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Tim Logush

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Tim Logush
Personal information
Full name Tim Logush
Date of birth (1952-09-16) September 16, 1952 (age 72)
Place of birth Richmond Heights, Missouri, United States
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
1971 St. Louis Kutis
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1971–1974 Saint Louis Billikens
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1975 Seattle Sounders 4 (0)
1975 St. Louis Kutis
1977–1980 New Jersey Americans
1981 Indianapolis Daredevils
International career
1975 United States 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Tim Logush (born September 16, 1952, in Richmond Heights, Missouriho is a retired U.S. soccer forward. He spent one season in the North American Soccer League and five in the American Soccer League, and earned one cap with the U.S. national team.

High school and college

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Logush grew up in a suburb of St. Louis, Missouri and attended Mercy High School, graduating in 1971.[1] In 1971, he played for St. Louis Kutis S.C., winning the National Amateur Cup with them. He then entered St. Louis University where he played on the men's soccer team from 1971 to 1974. The Billikens won the 1972 and 1973 NCAA championships. He finished his collegiate career with twenty-four goals and twenty-two assists. He was inducted into the St. Louis Billikens Hall of Fame in 2007.[1]

Logush was an important part of the Billikens' success in the early 1970s under head coach Harry Keough. His four-year playing career produced 70 points (24G, 22A), placing him 20th on SLU's prestigious all-time scoring list.[2]

Professional

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The Seattle Sounders of the North American Soccer League (NASL) drafted Logush. He spent the 1975 season in Seattle, seeing time in only four games.[2] He then returned to St. Louis where he played for St. Louis Kutis S.C. In 1977, he signed with the New Jersey Americans of the American Soccer League.

In 1980 he was contracted to play with ASL expansion team the Phoenix Fire,[3] but the team folded in pre-season.[4]

He finished his professional career in 1981 with the Indianapolis Daredevils.

National team

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Logush earned one cap with the U.S. national team in a 4–0 loss to Poland on June 24, 1975, when he came on for Randy Garber in the 40th minute.USA - Details of International Matches 1970-1979

Coaching

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Following his retirement from playing professionally, Logush became a youth soccer coach in St. Louis.

References

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  1. ^ 2007 Billiken Hall of Fame Inductees Announced
  2. ^ University, Unknown creator; St Louis (1971). "Tim Logush". vufind.catholicresearch.org. Retrieved 2024-02-07.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ "Phoenix Fire Rosters". www.nasljerseys.com.
  4. ^ "1980 Phoenix Fire • Fun While It Lasted". 3 May 2011.
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