Roy Wegerle
Roy Wegerle was born in Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa on March 19th, 1964 and is the Soccer Player. At the age of 60, Roy Wegerle 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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Roy Wegerle (born March 19, 1964) is a former United States international soccer player who appeared for the national team 41 times between 1992 and 1998.
Born and raised in South Africa, he was naturalized as a U.S. citizen in 1991.
Since retiring from soccer he has become a professional golfer.As a soccer player, Wegerle was a striker from 1984 until 1998.
He notably played in the English Premier League for Queens Park Rangers, Blackburn Rovers and Coventry City, and in the Football League for Chelsea, Swindon Town and Luton Town.
He made appearances in the United States for Tampa Bay Rowdies, Tacoma Stars, Colorado Rapids, D.C. United and Tampa Bay Mutiny, and was a member of the United States squad at the 1994 and 1998 World Cups.
Wegerle is one of two players who played in both the NASL and MLS; the other is Hugo Sánchez.
Personal life
He is the younger brother of former NASL-ers Geoff Wegerle and Steve Wegerle. All three played for Tampa Bay at some point in their careers.
Club career
Wegerle, a boy from Pretoria, began playing football at Waterkloof Primary School in the city. Wegerle's abilities were quickly enhanced by colleagues Clifford Rostowsky, Deon Stein, and David Krostowski. He was invited to join Arcadia Shepherds F.C., where his brothers had enjoyed long, fruitful careers.
Wegerle decided to play college soccer in the United States after an ineffective match with Manchester United in 1980. He spent two seasons with the University of South Florida in 1982 and 1983, and he now has the school's single-season scoring record of 21 goals. Wegerle was drafted by the Tampa Bay Rowdies of the North American Soccer League in the first round of the 1984 NASL college draft. During the NASL's existence in 1984, he would play 21 games and score 9 goals, giving 17 assists in the first year. He was named league Rookie of the Year in 1984. Rodney Marsh, most notable, worked with him at Tampa Bay. This link will be instrumental in Wegerle's future transfer to England. Wegerle played indoors with the Tacoma Stars of the Major Indoor Soccer League for two seasons after the league was disbanded. Wegerle, a former Chelsea striker and UEFA Cup Winners' Cup winner Derek Smethurst, grounded him and made him prepare for his future as a student at the University of South Florida, came under his professional guidance.
Marsh, a former Queens Park Rangers actor, used his contacts in England to get Wegerle to try out. Although QPR passed on Wegerle at the time, Chelsea were sufficiently impressed to give Wegerle a new deal. However, Wegerle never played for the Chelsea first team, and Chelsea loaned Wegerle to Swindon Town for the last seven games of the season on March 24, 1988.
Chelsea sold Wegerle to Luton Town at the end of the season. Wegerle, the team's top scorer during his time with Luton, was sold in December 1989 to Queens Park Rangers for £1 million. [1] He finished third on the first division's scoring table in 1990–91, including the distinction of receiving the ITV 'Goal of the Season' award for that season (against Leeds at Elland Road). Wegerle continued to flourish at QPR until the arrival of new manager Gerry Francis, who had no use for Wegerle and sold him in March 1992.
He joined Blackburn Rovers for £1.1 million, the highest fee paid by a Second Division club. In May 1992, Blackburn became the second division playoff champions in the New FA Premier League, but Alan Shearer, who commanded the forward line with Mike Newell, denied his first team chances.
Wegerle's transfer to Coventry City in 1993 was the second in the series's 1992–93 season, with only 22 games played. Despite a string of injuries, Wegerle played 53 league games for Coventry, scoring nine goals before his deal came to an end in 1994-95.
Wegerle joined Major League Soccer in 1996 (MLS). At the time, the newly formed league was recruiting well-known players and assigning them to each of the league's squads in order to guarantee a first parity of talent. MLS assigned Wegerle to the Colorado Rapids as part of the transition. However, he had no success in MLS.
He spent a season and a half for Colorado before being traded to Washington, D.C. United for Steve Rammel, who played 14 games until the 1997 season. After Bobby Houghton was suspended, Wegerle also served as the caretaker head coach for four years over 36 games. Wegerle was an active member of a team in Washington, D.C., when the team advanced to the league championship. Although his scoring average soared marginally over 19 regular and post-season games, Wegerle didn't have as many goals as United coach Bruce Arena expected.
As a result, Wegerle became one of the most lopsided trade in league history when D.C. sent him to the Tampa Bay Mutiny for Roy Lassiter on April 26, 1998. Lassiter was MLS's all-time top goalscorer; Wegerle played the Mutiny for the remainder of the 1998 season, scoring a single goal and then retiring.
International career
Wegerle obtained his citizenship in 1991 after being eligible through his American wife. He made his national team debut against the Republic of Ireland on May 30, 1992, against the Republic of Ireland, and his adopted country would finish with 41 caps and seven goals. Wegerle suffered his knee and underwent several arthroscopic surgeries on January 8, 1994, but he was able to return in time to become a key player for the United States in the 1994 FIFA World Cup. Wegerle had a difficult time by 1998 due to his repeated injuries. He enjoyed a brief revival leading up to the 1998 FIFA World Cup, but he never became the top player after 1994. Wegerle, the former US National Team manager, spoke to him and assistant coach Clive Charles during the 1998 game against Paraguay and said he had personal knowledge of an affair involving US team captain John Harkes and Amy Wynalda's wife, US Striker Eric Wynalda. Harkes was suspended from the team as a result. The United States will finish last at the 1998 FIFA World Cup in last place.
Golf career
Wegerle has been trying to make it as a professional golfer since his retirement.
Media career
On ESPN2, he appeared as a co-host of MLS Extratime.