Frank Yallop

Frank Walter Yallop (born 4 April 1964) is a British-Canadian professional soccer coach and former player.

Yallop was born in Watford and spent his early childhood there before his father, a meat cutter by trade, joined a brother in Canada in 1974 bringing his wife and three children to Vancouver.

He was part of the Ipswich squad that was relegated from the First Division in 1986 and of the squad that won the 1991–92 Second Division title promotion six years later to the inaugural season of the newly formed FA Premier League, where Ipswich stayed for three years before being relegated once again to the second tier.

[7] Tampa Bay would finish the inaugural MLS season with the best record, for which they'd retroactively be awarded the Supporter's Shield.

However, in the playoffs Tampa would fall just short of reaching the first ever MLS Cup, losing in the Eastern Conference finals to eventual champions D.C.

[8] Yallop was given his only MLS All-Star honor with an appearance in the 1997 game, representing Tampa Bay on the Eastern Conference team.

[16][17][18] Over his Canada career he earned 52 caps, serving as captain multiple times, and scoring no goals at the international level.

[28] During the pre-season, Yallop acquired Jeff Agoos, Landon Donovan, Dwayne DeRosario, Manny Lagos, Ramiro Corrales and Ronnie Ekelund, as well as assistant coach Dominic Kinnear.

The 2001 playoff run culminated with the club's first MLS Cup appearance, which ended with a win over California Clásico rivals LA Galaxy.

On 16 December 2003 it was announced that Yallop would become head coach of the Canadian National Team starting on 1 January of the following year.

[38] Yallop took the helm for the Galaxy midway through the 2006 MLS season, eventually guiding the team to just outside the playoffs by three points.

"[39] On 4 November 2007 it was revealed that Yallop was being bought out of his contract with the Galaxy to become the head coach of the San Jose Earthquakes once again for the 2008 season,[40][41] with Dutchman Ruud Gullit taking his place.

Soon the move after plans were established to revive the San Jose Earthquakes, this time as an expansion team who would need to build their roster from scratch.

Throughout the offseason Yallop would bring some players from his first Earthquakes stint back to San Jose including Joe Cannon, Ramiro Corrales, Arturo Álvarez, and Kelly Gray.

Yallop would lead the club to a shocking upset of the top team in the Eastern Conference, the New York Red Bulls, keeping New York's newly acquired Thierry Henry off the scoresheet in a 3–2 aggregate victory after a 1–0 home loss in San Jose.

[44] The Earthquakes would fall in the Eastern Conference final, a 1–0 loss to eventual MLS Cup champion Colorado Rapids.

Yallop led the new-era Earthquakes for five and a half seasons before mutually parting ways with the club on 7 June 2013.

[49] Yallop was signed to a three-year contract as head coach and president of soccer operations of Arizona United SC on 23 December 2015.

[52] After only four league matches played in the 2017 season, Yallop would resign from his positions on 24 April to rejoin his family in Northern California.

Yallop was announced on 26 July 2017 as General Manager of the newly established Fresno FC, an expansion team for the 2018 USL season.

Yallop had made it official at the time of his hire that he would not pursue the head coaching role after the end of the season.

[57] Wynalda had coached Las Vegas for a single match of the 2020 USL season before a pause was brought on due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

This club was primarily owned by Ray Beshoff, and the result of Fresno FC folding two years prior.