List of members of the National Soccer Hall of Fame

The National Soccer Hall of Fame is a private, non-profit institution established in 1979 that honors soccer achievements in the United States. Induction into the hall is widely considered the highest honor in American soccer.^[1][2][3][4]

Key

Year	Links to the article about that year's election
Position	The first position listed is the position at which the individual is best known.
Italics	Players who were elected in their first year of eligibility.

Members

Players

Year	Name	Primary position	Primary club	Years Active	Induction method	Vote %	Ref
1950	Archie Stark	Forward	Bethlehem Steel	1912–1934	Players	unknown	[5]
1950	Billy Gonsalves	Forward	Fall River F.C.		Players	unknown
1950	Dick Spalding	Defender	Fleisher Yarn		Players	unknown
1950	Harry Ratican	Forward	Ratican's		Players	unknown
1950	Jock Ferguson	Defender	Bethlehem Steel		Players	unknown
1950	Millard Lang	Forward	Chicago Sparta		Players	unknown
1950	Peter Wilson	Defender			Players	unknown
1950	Robert Millar	Forward	Indiana Flooring		Players	unknown
1950	Sheldon Govier	Midfielder			Players	unknown
1951	Davey Brown	Forward	New York Giants		Players	unknown
1951	Harold Brittan	Forward	Fall River F.C.		Players	unknown
1951	Johnny McGuire	Forward	New Bedford Whalers		Players	unknown
1951	Peter Renzulli	Goalkeeper	New York Nationals		Players	unknown
1951	Robert Morrison	Midfielder			Players	unknown
1951	Thomas Swords	Forward			Players	unknown
1951	William Fryer	Midfielder	Fall River F.C.		Players	unknown
1952	George Tintle	Goalkeeper	Harrison S.C.		Players	unknown
1953	Johnny Jaap	Forward	Bethlehem Steel		Players	unknown
1954	Aldo Donelli	Forward			Players	unknown
1954	Jimmy Douglas	Goalkeeper	Newark Skeeters, New York Giants		Players	unknown
1955	Tommy Duggan	Forward			Players	unknown
1958	Francis Ryan	Midfielder			Players	unknown
1959	Ralph Caraffi	Midfielder	Fall River United		Players	unknown
1963	Rudolph Kuntner	Forward	Bridgeport Hungaria		Players	unknown
1965	Fred Beardsworth	Midfielder			Players	unknown
1965	Teddy Glover	Defender	New York Giants		Players	unknown
1966	Stanley Chesney	Goalkeeper	New York Americans		Players	unknown
1968	Arnie Oliver	Forward	J&P Coats		Players	unknown
1971	Bert Patenaude	Forward	Fall River F.C.		Players	unknown
1971	Gene Olaff	Goalkeeper			Players	unknown
1973	Joseph Gryzik	Midfielder			Players	unknown
1974	Jimmy Dunn	Forward	Ben Millers		Players	unknown
1974	Nicholas DiOrio	Forward			Players	unknown
1974	Werner Mieth	Midfielder			Players	unknown
1975	Alex Weir	Defender			Players	unknown
1976	Adam Wolanin	Forward	Pogoń Lwów		Players	unknown
1976	Charlie Colombo	Defender	St. Louis Simpkins-Ford		Players	unknown
1976	Ed Souza	Forward	Ponta Delgada S.C.		Players	unknown
1976	Frank Borghi	Goalkeeper	St. Louis Simpkins-Ford		Players	unknown
1976	Frank Wallace	Forward	St. Louis Simpkins-Ford		Players	unknown
1976	Geoff Coombes	Midfielder			Players	unknown
1976	Gino Gardassanich	Goalkeeper			Players	unknown
