Tim Harris (soccer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | December 21, 1961 | ||
| Place of birth | Torrance, California, United States | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1980–1983 | UCLA Bruins | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1984–1987 | Los Angeles Lazers (indoor) | 63 | (0) |
| 1987–1988 | Minnesota Strikers (indoor) | 14 | (0) |
| 1989 | California Kickers | 16 | (0) |
| Total | 93 | (0) | |
| International career | |||
| 1985 | United States | 1 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1989 | UCLA (assistant) | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Tim Harris is a retired American soccer goalkeeper who spent four seasons in the Major Indoor Soccer League and one in the Western Soccer League. He also earned one cap with the U.S. national team. He is the Senior Vice President of Business Operations for the Los Angeles Lakers basketball team.
Player
[edit]College
[edit]Harris played four seasons of college soccer with UCLA from 1980 to 1983. He was a second team All-American in 1983 and finished his career third on the school's career victories list with forty-eight.[1]
Professional
[edit]Drafted but not signed in 1984 by the San Diego Sockers, Harris signed with the Los Angeles Lazers of Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL). He played with the Lazers for three seasons before moving to the Minnesota Strikers. Significantly for his future career, Jerry Buss, owner of the Lazers also owned the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Harris spent one season in Minnesota. In 1989, he played one season with the California Kickers of the Western Soccer League.[2]
National team
[edit]Harris earned one cap with the U.S. national team. He replaced Arnie Mausser at halftime in a 5–0 loss to England on June 16, 1985.[3] Harris played another eleven games with the U.S. B team.[4] He represented the U.S. at the 1983 Pan American Games, playing in a 3–0 loss to Guatemala and a scoreless draw with Cuba.[5]
Coach
[edit]Harris spent at least the 1989 season as an assistant coach with UCLA. Brad Friedel stated in an interview that Harris was his all-time football hero, stating that he was the one who "started my journey".[6]
Post-soccer career
[edit]Following his retirement from playing professionally, Harris began working in commercial real estate. In this capacity, he joined the management team for the Great Western Forum which served as the home court for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association. By 1993, he had risen to the position of Forum Sports Vice President. He eventually jumped to the Lakers organization, becoming the President of Business Operations, Chief Marketing Officer for the Lakers. He has three sons [7]
References
[edit]- ^ UCLA Bruins Soccer Awards
- ^ 1989 California Kickers
- ^ USA - Details of International Matches 1980-1989
- ^ UCLA Bruins on the National Team
- ^ "Panamerican Games 1983 - Match Details". RSSSF. Retrieved 2020-04-22.
- ^ Brad Friedel answers our questions Archived 2009-03-01 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ UCLA Bruins:Where are they now?
External links
[edit]- 1961 births
- Living people
- American soccer coaches
- American men's soccer players
- California Kickers players
- Men's association football goalkeepers
- Los Angeles Lazers players
- Major Indoor Soccer League (1978–1992) players
- Minnesota Strikers (MISL) players
- NBA executives
- UCLA Bruins men's soccer coaches
- UCLA Bruins men's soccer players
- Pan American Games competitors for the United States
- Footballers at the 1983 Pan American Games
- United States men's international soccer players
- Western Soccer Alliance players
- Soccer players from Torrance, California
- 20th-century American sportsmen