Brian Haynes (footballer)

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Brian Haynes

| image =

| full_name =

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1962|5|7}}

| birth_place = Couva, Trinidad and Tobago

| height = {{height|ft=6|in=0}}

| position = Midfielder

| currentclub =

| youthyears1 = 1986–1989

| youthclubs1 = Erskine College

| years1 = 1989–1991

| years2 = 1991–1996

| years3 = 1990

| years4 = 1991

| years5 = 1992–1995

| years6 = 1995

| years7 = 1996–2000

| years8 = 1997

| years9 = 1999

| years10 = 1999

| years11 = 2000

| years12 = 1997–1998

| clubs1 = Atlanta Attack (indoor)

| clubs2 = → Kansas City Attack (indoor)

| clubs3 = Orlando Lions

| clubs4 = Maryland Bays

| clubs5 = Colorado Foxes

| clubs6 = Seattle Sounders

| clubs7 = Dallas Burn

| clubs8 = → New Orleans Riverboat Gamblers (loan)

| clubs9 = → Milwaukee Rampage (loan)

| clubs10 = → Texas Toros (loan)

| clubs11 = → Texas Rattlers (loan)

| clubs12 = Wichita Wings (indoor)

| caps1 =

| caps2 = 170

| caps3 =

| caps4 = 20

| caps5 =

| caps6 = 6

| caps7 = 77

| caps8 = 1

| caps9 = 2

| caps10 = 2

| caps11 = 2

| caps12 = 37

| goals1 =

| goals2 = 201

| goals3 =

| goals4 = 9

| goals5 =

| goals6 = 0

| goals7 = 8

| goals8 = 0

| goals9 = 0

| goals10 = 1

| goals11 = 0

| goals12 = 29

| nationalyears1 = 1987–1996

| nationalteam1 = Trinidad and Tobago

| nationalcaps1 = 21

| nationalgoals1 = 8

| manageryears1 = 2001–2006

| managerclubs1 = FC Dallas (assistant)

| manageryears2 = 2007–2008

| managerclubs2 = Real Colorado Cougars

| manageryears3 = 2012

| managerclubs3 = Atlanta Silverbacks (assistant)

| manageryears4 = 2012–2013

| managerclubs4 = Atlanta Silverbacks

| manageryears5 = 2018–2019

| managerclubs5 = Houston Dynamo (academy)

| manageryears6 = 2019–2021

| managerclubs6 = Inter Miami (academy)

| manageryears7 = 2021

| managerclubs7 = FC Dallas (academy)

| manageryears8 = 2021

| managerclubs8 = Charlotte Independence (assistant)

| manageryears9 = 2022–

| managerclubs9 = Colorado Rapids 2 (assistant)

}}

|2023-

| Currently = Trinidad and Tobago National Team Head Coach U20 and U22 Boys

Brian Haynes (born 7 May 1962) is a Trinidadian football coach and former player who earned 21 caps with the Trinidad and Tobago national team. He spent his entire professional career in the United States where he played for numerous indoor and outdoor leagues. He was the 1991 American Indoor Soccer Association Rookie of the Year, won three American Professional Soccer League titles and played five seasons with the Dallas Burn in Major League Soccer.

