Bill Becher
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | William Becher | ||
| Date of birth | February 15, 1965 | ||
| Place of birth | Wheeling, West Virginia, United States | ||
| Height | Script error: No such module "person height". | ||
| Team information | |||
|
Current team
|
Harrisburg City Islanders (Head Coach) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1984–1985 | Lewis and Clark Community College | ||
| 1986–1987 | Sagamon State University | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1987–1989 | Fort Wayne Flames (indoor) | 32 | (6) |
| 1989–1990 | Indiana Kick (indoor) | ||
| 1990–1991 | New York Kick (indoor) | ||
| 1991 | Colorado Foxes | 15 | (2) |
| 1991–1999 | Harrisburg Heat (indoor) | 315 | (227) |
| 1993–1994 | Arizona Sandsharks (indoor) | ||
| 1999–2000 | St. Louis Ambush (indoor) | 36 | (19) |
| Total | 458 | (280) | |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2004– | Harrisburg City Islanders | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Bill Becher (born in Wheeling, West Virginia) is a former American soccer player and the current head coach of the Harrisburg City Islanders in the USL Professional League.
Player
Youth
Born in West Virginia, Becher grew up in St. Louis. He began his collegiate career at Lewis and Clark Community College. He then transferred to Sangamon State University. In 1986, Becher was a Third Team NAIA All American.[1] In 1987, he scored the winning goal as Sangamon won the NAIA national men's soccer championship and Becher was named the tournament MVP.[2]
Professional
In 1987, Becher turned professional with the Fort Wayne Flames of the American Indoor Soccer Association. He played two season with the Flames. When the Flames folded in 1989, Becher moved to the newly created Indiana Kick. In 1990, the Kick moved to New York to become the New York Kick. Becher began the 1990-1991 AISA season with the Kick, but left the team in January 1991 after the team cut salaries.[3] In 1991, Becher played for the Colorado Foxes in the American Professional Soccer League.[4] In 1993 and 1994, Becher played summer seasons with the Arizona Sandsharks of the Continental Indoor Soccer League. On October 22, 1999, the Heat traded Becher to the St. Louis Ambush for undisclosed considerations.[5] He spent one season with the Ambush, then retired from professional soccer. He also played for the Hershey Impact.[6]
Statistics
Coach
Statistics as of conclusion to the 2015 season
| Team | From | To | Record | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | Win % | |||||
 Harrisburg City Islanders |
2004 | present | 275 | 120 | 74 | 81 | 43.64 | ||
| Total | 275 | 120 | 74 | 81 | 43.64 | ||||
References
- ↑ NAIA Regular Season Records
- ↑ NAIA Tournament Records
- ↑ Three players quit after Kick cuts pay
- ↑ 1991 Colorado Foxes
- ↑ October 22, 1999 Transactions
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- Pages using infobox football biography with height issues
- No local image but image on Wikidata
- 1965 births
- Living people
- American Indoor Soccer Association players
- American soccer players
- American Professional Soccer League players
- Arizona Sandsharks players
- Colorado Foxes players
- Continental Indoor Soccer League players
- Fort Wayne Flames players
- Indiana Kick players
- National Professional Soccer League (1984–2001) players
- New York Kick players
- People from St. Louis, Missouri
- St. Louis Ambush players
- USL Pro managers
