ONEONTA, NY (January 14, 2008) – The National Soccer Hall of Fame and Museum released the 2008 Player’s Ballot to voters today. The ballot has 22 holdovers from the 2007 election and 13 newcomers.
The top holdovers include U.S. National Team stalwarts Thomas Dooley (5th named on 51.8% of the ballots cast), Joy Fawcett (3rd on 67.4%), and Joe-Max Moore (6th on 48.2%). Among the newcomers are U.S. Men’s National Team stars Jeff Agoos, Preki, and Earnie Stewart. Top MLS players on the ballot include holdovers Marco Etcheverry (4th on 58.2%) of DC United, Peter Nowak (9th on 29.1%) of the Chicago Fire, and Carlos Valdarrama (7th on 46.8%) who finished his illustrious MLS career with the Colorado Rapids. Complete 2007 election results are available on the Hall of Fame website, www.soccerhall.org.
Players who receive votes on 75% of the ballots cast will be elected to the Hall of Fame. Induction 2008 is planned for the weekend of August 22 – 24 at the Hall of Fame and Museum in Oneonta, NY.
Here is a complete list of eligible players:
*Jeff Agoos *Robin Fraser *Oscar Pareja +Brian Bliss *Brian Kamler Cindy Parlow Mike Burns Dominic Kinnear *Preki Radosavljevic *Mark Chung Frank Klopas Mike Sorber Mauricio Cienfuegos *Manny Lagos *Earnie Stewart *Troy Dayak Roy Lassiter Steve Trittschuh Raul Diaz Arce *Shannon MacMillan Carlos Valderrama Thomas Dooley Pato Margetic Tisha Venturini-Hoch John Doyle Joe-Max Moore Peter Vermes Marco Etcheverry Victor Nogueira +Roy Wegerle Joy Fawcett Peter Nowak *Evan Whitfield *Danielle Fotopoulos *Richie Williams
*First year of eligibility +Last year of eligibility – will move to the Veteran’s List if not elected
Biographies of the eligible players are available on the Hall of Fame website, www.soccerhall.org <http://www.soccerhall.org/> .
Among the voters are over 100 media personnel from the print, broadcast, and on-line communities, National Team and qualified MLS Coaches, national soccer administrators, and Hall of Famers. In total over 200 individuals are eligible to vote in the 2008 election.
In 2007 Julie Foudy and Mia Hamm were elected to the Hall of Fame. Hamm set a new standard for the vote having been named on 97.2% of the ballots cast, the highest percentage in Hall of Fame history. The Class of 2007 was the first all female player class in the Hall’s history. Foudy and Hamm were the 6th and 7th female players elected. Only 128 Players have been elected to the Hall of Fame in its 58-year history.
The Veteran Player and Builder Ballots will be distributed in the upcoming weeks. The announcement date for the election results will be publicized shortly.
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