Club career

Haynes was born in Couva, Trinidad and Tobago. He attended Erskine College, playing on the men's soccer team from 1986 to 1989. He was a three time NAIA All American. He graduated in 1989. In the fall of 1989, Haynes signed with the Atlanta Attack of the American Indoor Soccer Association where he was the 1990 Rookie of the Year.{{cite web |url=http://www.sover.net/~spectrum/year/1990.html#AISA |title=The Year in American Soccer – 1990 |publisher=Sover.net |accessdate=4 January 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090108201937/http://www.sover.net/%7espectrum/year/1990.html#AISA |archive-date=8 January 2009 |url-status=dead }} Haynes remained with the Attack until 1996. In 1990, the league was renamed the National Professional Soccer League. In 1991, Attack team moved to Missouri where it became the Kansas City Attack. That year, Haynes was a first team All Star. In 1990, Haynes began his outdoor career with the Orlando Lions of the American Professional Soccer League (APSL).{{cite web|url=http://a-leaguearchive.tripod.com/1990/statsasl90.htm#Orlando |title=1990 Orlando Lions |publisher=A-leaguearchive.tripod.com |date=27 January 2007 |accessdate=4 January 2012}} In 1991, Haynes played for the Maryland Bays of the American Professional Soccer League.{{cite web|url=http://a-leaguearchive.tripod.com/1991/stats91.htm#Maryland |title=1991 Maryland Bays |publisher=A-leaguearchive.tripod.com |date=27 January 2007 |accessdate=4 January 2012}} In 1992, he moved to the Colorado Foxes.{{cite web|url=http://a-leaguearchive.tripod.com/1992/stats92.htm#Colorado |title=1992 Colorado Foxes |publisher=A-leaguearchive.tripod.com |date=27 January 2007 |accessdate=4 January 2012}} Haynes and his teammates won the 1992 and 1993 APSL championships. They also won the 1992 Professional Cup, with Haynes scoring a goal in the Final. In 1995, Haynes began the season with the Foxes, but the Seattle Sounders (1994–2008) purchased him for an undisclosed amount of cash in August 1995.{{cite web|url=https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/19950812/2136017/northwest----sounders-win-streak-ends-in-shootout-loss |title=Northwest – Sounders' Win Streak Ends in Shootout Loss |publisher=Community.seattletimes.nwsource.com |date=12 August 1995 |access-date=4 January 2012}} The move to the Sounders gave Haynes his third APSL and fourth overall championship as Seattle won the title.{{cite web|url=http://seattlepitch.tripod.com/matches/95/95.html |title=1995 Sounders |publisher=Seattlepitch.tripod.com |accessdate=4 January 2012}} On 6 February 1996, the Dallas Burn selected Haynes in the 4th round (33rd overall) in the 1996 MLS Inaugural Player Draft. He remained with the Burn through the 2000 season. However, that year, he played only one game. In 1997, he played one game on loan to the New Orleans Riverboat Gamblers. On 27 August 1999, Haynes played two games on loan with the Milwaukee Rampage of the USL A-League while serving a red card suspension with the Burn.{{cite web |url=http://robots.cnnsi.com/stats/1999/stats.milstax.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220926001522/http://robots.cnnsi.com/stats/1999/stats.milstax.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=26 September 2022 |title=1999 Milwaukee Rampage |publisher=Robots.cnnsi.com |accessdate=4 January 2012 }}{{cite web|url=http://seattlepitch.tripod.com/matches/99/august27.html |title=Sounders-Milwaukee Match Report |publisher=Seattlepitch.tripod.com |accessdate=4 January 2012}} He played one more indoor season during his time with the Burn. In 1997, he joined the Wichita Wings of the NPSL.

International career

Haynes earned twenty-one caps, scoring eight goals, with the Trinidad and Tobago national football team between 1987 and 1996.

Managerial career

On 16 March 2001, the Dallas Burn announced they had hired Haynes as an assistant coach. He remained with the Burn until 2007 when he became the head coach of the Real Colorado Cougars of the W-League. He served as the head coach for the Atlanta Silverbacks of the North American Soccer League from 2012 until the end of 2013, losing in the final of the 2013 season, but he was not retained following the season{{Cite web |url=http://www.indyweek.com/triangleoffense/archives/2013/12/10/what-have-you-done-for-me-lately-brian-haynes-reacts-to-the-sudden-end-of-his-tenure-as-atlanta-silverbacks-manager |title='What have you done for me lately?' - Brian Haynes reacts to the sudden end of his tenure as Atlanta Silverbacks manager |access-date=10 December 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131212232320/http://www.indyweek.com/triangleoffense/archives/2013/12/10/what-have-you-done-for-me-lately-brian-haynes-reacts-to-the-sudden-end-of-his-tenure-as-atlanta-silverbacks-manager|archive-date=12 December 2013 |url-status=dead }} despite being named 2013 NASL Coach of the Year.{{cite web|url=http://www.atlantasilverbacks.com/fc/news/item/haynes-named-nasl-coach-of-the-year |title=Haynes Named NASL Coach of the Year |accessdate=2013-12-16 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131216182642/http://www.atlantasilverbacks.com/fc/news/item/haynes-named-nasl-coach-of-the-year |archivedate=16 December 2013 }}

In March 2021, after coaching stints with the academies of Houston Dynamo, Inter Miami, and FC Dallas, Haynes joined USL Championship side Charlotte Independence as an assistant.{{cite web|url=https://www.charlotteindependence.com/news_article/show/1152659 |title=BRIAN HAYNES NAMED CHARLOTTE INDEPENDENCE ASSISTANT COACH|date=16 March 2021|publisher=Charlotte Independence |accessdate=17 March 2021}}