Bob Bozada

Robert "Bob" Bozada is a former American soccer player who played professionally in the North American Soccer League and the Major Indoor Soccer League.

Bob Bozada
Personal information
Full name Robert Bozada
Date of birth (1959-01-07) January 7, 1959
Place of birth St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Position(s) Defender / Midfielder / Forward
Youth career
1977–1979 SIU Edwardsville Cougars
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1980 Minnesota Kicks 0 (0)
1980–1981 Minnesota Kicks (indoor) 11 (0)
1980–1982 St. Louis Steamers (indoor) 27 (3)
1982–1984 Kansas City Comets (indoor) 21 (1)
1984 Houston Dynamos
1984–1985 Kalamazoo Kangaroos (indoor)
Teams managed
1987–1989 UMKC Kangaroos
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Player

Bozada attended St. Thomas Aquinas High School in Florissant, MO. There, in 1975, he helped lead the Falcons to their first state soccer championship. After graduating from Aquinas in 1977, Bozada moved on to Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, playing on the men's soccer team from 1977 to 1979.[1] In 1979, Bozada led the Cougars to win the NCAA Men's Division I Soccer Championship, a 3-2 victory over the Clemson Tigers. In 1980, the Minnesota Kicks selected Bozada in the second round of the North American Soccer League draft. He played no games during the 1980 outdoor season, and eleven during the 1980-1981 NASL indoor season. The Kicks then traded him to the St. Louis Steamers of the Major Indoor Soccer League. After two seasons with the Steamers, he finished his career with two seasons with the Kansas City Comets. He later played for the Kalamazoo Kangaroos of the American Indoor Soccer Association.

Coach

In 1989, Bozada became the first head coach of the University of Missouri–Kansas City men's soccer team. He compiled a 49-29-1 record over six seasons. Bozada also worked for the Kansas City Wizards from 2007-2011. [2]


Family

Bozada has two sons, Robert, born in 1985 and Kevin in 1988. Both were accomplished athletes growing up with Kevin taking 1st team all-state honors in both soccer and lacrosse in high school and later playing on the University of Oregon Men's Lacrosse team in 2007-2009. Today, Kevin is the Clubhouse Manager at the Augusta National Golf Club, home of the Masters Tournament.

References
  1. "SIUE Men's Soccer All-Time Roster". SIUE.
  2. UMKC Kangaroos Archived 2011-07-17 at the Wayback Machine
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