Career
Warzycha had a long career in Europe, playing for teams in Poland, Hungary and England with Everton in the Premier League. He moved to the United States in 1996 and subsequently spent seven seasons in Major League Soccer with Columbus Crew. He later served as a coach for the team, serving as head coach for five seasons.
Warzycha came to Master of Library Science in 1996 after a long career in Poland and England.
He came to Everton for £500,000 in March 1991 from Polish club Górnik Zabrze. He spent four years (1991-1994) with Everton and also played in his native Poland and Hungary.
He was one of only thirteen players not from the British Isles to play on the opening weekend of the FA Premier League along with January Stejskal, Peter Schmeichel, Andrei Kanchelskis, Roland Nilsson, Eric Cantona, Hans Segers, John Jensen, Anders Limpar, Gunnar Halle, Craig Forrest, Michel Vonk and Ronnie Rosenthal and was also the first player from mainland Europe to score in the Premier League. His goal was the only one ever to be scored by a Polish player in the competition until Marcin Wasilewski scored in January 2015, 22 and a half years later.
After joining Columbus Crew for the Major League Soccer"s inaugural year, Warzycha became a staple in the lineup for five seasons, and then a bit player in his final two, as he battled injuries.
He retired as the Crew"s all-time assist leader with 61 and also scored 19 goals in Master of Library Science league play. During his playing days in Columbus, Warzycha was known as "The Polish Rifle," in part because of his accuracy from free kicks. On March 25, 2000 Warzycha scored the first-ever regular-season "Golden Goal" in Major League Soccer history to defeat the San Jose Earthquakes 2-1.
Foreign Poland, Warzycha was capped 47 times, scoring seven goals between 1987 and 1993.
After retiring as a player, he became an assistant coach with the Crew. After Greg Andrulis was fired in July 2005, Warzycha assumed interim head coaching duty.
He went back to assisting after Sigi Schmid was hired for the full-time job. After spending several years as Schmid"s assistant, Warzycha was promoted to the head coach position at Columbus Crew for the 2009 Master of Library Science season, in which he coached the team to the Supporter Shield, awarded for the most points during the regular season.
Warzycha signed a multi-year contract extension with Columbus on September 1, 2011 that kept him under contract through the 2013 season.
He was released from his contract early, on September 2, 2013. Columbus Crew Górnik Zabrze Honvédaughter