Background
Demling grew up in Saint Louis, Missouri beginning to play soccer when he was seven at Saint Thomas More parish in the C.Y.C. league.
Demling grew up in Saint Louis, Missouri beginning to play soccer when he was seven at Saint Thomas More parish in the C.Y.C. league.
Demling grew up in Saint Louis, Missouri beginning to play soccer when he was seven at Saint Thomas More parish in the C.Y.C. league. He played Junior soccer for Saint Philip Neri winning the National Junior Cup title in the 1968-1969 season. He attended Saint Louis University High School, graduating in 1970.
He then entered Saint Louis University where he played on the men’s soccer team from 1970 to 1973.
He immediately made an impact on the team, becoming a starter his freshman season. That year, the Billikens won the National Collegiate Athletic Association Men"s Soccer Championship.
Saint Louis U would lose in the National Collegiate Athletic Association final in 1971. The team repeated as champions in 1972 and 1973, the last season with Demling as team captain.
The Billikens have named an annual award after Demling, given to the soccer player who gives his most to the team
Saint Louis University inducted Demling into its Hall of Fame in 1999.
Demling spent seven seasons in the North American Soccer League and one in Major Indoor Soccer League. Saint Saint In 1973, the expansion San Jose Earthquakes of the North American Soccer League (NASL) selected Demling with its first draft pick. He played from 1974 to 1978 with the Earthquakes.
However, he lost the entire 1975 season due to a broken leg suffered in the 1975 NASL Indoor Final.
In 1978, the Earthquakes traded Demling to the San Diego Sockers after only two games. While he then played twelve games with the Sockers through the remainder of the 1978 season, he saw time in only one game in 1979.
In 1980, he was back in San Jose where he played a single game with the Earthquakes. In 1980, he left the NASL and signed with the San Francisco Fog of the Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL).
The Fog lasted only one season before moving to Kansas City to become the Kansas City Comets.
Sports clothing After retiring from the Fog, Demling entered the apparel industry. He has sold soccer shoes and clothing for Nike and Patrick sportswear. He has also managed a shoe distribution center in Hayward, California.
Broadcaster Demling has also served as a radio and television soccer broadcaster.
In 1996, he was hired to provide television commentary for the San Jose Clash. Coaching In 1999, Demling coached eighth grade soccer at Blach Junior High School in Los Altos, California, taking the team to the Valley Junior High School Athletic League championship.
On May 9, 2000, Saint Francis High School hired Demling as its boy’s soccer coach.