Gaspar Joins International Soccer Network for World Cup

One of North America’s Top Coaches to Report from South Africa

MINERVA, OH – May 1, 2010 – Dan Gaspar, a member of the Portugal National Team coaching staff, will be providing exclusive content for International Soccer Network.  Gaspar will provide an insider’s perspective into the World Cup in South Africa.

Gaspar is one of the premier coaching talents in the United States.  He possesses four coaching licenses and is a Hall of Fame Inductee for the Connecticut State Soccer Association, University of Hartford (CT), and New England Soccer Coaches.

Currently, he serves as the Head Men’s Soccer Coach for the University of Hartford, President of the Connecticut Soccer School, and Founder of the Star Goalkeeper Academy.  All of this is in addition to his responsibilities with the Portugal National Team, currently ranked 3rd in the world by FIFA.  Portugal is expected to be a contender at the World Cup with such talent as Cristiano Ronaldo, Nani, Deco, Ricardo Carvallho, Paulo Ferreira, and Jose Bosingwa.  

Gaspar has decades of coaching experience from all over the globe.  His professional team experience includes time spent with the Connecticut Wolves (A-League), FC Porto (Portugal), SL Benfica (Portugal), Sporting Lisbon (Portugal), New York Metrostars (MLS), and Nagoya Grampus Eight (Japan).

He also has experience at the national team level with the U.S. Women’s National Team, U.S. Olympic Team , U.S. U-17 and U-18 National Teams , South Africa National Team, and all levels of the Portugal Men’s and Women’s National Teams. Coach Gaspar has learned from the world’s best coaches, including Carlos Queiroz, Luiz Felipe Scolari, Jose Antonio Camacho, Vitor Fernandez, Jose Mourinho, Anson Dorrance and Glenn Myernick. 

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