1976	Harry Keough	Defender			Players	unknown
1976	James Gentle	Forward			Players	unknown
1976	Joe Gaetjens	Forward	Brookhattan		Players	unknown
1976	Joe Maca	Defender			Players	unknown
1976	John Souza	Forward			Players	unknown
1976	Robert Annis	Defender	St. Louis Simpkins-Ford		Players	unknown
1976	Walter Bahr	Defender			Players	unknown
1976	Gino Pariani	Forward			Players	unknown
1977	Jack Hynes	Forward			Players	unknown
1978	Al Zerhusen	Midfielder			Players	unknown
1978	Raymond Bernabei	Defender			Players	unknown
1979	Al Harker	Defender			Players	unknown
1980	John Boulos	Forward			Players	unknown
1982	Joe Carenza, Sr.	Midfielder			Players	unknown
1983	George Barr	Defender			Players	unknown
1986	Alexander Wood	Defender			Players	unknown
1986	Andy Auld	Midfielder			Players	unknown
1986	Bart McGhee	Forward			Players	unknown
1986	Ed McIlvenny	Midfielder/Defender			Players	unknown
1986	Frank Vaughn	Defender			Players	unknown
1986	George Moorhouse	Defender			Players	unknown
1986	Jim Brown	Forward			Players	unknown
1986	Jimmy Gallagher	Midfielder			Players	unknown
1986	Mike Bookie	Midfielder			Players	unknown
1986	Philip Slone	Midfielder			Players	unknown
1986	Raphael Tracey	Midfielder			Players	unknown
1986	Thomas Florie	Forward			Players	unknown
1989	Bob Gormley	Forward			Players	unknown
1989	Walter Dick	Forward			Players	unknown
1989	Werner Roth	Defender			Players	unknown
1989	Willy Roy	Forward			Players	unknown
1990	Shamus O'Brien	Forward			Players	unknown
1991	Rudy Getzinger	Midfielder			Players	unknown
1992	Efrain Chacurian	Forward			Players	unknown
1992	Werner Fricker	Midfielder			Players	unknown
1993	Pelé	Forward			Players	unknown
1993	John Nanoski	Forward			Players	unknown
1994	Lloyd Monsen	Forward			Players	unknown
1994	Pat McBride	Midfielder			Players	unknown
1995	George Brown	Forward			Players	unknown
1995	Willy Schaller	Defender			Players	unknown
1996	Len Oliver	Midfielder			Players	unknown
1996	Nicholas Kropfelder	Forward			Players	unknown
1996	Paul Danilo	Forward			Players	unknown
1997	Robert Craddock	Forward			Players	unknown
1997	Alex Ely	Midfielder			Players	unknown
1997	Benny McLaughlin	Forward			Players	unknown
1997	Jimmy Roe	Forward			Players	unknown
1997	Johnny Moore	Midfielder			Players	unknown
1998	April Heinrichs	Forward			Players	unknown
1998	Ed Murphy	Forward			Players	unknown
1998	Franz Beckenbauer	Defender			Players	unknown
2000	Carin Jennings-Gabarra	Forward			Players	unknown
2000	Giorgio Chinaglia	Forward			Players	unknown
2001	Rick Davis	Midfielder			Players	unknown
2001	William Looby	Forward			Players	unknown
2002	Adolph Bachmeier	Midfielder/Defender			Players	unknown
2002	Shannon Higgins	Midfielder			Players	unknown
2002	Vladislav Bogićević	Midfielder			Players	unknown
2003	Alan Willey	Forward			Players	unknown
2003	Arnie Mausser	Goalkeeper			Players	unknown
2003	Bob Lenarduzzi	Defender			Players	unknown
2003	Bruce Wilson	Defender			Players	unknown
2003	Carlos Alberto	Defender			Players	unknown
2003	Karl-Heinz Granitza	Forward			Players	unknown
