San Diego Sockers
Fernando Clavijo played for which team from 1984 to 1988?
Fernando Clavijo Fernando Caetano Clavijo Cedrés ( January 23 , 1956 – February 8 , 2019 ) was a Uruguayan-American soccer defender and former head coach of the New England Revolution and Colorado Rapids of Major League Soccer . He played three seasons in the American Soccer League , two in the North American Soccer League and ten in the Major Indoor Soccer League . He earned 61 caps with the United States mens national soccer team and eight with the U.S . national futsal team . He later coached both indoor and outdoor teams as well as at the national team level with Nigeria and Haiti . He was a member of the National Soccer Hall of Fame and is a 2014 inductee into the Indoor Soccer Hall of Fame . Club career . Outdoor . Clavijo began his professional playing career at the age of 16 with Uruguayan club Atenas de San Carlos . He spent his six seasons with Atenas at forward . In 1979 , Clavijo , at the age of 22 , left Uruguay and with his wife moved to the United States taking a job at a New Jersey restaurant . At this time , he started playing amateur soccer at an amateur club when some saw him playing and suggested him to try out for a professional club . After a successful trial , Clavijo signed with New York Apollo of the American Soccer League ( ASL ) . The Apollo changed its name to the New York United between the 1979 and 1980 season . Clavijo then spent two seasons with the United . In 1983 , he moved to the San Jose Earthquakes of the North American Soccer League ( NASL ) . In 1984 , he was an NASL All-Star with the Earthquakes . Indoor . Clavijo began his indoor soccer career , which rapidly eclipsed his outdoor career , in 1981 with the New York Arrows of Major Indoor Soccer League . The move indoors also brought a change from forward to defender . In 1984 , he moved to the San Diego Sockers where he contributed to the Sockers winning three championships in his four years with the team . International career . Outdoor . In 1987 , Clavijo became an American citizen . On November 21 , 1990 , he debuted for the United States in a friendly match against the Soviet Union in Port of Spain , Trinidad and Tobago . He then became a key player for the American team , being part of the team that won the 1991 CONCACAF Gold Cup and that represented the United States in their home soil at the 1994 FIFA World Cup . Despite being 38 years old at the time ( the oldest player on the American squad ) , Clavijo started three of the four matches the United States played in the tournament . Playing mostly as a left-back , he was on the field in the 2-1 historic victory against Colombia and in the 1-0 defeat against Brazil in the Round of 16 . After the World Cup , Clavijo retired from professional soccer having represented the United States on 61 occasions in only five years of international career . Futsal . In 1992 , he had earned eight caps , scoring two goals , for the United States national futsal team . He was part of the team that finished second at the 1992 FIFA Futsal World Championship . In 1998 , he also served as the head coach of the United States national futsal team . Coaching . Clavijos coaching career began in 1991 with the St . Louis Storm where he was player-coach . In 1994 , he became the head coach of the Seattle SeaDogs of the Continental Indoor Soccer League ( CISL ) . In 1997 , he was the CISL Coach of the Year . He then moved to the Florida ThunderCats of the National Professional Soccer League . He then assisted ex-US coach Bora Milutinovic with the Nigerian national team at the 1998 FIFA World Cup . He followed Bora to Major League Soccer as well , assisting him with the MetroStars in 1999 , the worst season for any team in league history at the time . He left the club after the year , assuming head coaching duties with the New England Revolution in December 1999 . Clavijo brought the Revolution to their second-ever playoff berth his first year in charge . Under his management the franchise finished the 2000 season with a .500 record , the best record in the franchises history at that time . In his second season in charge the Revolution finished mid-table , but advanced to the 2001 U.S . Open Cup Final , losing away to the Los Angeles GALAXY ( in Fullerton , CA. ) by 1–2 in extra time . Clavijo was fired midway through the 2002 season . On October 16 , 2003 , Clavijo became the head coach of the Haitian national team . He led them through World Cup Qualifying , resigning his position after Haiti lost to Jamaica . On December 22 , 2004 , the Colorado Rapids hired Clavijo as the teams head coach . Clavijo was inducted into the U.S . National Soccer Hall of Fame in 2005 . Coach Clavijo resigned from the Colorado Rapids on August 20 , 2008 after a record in all competitions of 43 wins – 55 losses – 26 draws . Clavijo served as Technical Director for MLS club FC Dallas from 2012 to 2019 . Personal life . Clavijo died on February 8 , 2019 , in Fort Lauderdale , Florida , after five years with diagnosed multiple myeloma . External links . - Fernando Clavijo NASL/MISL stats