Thomas Dooley to face off against John O'Brien in Oceanside !!
 With only 4 weeks left until kickoff The Southern California Beach Soccer Championships continues to add top level soccer legends to it's list of participants. Pro-Am team "Voodoo Doc FC" from Huntington Beach has added to their roster non other than former U.S. National Team Captain Thomas Dooley.
Thomas Dooley started his professional career with third division club FC Homburg. He moved to FC Kaiserslautern in 1988 and helped them to the German Cup in 1990 and the Bundesliga title in 1991. As U.S. Soccer started to look abroad for players eligible to play for its national team in advance of its hosting the 1994 FIFA World Cup, Dooley was discovered; he assumed US citizenship in 1992, and made his first international appearance on May 30th against Ireland.
Dooley became a regular for the US almost immediately, being named U.S. Soccer Athlete of the Year in 1993 and then playing every minute at the 1994 FIFA World Cup. After the World Cup, he moved to Bayer Leverkusen, and to FC Schalke 04 a year after that, helping them to the 1997 UEFA Cup title. At the end of the season, he made his move to Major League Soccer (MLS), signing with the Columbus Crew. Dooley would spend three seasons in Columbus, and was named to the MLS Best XI in both 1997 and 1998. After John Harkes was dismissed from the U.S. national team, Dooley was named captain for the 1998 FIFA World Cup, and started every game for the U.S. On February 21, 1999, Dooley was given a send-off match by the United States in a friendly against Chile. He would end his international career with 81 caps and 7 goals. In 2000, Thomas was traded to the MetroStars to help support Lothar Matthäus' adjustment to the United States. Dooley played one year for the Metros before retiring from soccer altogether. He then went back to Germany, becoming the head coach of FC Saarbrücken in 2002 and 2003.
In 2006 Thomas Dooley founded ASTO (American Soccer-Tennis Organization) and kicked off its inaugural event featuring top-tier professional players from eight different nationas. Dooley currently lives in Laguna Niguel, California, where he founded and runs the Orange County Kings Youth Soccer Club whom will also be participating at The Southern California Beach Soccer Championships.
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Date: May 3-4, 2008.
Location: Oceanside, CA.
Format: U8-U9 play 5v5, all others play 6v6.
Age Groups: Youth (U8-U19), Adult Men, Women, Co-ed, College and Pro-Am.
Entry Fee: $395 for all teams ($595 for teams that split in two), $500 for Pro-Am teams.
Entry Deadline: April 11, 2008.
Need Info: E-mail us at info@BeachSoccerUSA.org or call 760.390.4774 / 760.521.2720.
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