2003	Patrick Ntsoelengoe	Midfielder/Forward			Players	unknown
2003	Paul Child	Forward			Players	unknown
2004	Eric Wynalda	Forward			Players	93.2%	[6]
2004	Michelle Akers	Midfielder			Players	95.9%	[6]
2004	Mike Windischmann	Defender			Veterans	unknown
2004	Paul Caligiuri	Midfielder			Players	89.0%	[6]
2005	Alex McNab	Forward			Veterans	unknown
2005	Fabri Salcedo	Forward			Veterans	unknown
2005	Fernando Clavijo	Defender			Veterans	unknown
2005	John Harkes	Midfielder			Players	87.0%	[6]
2005	John Nelson	Forward			Veterans	unknown
2005	Marcelo Balboa	Defender			Players	87.8%	[6]
2005	Tab Ramos	Midfielder			Players	87.8%	[6]
2005	Tommy Fleming	Forward			Veterans	unknown
2005	Werner Nilsen	Midfielder/Forward			Veterans	unknown
2006	Al Trost	Midfielder			Veterans	unknown
2006	Alexi Lalas	Defender			Players	84.1%	[6]
2006	Carla Overbeck	Defender			Players	75.2%	[6]
2007	Bobby Smith	Defender			Veterans	unknown
2007	Julie Foudy	Defender			Players	83.7%	[6]
2007	Mia Hamm	Forward			Players	97.2%	[6]
2008	Hugo Perez	Midfielder			Veterans	unknown
2009	Jeff Agoos	Defender			Players	67.9%	[6]
2009	Joy Fawcett	Defender			Players	66.7%	[6]
2010	Preki	Forward			Players	68.38%	[6]
2010	Kyle Rote, Jr.	Forward			Veterans	60.42%
2010	Thomas Dooley	Defender			Players	70.94%	[6]
2011	Bruce Murray	Forward/Midfielder			Veterans	58.14%
2011	Cobi Jones	Midfielder			Players	87.13%	[6]
2011	Earnie Stewart	Midfielder			Players	71.29%	[6]
2011	Eddie Pope	Defender			Players	74.26%	[6]
2012	Claudio Reyna	Midfielder			Players	96.1%	[6]
2012	Desmond Armstrong	Defender/Midfielder			Veterans	unknown
2012	Tony Meola	Goalkeeper			Players	90.2%	[6]
2013	Joe-Max Moore	Forward			Players	unknown
2013	Peter Vermes	Defender			Veterans	unknown
2014	Brian McBride	Forward			Players	95%	[6]
2014	Kristine Lilly	Defender			Players	91.67%	[6]
2015	Glenn Myernick	Defender			Veterans	63.4%	[7]
2015	Kasey Keller	Goalkeeper			Players	95.8%	[7]
2016	Brandi Chastain	Defender			Players	unknown	[6]
2016	Shannon MacMillan	Midfielder			Veterans	unknown
2017	Briana Scurry	Goalkeeper			Players	69.0%	[6]
2018	Brad Friedel	Goalkeeper			Players	88.1%	[8]
2018	Tiffeny Milbrett	Forward			Players	75.2%	[8]
2018	Cindy Parlow Cone	Midfielder			Veterans	59.5%	[8]
2019	Abby Wambach	Forward			Players	80.9%	[9]
2020	Carlos Bocanegra	Defender			Players	68.5%	[10]
2021	Steve Cherundolo	Defender			Players	Unknown
2021	Christie Pearce	Defender			Players	Unknown
2021	Jaime Moreno	Forward			Players	Unknown
2022	Clint Dempsey	Forward			Players	97.9%	[11]
2022	Shannon Boxx	Midfielder			Players	91.7%	[11]
2022	Hope Solo	Goalkeeper			Players	80.9%	[11]
2022	Linda Hamilton	Defender			Veteran	79.2%	[11]
2022	Marco Etcheverry	Midfielder			Veteran	80.9%	[11]
2023	DaMarcus Beasley	Defender/Midfielder			Players	93.3%	[12]
2023	Landon Donovan	Forward/Midfielder			Players	95.8%	[12]
2023	Lauren Holiday	Midfielder			Players	83.3%	[12]
2023	Kate Markgraf	Defender			Veteran	75.0%	[12]
2023	Steve Zungul	Forward			Veteran	79.2%	[12]

