Ty Keough, American soccer coach. License soccer coach. Named to Sports Fall of Fame St. Louis University, 1994. Coordinator Soccer Start for Inner City, St. Louis, 1990-1994; committee member Puma Cup, St. Louis, 1995. Member National Soccer Coaches Association, United States Coaches, Professional Soccer Reporters Association, United States Soccer Federation (national board directors 1988-1991).
Background
Keough is the son of United States. soccer legend Harry Keough, member of the United States. team at the 1950 Fédération internationale de football association World Cup. His father later entered coaching and Keough benefited from his father’s instruction, developing into an excellent midfielder.
Education
Bachelor in Spanish, St. Saint Louis University, 1979;
certified in business administration, St. Saint Louis University, 1979.
Career
He earned seven caps with the United States. national team in 1979 and 1980. However, he did not attend the tournament as the United States. boycotted those games. After graduating from high school, he entered Saint Louis University where he played on the men’s soccer team, coached by his father from 1975 to 1978.
During his four seasons with the Billikens, Keough was a four-time All American, first team in 1976 and 1978 and honorable mention (third team) in 1975 and 1977.
The San Diego Sockers of the North American Soccer League (NASL) selected Keough in the 1979 draft and he spent four seasons with the Sockers. While still with the Sockers, Keough also played with the Saint Louis Steamers in the Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL) from 1980-1985.
In 1985, the Steamers traded him to the Kansas City Comets where he spent a single season before retiring from playing professionally. In 1979, Keough entered the national team
His first cap came in a February 3, 1979 loss to the Soviet Union.
He also began playing for the United States. Olympic team as it began qualification for the 1980 Summer Olympics to be held in Moscow. Qualifications continued into 1980 and the United States. ultimately qualified for the games, its first qualification since the 1972 Summer Olympics. However, President Jimmy Carter declared that the United States would boycott the games after the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan.
Despite this disappointment, Keough continued to play for the senior team through the rest of the year.
His last game with the team came in a November 9, 1980 loss to Mexico. Over his two years with the national team, he earned eight caps.
After retiring from playing, Keough entered the coaching ranks with Washington University in his home town of Saint Louis. He succeeded Joe Carenza, Junior., in 1986.
Over the next eleven seasons, he compiled a 136-47-17 record before resigning in 1997 to devote his time to his broadcast career.
While no longer coaching at the university level, Keough remains in coaching as part of the staff of the Northwest Soccer Camp. While coaching with Washington University, Keough entered the broadcast career field From 1990 until 2002, Keough covered four World Cups for TNT, Entertainment and Sports Programming Network and American Broadcasting Company.
Achievements
Membership
Coordinator Soccer Start for Inner City, St. Louis, 1990-1994. Committee member Puma Cup, St. Louis, 1995. Member National Soccer Coaches Association, United States Coaches, Professional Soccer Reporters Association, United States Soccer Federation (national board directors 1988-1991).