Wolfgang Sühnholz is an American soccer coach and former player from Germany

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

. He is currently coach of the Austin Aztex U23

Austin Aztex U23

Austin Aztex U23 was an American soccer team based in Round Rock, Texas, United States. Founded in 2007, the team played in the USL Premier Development League , the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, until 2009, after which the franchise folded and the team left the league.The team played...

 and a coach at Austin's Lonestar Soccer Club

Lonestar Soccer Club

Lonestar Soccer Club is a youth soccer club, based in Austin, Texas, with teams competing in the USSF , Elite Clubs National League RIII Premier League, SCL, Division I, Super II, Division II, Division III, & Division IV...

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Playing career

Sühnholz played professional soccer for 18 years in Europe and the U.S. During his three years with powerhouse Bayern Munich

FC Bayern Munich

FC Bayern Munich , is a German sports club based in Munich, Bavaria. It is best known for its professional football team, which is the most successful football club in Germany, having won 22 national titles and 15 cups....

 the club won two National championships. He came to the U.S. as a player and assistant Coach in the NASL

North American Soccer League

North American Soccer League was a professional soccer league with teams in the United States and Canada that operated from 1968 to 1984.-History:...

. He was named the 1976 Soccer Bowl

Soccer Bowl

The Soccer Bowl was the championship game of the North American Soccer League from 1975 to 1983. The event was created by NASL Commissioner Phil Woosnam who was trying to build a neutral-site championship event in the mold of the NFL's Super Bowl....

 MVP after capturing the title with Toronto Metros-Croatia. The following season (1977) he earned All-NASL

North American Soccer League

North American Soccer League was a professional soccer league with teams in the United States and Canada that operated from 1968 to 1984.-History:...

 First Team honors, joining legends who were on the same team that year, Pelé

Pelé

However, Pelé has always maintained that those are mistakes, that he was actually named Edson and that he was born on 23 October 1940.), best known by his nickname Pelé , is a retired Brazilian footballer. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest football players of all time...

, Gordon Banks

Gordon Banks

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, George Best

George Best

George Best was a professional footballer from Northern Ireland, who played for Manchester United and the Northern Ireland national team. He was a winger whose game combined pace, acceleration, balance, two-footedness, goalscoring and the ability to beat defenders...

, and Franz Beckenbauer

Franz Beckenbauer

Franz Anton Beckenbauer is a German football coach, manager, and former player, nicknamed Der Kaiser because of his elegant style, his leadership, his first name "Franz" , and his dominance on the football pitch...

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Managerial career

Sühnholz has been a National Team Coach for the U.S. Soccer Federation from 1996–2001; 1996–1999 as an Assistant Coach for the U-16 & U-20 Nationals Teams; Head Coach for the U.S. U-20 Men National Team from 1999 to 2001. While coaching for the U.S. Soccer he went to 2 World Cups and led his U-20 Teams to the World Cup in 2001 in Argentina. Since 2001 he has been a head Coach for the USYS ODP Region III, coaching the 86, 87, 88 & 89 boys' teams. A founder, along with Francisco Marcos, of the Austin Sockadillos, a team in the Southwest Indoor Soccer League, Sühnholz served as an assistant coach for the team from 1987 to 1989 when he replaced head coach Tony Simoes. He then coached the team until 1991. In 1994, he returned to the team, now known as the Austin Lone Stars

Austin Lone Stars

The Austin Lone Stars were a soccer club that competed in the SISL, USISL and United Soccer Leagues from 1987 to 2000. The club originally started in 1987/88 as the Austin Sockadillos in the original indoor SISL league. They became the Austin Lone Stars in 1994.-History:In 1987, Fernando Marcos...

 of the USISL. In May 1997, he was named an assistant coach with the United States U-16 men's national soccer team. He returned to the Lone Stars in 1998.

Wolfgang holds a USSF "A" License.

External links

• http://national.soccerhall.org/Election%20Process/2005/Veterans_EligibilityList.htm
• http://nasljerseys.com/Players/S/Suhnholz.Wolfgang.htm
• http://www.nscaa.com/subpages/2006033115361797.php