Builders

Year	Name	Primary club	Induction method	Vote %	Ref
1950	Andrew M. Brown		Builders	unknown
1950	Douglas T. Stewart		Builders	unknown
1950	G. Randolph Manning		Builders	unknown
1950	George Kempton		Builders	unknown
1950	Horace Edgar Lewis		Builders
1950	John Brock		Builders
1950	Thomas W. Cahill		Builders
1951	Alfred A. Smith		Builders
1951	Alfredda Iglehart		Builders
1951	Dent McSkimming		Builders
1951	Edward J. Donaghy		Builders
1951	Elmer Schroeder		Builders
1951	Ernő Schwarz		Builders
1951	George M. Collins		Builders
1951	George Healey		Builders
1951	Harry Fairfield		Builders
1951	James McGuire		Builders
1951	John A. Fernley		Builders
1951	Peter Peel		Builders
1951	Rudy Epperlein		Builders
1951	William Jeffrey		Builders
1952	Jack Johnson		Builders
1952	James Armstrong		Builders
1952	Joseph Booth		Builders
1952	Joseph Triner		Builders
1952	William Palmer		Builders
1953	David Gould		Builders
1953	John J. MacEwan		Builders
1953	John W. Wood		Builders
1953	John Marre		Builders
1953	Joseph J. Barriskill		Builders
1953	Paul Klein		Builders
1953	Powys A.L. Foulds		Builders
1953	Wilfred R. Cummings		Builders
1954	Jimmy Mills		Builders
1955	Edgar Pomeroy		Builders
1956	Victor Weston		Builders
1956	William Anderson		Builders
1957	Arnold Ramsden		Builders
1957	Vernon R. Reese		Builders
1958	Charles Ferro		Builders
1958	Fred Netto		Builders
1958	John Young		Builders
1958	Daniel Zampini		Builders
1959	Robert B. Craddock		Builders
1960	Emil Schillinger		Builders
1961	Matthew Boxer		Builders
1961	Milton Miller		Builders
1961	Peter Merovich		Builders
1961	William Hemmings		Builders
1962	Walter Giesler		Builders
1963	Dimitrious Niotis		Builders
1963	Harry Kraus		Builders
1964	Jack Flamhaft		Builders
1964	Oscar Kozma		Builders
1964	Pete Garcia		Builders
1966	Maurice Hudson		Builders
1967	Colin Commander		Builders
1967	Harry G. Fleming		Builders
1967	Wally Peters		Builders
1967	William Morrissette		Builders
1968	Fred Shields		Builders
1968	John W. Dresmich		Builders
1968	Thomas Sager		Builders
1969	August Steuer		Builders
1969	Edmund Craggs		Builders
1969	Samuel T.N. Foulds		Builders
1970	Daniel W. Fowler		Builders
1970	Jack Maher		Builders
1971	Allan McClay		Builders
1971	Jack J. Rottenberg		Builders
1971	James A. Walder		Builders
1971	James Moore		Builders
1971	John Ardizzone		Builders
1971	Nicolaas Steelink		Builders
1971	Robert T. Stone		Builders
1971	Umberto Abronzino		Builders
1972	Duncan Duff		Builders
1972	Julius A. Alonso		Builders
1973	Joseph Delach		Builders
1974	George E. Fishwick		Builders
1975	Ted Cordery		Builders
1977	Adolph Washauer		Builders
1977	Enzo Magnozzi		Builders
1978	Frank J. McGrath		Builders
1978	Giorgio Piscopo		Builders
1978	Lawrence E. Briggs		Builders
1979	Enzo DeLuca		Builders
1979	J.Eugene Ringsdorf		Builders
1979	Kurt Lamm		Builders
1979	Margaret Fowler		Builders
1980	Bob Guelker		Builders
1980	G.K. Guennel		Builders
1981	Erwin Single		Builders
1981	George Craggs		Builders
1981	Harry Saunders		Builders
1982	John O. Best		Builders
1982	Lamar Hunt		Builders
1983	Frank Kracher		Builders
1984	Ernst Feibusch		Builders
1984	Giuseppe Joseph Lombardo		Builders
1984	Raymond G. Kraft		Builders
1985	Donald Greer		Builders
1985	Gene Edwards		Builders
1986	John Coll		Builders
1987	Don Phillipson		Builders
1987	Mike Kabanica		Builders
1987	Thomas Webb		Builders
1988	Bertil Larson		Builders
1988	Herbert Heilpern		Builders
1989	Bob Kehoe		Builders
1989	George Donnelly		Builders
1989	Jerry Yeagley		Builders
1990	Edward Pearson		Builders
1990	Manfred Schellscheidt		Builders
1991	Milton Aimi		Builders
1992	Ron Newman		Builders
1993	Dennis Long		Builders
1994	Frank J. Kelly		Builders
1995	Al Miller		Builders
1995	Alfred Kleinaitis		Builders
1995	Clay Berling		Builders
1996	Gordon Bradley		Builders
1996	Reinhold Spath		Builders
1997	Phil Woosnam		Builders
1997	Walter Chyzowych		Builders
1998	Patrick Smith		Builders
1998	Peter Collins		Builders
2001	Bob Hermann		Builders
2003	Ahmet Ertegun		Builders
2003	Clive Toye		Builders
2003	Elizabeth Robbie		Builders
2003	Joe Robbie		Builders
2003	Lee Stern		Builders
2003	Nesuhi Ertegun		Builders
2003	Steve Ross		Builders
2003	Ted Howard		Builders
2005	Hank Steinbrecher		Builders
2006	Philip Anschutz		Builders
2007	Alan Rothenberg		Builders
2008	Anson Dorrance		Builders
2010	Bruce Arena		Builders	77.78%
2011	Bob Gansler		Builders	58.49%
2012	Tony DiCicco		Builders
2014	Bob Bradley		Builders	55.93%
2015	Sigi Schmid		Builders	62.7%	[7]
2016	Don Garber		Builders
2017	Joe Machnik		Builders
2018	Bob Contiguglia		Builders
2019	Sunil Gulati		Builders		[9]
2021	Kevin Payne		Builders
2022	Esse Baharmast		Builders
2023	Jill Ellis		Builders	83.3%	[12]

