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Toronto FC Head Coach Enters Hall Of Fame

January 14, 2010 - Major League Soccer (MLS)
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Toronto FC proudly announced Thursday, head coach Preki Radosavljevic has been elected to the National Soccer Hall of Fame on the Player ballot. Radosavljevic is Major League Soccer's only two-time MVP and heads into the Hall with Thomas Dooley, the 1993 U.S. Soccer Athlete of the Year.

Radosavljevic, named on 68 percent of the ballots, was a member of the 1998 U.S. FIFA World Cup team, and played in back to back MLS All-Star games in 1998, and 1999. A player must be named on 66.7 percent of the selection committee's ballots to earn election.

"This is a great honour, because there are a lot of great players" said Preki. "My most memorable moment was the 2000 MLS Cup (with Kansas City Wizards), we had a fantastic team that season and that was a very special moment for me."

Radosavljevic was one of the top two vote-getters not elected in the 2009 balloting, when Jeff Agoos and Joy Fawcett were elected. In 2008, when no player appeared on the required 75-percent of ballots, Radosavljevic along with Dooley finished first and fourth in the voting.

To be eligible for the Hall of Fame as a Player, an individual must have been retired for at least three full calendar years but no more than 10 years, and either 1) Played at least 20 full international games for the United States or 2) Played at least five seasons in an American first-division professional league and was selected as a league All-Star at least once. Any player named on less than five percent of the ballots is dropped from eligibility on the Player ballot.

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