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Four time Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL) point scoring leader and three time MISL Most Valuable Player, Greg Howes, 31, returns to his home of Tacoma, WA to coach the Premier Arena Soccer League’s (PASL) Tacoma Stars in the upcoming 2008 – 2009 season. Howes returns to the Pacific Northwest after finishing his eighth season with the MISL Milwaukee Wave. During Howes’ career with the Wave, he was a major part of two MISL championships, and his teams competed in the finals six times. Greg’s roots in the Northwest Soccer extend back to the Seattle Sounders in the USL, where he won Rookie of the Year honors in 2000.
Coach Howes will also assume the duties of the Tacoma Stars Youth Academy Director. The newly formed Academy will focus on youth player development and indoor player development. These new positions for Howes come as the MISL is restructuring and the future of the league and the Wave are still unclear. “I am extremely excited to be coming back home, as well as coaching the PASL Tacoma Stars. With my playing career on hold, I look forward to helping grow the Stars’ brand through on the field successes and the introduction of the Tacoma Stars Academy” said Howes, “This is a wonderful chance to start the next chapter in my soccer career.”
"This is a significant step forward for us," said Stars and The Soccer Center owner Marian Bowers. "Having Greg on board provides a solid foundation and competitive experience for our players and raises the bar as we try to develop the next generation of elite indoor players."
"The PASL is honored to add a coach with the pedigree that Greg Howes possesses," said PASL Commissioner Kevin Milliken. "It's a testament to the growth of our league, but even more it's a compliment to the program Marian is putting together."
His first matter of business with the Stars will be to join assistant coach Teddy Mitalas at the first ever tryout tournament on September 12 and 13 at the Soccer Center in Tacoma. They will evaluate talent from age 16 and up to choose the best indoor players in the region for spots on both the Stars first team competing in the Northwest Division of the Premier Arena Soccer League and the reserve squad which will train with the first team and play in the Soccer Center's indoor men's open division.
The Tacoma Stars played in the MISL and MSL from 1983-1992 and were reformed in 2006 to play in the PASL’s Northwest Division. The PASL is the largest international indoor/arena soccer league in the world with 54 teams playing in 10 divisions across the USA. The Stars’ upcoming season will run from December, 2008 through March of 2009. For information about tryouts contact us at 253-627-2255 or register at www.soccercentertacoma.com and click on tournaments. All home games and tryouts are at The Soccer Center in Tacoma.
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