See also

• National Soccer Hall of Fame

References

Inline citations

1. "Red Bulls' Jeff Agoos gets inducted into National Soccer Hall of Fame". Daily News.
2. "ROBERTS SAHAYDAK NAMED TO BALLOT FOR 2011 NATIONAL SOCCER HALL OF FAME CLASS".
3. "2010 Hall of Fame Induction Quote Sheet". Archived from the original on 2011-08-07.
4. "Rutgers Standout Lalas Elected to National Soccer Hall of Fame". Archived from the original on 2012-09-10.
5. "Hall of Famers - U.S. Soccer". www.ussoccer.com. Archived from the original on 2016-04-27.
6. "kenn.com". kenn.com. Retrieved 2022-05-03.
7. "Breakdown of Hall of Fame voting: Keller got in easily, Scurry just missed". The Washington Post. 2015-04-13. Retrieved 2022-05-03.
8. "Soccer Hall of Fame voting: Bocanegra and Markgraf were close, Cherundolo inexplicably was not". The Washington Post. 2018-06-01. Retrieved 2022-05-03.
9. "Wambach, Gulati Headline NSHOF Class of 2019 | National Soccer Hall of Fame".
10. "Carlos Bocanegra Elected to National Soccer Hall of Fame | National Soccer Hall of Fame".
11. "Clint Dempsey, Hope Solo, Shannon Boxx Headline National Soccer Hall of Fame's 2022 Class".
12. "National Soccer Hall of Fame Announces the Six Members of Its 2023 Class".