Josh Wolff
Josh Wolff was born in Stone Mountain, Georgia, United States on February 25th, 1977 and is the Soccer Player. At the age of 47, Josh Wolff biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Joshua David "Josh" Wolff (born February 25, 1977) is an American soccer coach and former player.
He is currently the head coach of Austin FC, ahead of their inaugural season in Major League Soccer in 2021.
Personal life
Tyler Owen, the Wolff's eldest son, plays for Atlanta United, and Owen's younger brother Owen plays for Austin FC.
Playing career
Wolff, a native of Stone Mountain, Georgia, played three years of college soccer at the University of South Carolina, where he scored 21 goals and eight assists in 43 games. Clint Mathis, the future national team player for the United States, competed in South Carolina. In addition, Wolff competed and captained varsity soccer at Parkview High School, Lilburn, Georgia.
Wolff left college and signed with Major League Soccer after his junior season. Wolff was assigned to the Chicago Fire by the MLS. He set the MLS rookie scoring record (together with Jeff Cunningham) by scoring eight goals, despite only playing in 14 games with only four starts. Wolff made the following four seasons for the Fire, scoring 24 goals in total, but he was plagued by multiple injuries.
In an effort to trade Wolff to the Kansas City Wizards in exchange for the third overall pick, which was used to select Nate Jaqua in 2003, the Fire sold Wolff in a cost-cutting measure. Wolff missed the bulk of the 2003 season due to injuries. He bounced back from 2004 by scoring ten goals and seven assists during the season. During the 2004 MLS Cup, Wolff scored his first career playoff goal on a penalty kick. In 2005, he scored ten goals and ten assists.
Wolff had a tryout with English Championship club Derby County in September 2006. The team was happy enough with his results to charge MLS a $500,000 transfer fee. However, British immigration authorities refused Wolff a work visa based on the fact that he had failed to attend the majority of the U.S. national team's games in the last two years.
Wolff, a Brit, travelled to Germany for a tryout with two wolves. 1860 Munich is a German team. 1860 Munich signed Wolff to a deal from December 6, 2006-2008. Munich paid MLS a $191,000 transfer fee. Wolff joined the team in January 2007 mid-winter training camp, but was suspended at the end of the 2008 season.
Wolff made his Kansas City Wizards debut on June 30, 2008. Wolff's contract option was dropped by the team at the end of the 2010 MLS season after two and a half seasons in Kansas City.
Wolff was picked by D.C. United in Stage 2 of the 2010 MLS Re-Entry Draft and immediately signed a one-year deal with a club option for 2012.
Wolff resigned on November 28, 2012, becoming a full-time assistant coach with D.C. United.
Since his debut against Jamaica on September 8, 1999, Wolff has scored nine goals in fifty-two caps. In the 2000 Summer Olympics, he also played for the United States, scoring two goals and assisting the team in their fourth-place finish. Wolff has had trouble finding a stable role in his club teams due to continuing injury issues. In the 2002 World Cup, he appeared for the United States, helping with the opening goal against Mexico in the second round. Wolff was named in Germany's FIFA World Cup on May 2, 2006. Wolff was playing his last national team match against Spain at Estadio El Sardinero on June 4, 2008.
Coaching career
Wolff joined the Columbus Crew in November 2013 and remained an assistant coach until 2018. Wolff joined the United States Men's National Team under Gregg Berhalter in 2018.
Wolff was named the first head coach of MLS expansion team Austin FC, who began playing with the 2021 season on July 23, 2019.
In their expansion season under Wolff, Austin FC had 9 victories, 21 losses, and 4 draws, finishing in 12th place, one point behind Houston in last. Austin was barred from playoff contention after losing in home to Minnesota with five matches to spare. Wolff's first season as a member of a 4-3-3-3-1 squad, and his team was praised for high possession numbers and building out from the back. Despite having the fourth-highest average possession per game at 53.9 percent, Austin scored the fewest goals in the league at 35. The team had hoped to win the first MLS Copa Tejas on October 30 against Dallas, but they fell 2–1 on Wednesday. Wolff's tactics and substitutions were questioned by the fans in his first season as a head coach.