Please answer the following question: Facts: - clubs: edmonton cleveland force '' -lrb- indoor -rrb- '' tacoma stars '' drillers -lrb- indoor -rrb- '' seattle storm cleveland crunch '' -lrb- edmonton indoor -rrb- '' seattle sounders drillers '' -lrb- indoor -rrb- '' - caps: 0 74 46 208 102 97 108 - position: defender - nationalcaps: 2 - years: 1980-1982 1980-1982 1982-1987 1987-1989 1988-1989 1989-1991 1994-2000 - height: 6 1 - managerclubs: seattle '' -lrb- interim -rrb- '' roosevelt high school crossfire premier sounders soccer club '' -lrb- assistant -rrb- '' seattle sounders - nationalyears: 1988 - nationalgoals: 0 - birth date: 25 november 1958 - fullname: bernie james - name: bernie james - nationalteam: united states - birth place: coventry , england - manageryears: 1994-2000 2001 1997 - 1997 - - goals: 0 1 8 18 7 1 0 Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of bernie james .
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bernie james -lrb- born november 25 , 1958 in coventry , england -rrb- is a former u.s. soccer player and current youth soccer coach .james spent twenty-four years as a professional , both beginning and ending his career with different versions of the seattle sounders .he played in the north american soccer league , major indoor soccer league , american professional soccer league and a-league .he served as an assistant coach with the sounders for seven seasons and as interim head coach for one .he was a member of the u.s. olympic soccer team which qualified for , but did not play in , the 1980 summer olympics due to the united states ' boycott in response to the soviet invasion of afghanistan .he also earned two caps with the u.s. national team in 1988 .