page_title: Eric Wynalda
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caption_attribution_description: English: Eric Wynalda while coaching for Atlanta Silverbacks on July 14, 2012
context_page_description: Eric Boswell Wynalda is an American soccer coach, television commentator, and retired player. He was formerly an analyst and color commentator for soccer coverage on Fox Sports 1 and ESPN. He is the current first-team manager of New Amsterdam FC in the National Independent Soccer Association. Previously, he served as head coach and technical director of Las Vegas Lights FC in the USL Championship and was previously host of WTF: Wynalda Talks Football on SiriusXM FC.
  Wynalda was one of the first Americans to play professionally in Europe before returning to his home country in 1996 to play in Major League Soccer and scoring the first goal in the league's history. Until 2008, he was the all-time leading goalscorer for the United States national team. Wynalda was described as a "shifty, dynamic player off the dribble with a heavy shot." He was elected to the National Soccer Hall of Fame in 2004.
context_section_description: Eric Boswell Wynalda (born June 9, 1969) is an American soccer coach, television commentator, and retired player. He was formerly an analyst and color commentator for soccer coverage on Fox Sports 1 and ESPN. He is the current first-team manager of New Amsterdam FC in the National Independent Soccer Association. Previously, he served as head coach and technical director of Las Vegas Lights FC in the USL Championship and was previously host of WTF: Wynalda Talks Football on SiriusXM FC.
  Wynalda was one of the first Americans to play professionally in Europe before returning to his home country in 1996 to play in Major League Soccer and scoring the first goal in the league's history. Until 2008, he was the all-time leading goalscorer for the United States national team. Wynalda was described as a "shifty, dynamic player off the dribble with a heavy shot." He was elected to the National Soccer Hall of Fame in 2004.
caption: Eric Wynalda while coaching for Atlanta Silverbacks on July 14, 2012
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