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Brian Schmetzer

1962 - Today

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Brian Thomas Schmetzer (born August 18, 1962) is an American soccer coach and former professional player. He is the head coach of Seattle Sounders FC of Major League Soccer (MLS), having been assistant coach for the team until Sigi Schmid's departure in 2016. Prior to that, he coached the Seattle Sounders in the USL First Division for seven seasons, winning two championships, and played in the North American Soccer League, Major Indoor Soccer League and Western Soccer League for various Seattle teams. Under Schmetzer's tenure as head coach of the Sounders, they have won two MLS Cups, the 2022 CONCACAF Champions League, and the 2025 Leagues Cup. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 14 different languages on Wikipedia. Brian Schmetzer is the 8,390th most popular soccer player, the 14,669th most popular biography from United States and the 55th most popular American Soccer Player.

Brian Schmetzer is most famous for being the head coach of the Seattle Sounders FC in Major League Soccer, where he has led the team to multiple championships. He is also known for his playing career as a midfielder, primarily with the Sounders during their time in the North American Soccer League and the American Professional Soccer League.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Brian Schmetzer ranks 8,390 out of 21,273. Before him are Yoshikazu Goto, Masayoshi Yoshida, Dušan Švento, Koji Inada, Juan Pablo Carrizo, and Giannis Goumas. After him are Sacha Boey, Ikechukwu Uche, Yevhen Seleznyov, Faouzi Chaouchi, Wahbi Khazri, and Jorge Ribeiro.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1962, Brian Schmetzer ranks 789. Before him are Rajiv Kapoor, Geoffrey Blake, Miriam Stockley, Domingo Manrique, Sandro Cuomo, and Machi Tawara. After him are Jan Stejskal, Corrado Lorefice, Wei Qingguang, Vladimer Aptsiauri, Ivo Knoflíček, and Alvin Robertson.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Brian Schmetzer ranks 14,673 out of 20,380. Before him are David X. Cohen (1966), Mona Marshall (1947), Sully Erna (1968), Eliot Engel (1947), Frances Gifford (1920), and David Marciano (1960). After him are Patricia Blair (1933), Kate Flannery (1964), Shiri Appleby (1978), Elaine Showalter (1941), John Pankow (1954), and Jane Rosenthal (1956).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In United States

Among soccer players born in United States, Brian Schmetzer ranks 55. Before him are Philip Slone (1907), Hope Solo (1981), DaMarcus Beasley (1982), Jesse Marsch (1973), Sean Johnson (1989), and Michael Bradley (1987). After him are Brian McBride (1972), Eric Wynalda (1969), Eddie Gustafsson (1977), Cindy Parlow Cone (1978), Carlos Bocanegra (1979), and Folarin Balogun (2001).

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