Leigh Veidman
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Leigh Veidman | ||
Date of birth | 9 June 1988 | ||
Place of birth | Liverpool, England | ||
Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Energy FC (head coach) | ||
College career | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2008–2010 | Iowa Western CC | 33 | (41) |
2011 | Texas-Brownsville | 21 | (14) |
2013 | Bellevue University | 18 | (8) |
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2011–2014 | Toronto Lynx | 56 | (13) |
2015–2016 | Des Moines Menace | 16 | (12) |
2017 | FC Boulder U23 | 12 | (6) |
Teams managed | |||
2015–2017 | Midland University Warriors (assistant) | ||
2016–2017 | Des Moines Menace (assistant) | ||
2017–2019 | FC Boulder (academy) | ||
2019–2020 | Fresno FC (assistant) | ||
2020–2021 | Energy FC (assistant) | ||
2021– | Energy FC | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
Leigh Veidman (born 9 June 1988) is an English professional football coach and former player who is the head coach of USL Championship club Energy FC.[1]
Playing career[]
His career started with stints at both Liverpool and Everton youth academies.[2] Veidman came to the United States from England to play college soccer in 2008.[3] His first stop was at NJCAA team Iowa Western Community College where he was he earned All-Conference honors in 2008 and 2010 and All-American honors in 2010.[4] He holds the record at Iowa Western for most career goals (41) and most career points (91).[5] Veidman transferred to the NAIA school University of Texas at Brownsville where he earned All-Conference honors in 2011.[6] The last of his college career was played at the NAIA school Bellevue University where he again earned All-Conference honors in 2013.[7]
Veidman's senior level club career included a stint with then USL PDL club Toronto Lynx from 2011 to 2014, and another at then-USL PDL club Des Moines Menace in 2015 and 2016.[3] His last season as a player in the PDL was in 2017 with FC Boulder U23.[8]
Managerial career[]
Veidman started gaining coaching experience by leading Westside High School in Omaha, Nebraska.[4] Between 2015 and 2017, he was as an assistant coach at Midland University while concurrently coaching as an assistant during the club season for Des Moines Menace.[3]
His break in to coaching at the professional level came with Fresno FC under Adam Smith.[9] After Fresno FC folded, Veidman came on as an assistant coach for Energy FC under John Pascarella.[10] Veidman got his chance to become a head coach when Energy FC let go of Pascarella in June 2021.[11] He won three out of his first four matches as the head coach, more than the club had won in the entire 2020 season.[12] On October 28, 2021, the interim tag was removed and Veidman officially became the Energy's fourth permanent head coach.[13]
Career statistics[]
Managerial[]
Team | From | To | Record | ||||
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P | W | D | L | Win % | |||
Energy FC | 4 June 2021 | Present | 25 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 32.00 |
References[]
- ^ "Staff". www.energyfc.com.
- ^ "Leigh Veidman Owns the Pitch". 405 Magazine. 29 July 2021. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
- ^ a b c Chris Cuellar (8 July 2016). "Menace star Veidman desperate for soccer success in U.S." The Des Moines Register.
- ^ a b "Leigh Veidman – Midland University". www.midlandathletics.com.
- ^ "Records". Go Reivers.
{{cite web}}
: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "2011 RRAC Men's Soccer All-Conference Team". redriverconference.com. 9 November 2011.
- ^ "Leigh Veidman". Bellevue University Athletics.
- ^ "FC Boulder U23 Leigh Veidman". USL League Two.
{{cite web}}
: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Coach Smith Announces Changes to Staff for 2019 Season". oursportscentral.com. 24 January 2014.
- ^ "LEIGH VEIDMAN NAMED ASSISTANT COACH". www.energyfc.com. 20 January 2020.
- ^ Myron Patton (4 June 2021). "Energy FC will have a new coach". okcfox.com.
- ^ "OKC Energy FC Schedule". www.uslchampionship.com.
- ^ "LEIGH VEIDMAN NAMED PERMANENT HEAD COACH OF ENERGY FC". www.energyfc.com. 28 October 2021.
- Living people
- 1988 births
- Footballers from Liverpool
- English footballers
- Association football forwards
- Toronto Lynx players
- Des Moines Menace players
- USL League Two players
- English football managers
- Association football coaches
- High school soccer coaches in the United States
- OKC Energy FC coaches
- USL Championship coaches
- English expatriate footballers
- English expatriate football managers
- English expatriate sportspeople in the United States
- Expatriate soccer players in the United States
- Expatriate soccer managers in the United States
- University of Texas–Pan American alumni
- Iowa Western Reivers men's soccer players
- English expatriate sportspeople in Canada
- Expatriate soccer players in Canada
- Bellevue University alumni
- College men's soccer coaches in the United States
- USL League Two coaches
- Fresno FC coaches