for the Strikers until 1993.
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