Earnie Stewart

Earnie Stewart
Personal information
Full name Earnest Stewart
Date of birth (1969-03-28) March 28, 1969
Place of birth Veghel, Netherlands
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Playing position Midfielder
Youth career
UDI'19
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1988–1990 VVV 62 (15)
1990–1996 Willem II 170 (49)
1996–2003 NAC 199 (50)
2003–2004 D.C. United 47 (4)
2004–2005 VVV 6 (1)
Total 484 (119)
National team
1990–2004 United States 101 (17)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.


Earnest "Big Ern" Stewart (born March 28, 1969) is a retired American soccer player who was a regular midfielder for the U.S. national team from 1990s until his retirement in 2005. He is currently the Sporting Director at the Philadelphia Union, after assuming the role on January 1, 2016.

Early life and education

Stewart, the son of an African American U.S. Air Force airman Earnie Stewart, and his Dutch wife Annemien Stewart, grew up in the Netherlands, and began his professional career in that country in 1988 with VVV. He spent two years at the Dutch First Division (second-level) club before moving to Eredivisie side Willem II in 1990. By the end of 1990, he made his first appearance for the U.S. national team against Portugal.

Career

In his first season at Willem II, he finished third on the goal-scoring list for the Dutch First Division, with 17. He went on to score 49 goals in six seasons there. In the meantime, he developed into a regular for the U.S. national team, starting all four games that the U.S. played in the 1994 FIFA World Cup. Most notably, he scored the goal that gave the U.S. its winning margin against Colombia in group play, the first World Cup game won by the U.S. since 1950.

By 1996, Stewart had moved to NAC Breda, eventually spending more than six seasons at NAC. The club was relegated in 1999, but Stewart helped the club win the First Division in 2000, thereby earning promotion back to the Eredivisie. During his years at NAC, he also played in all of the U.S. team's matches at the 1998 and 2002 FIFA World Cups, becoming one of only five U.S. men to play in three World Cups.

In January 2003, he left the Netherlands to play in Major League Soccer, and was allocated to D.C. United, where he won the MLS Cup in his second season. His scoring numbers did not equal his earlier high standards, as he tallied just four regular season goals and one playoff goal in MLS. He left DC after the 2004 season, coming back to the Netherlands and his original club, VVV-Venlo, where he became technical director following his retirement in 2005.

Stewart became the eighth U.S. man to make his 100th international appearance in a 2004 World Cup qualifier against Grenada. His 111 goals as a professional in the Netherlands makes him the highest-scoring American in international club play. He was named U.S. Soccer Athlete of the Year in 2001.

He was named technical director of NAC Breda of the Dutch Eredivisie on 14 May 2006.

Earnest Stewart was appointed as AZ’s Director of Football Affairs in June 2010. The 41-year-old American succeeded Marcel Brands, who left AZ for PSV. Stewart left his post as Technical Director at NAC Breda by mutual consent.[1] Stewart stated in the past that he had a long-term goal of returning to United States soccer in an executive role: "One ambition I do have is to go back to the United States and to be of importance to soccer."[2]

Stewart accomplished just that when, on October 26, 2015, the Philadelphia Union officially announced that Stewart would take on the role of Sporting Director for the club.[3]

Career statistics

International goals

# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 June 13, 1993 Chicago, Illinois  Germany 2–4 3–4 1993 U.S. Cup
2 August 31, 1993 Reykjavik, Iceland  Iceland 1–0 1–0 Friendly
3 June 22, 1994 Pasadena, California  Colombia 2–0 2-1 1994 World Cup
4 March 25, 1995 Dallas, Texas  Uruguay 2–0 2–2 Friendly
5 March 16, 1997 Palo Alto, California  Canada 3–0 3-0 1998 World Cup Qualifying
6 May 24, 1998 Portland, Oregon  Kuwait 1–0 2-0 Friendly
7 June 3, 2000 Washington, D.C.  South Africa 4–0 4-0 2000 U.S. Cup
8 July 23, 2000 San Jose, Costa Rica  Costa Rica 1–1 1–2 2002 World Cup Qualifying
9 August 16, 2000 Foxborough, Massachusetts  Barbados 6–0 7-0 2002 World Cup Qualifying
10 November 15, 2000 Waterford, Barbados  Barbados 2–0 4-0 2002 World Cup Qualifying
11 February 28, 2001 Columbus, Ohio  Mexico 2–0 2–0 2002 World Cup Qualifying
12 March 28, 2001 San Pedro Sula, Honduras  Honduras 1–0 2-1 2002 World Cup Qualifying
13 June 20, 2001 Foxborough, Massachusetts  Trinidad and Tobago 2–0 2–0 2002 World Cup Qualifying
14 September 1, 2001 Washington, D.C.  Honduras 1–0 2–3 2002 World Cup Qualifying
15 2–3
16 July 6, 2003 Columbus, Ohio  Paraguay 2–0 2–0 Friendly
17 July 26, 2003 Miami, Florida  Costa Rica 2–2 3–2 2003 Gold Cup

U.S. National Team Appearances/Goals

[4]

National TeamYearAppsStartsGoalsAssists
United States
19901100
19910000
19927200
19936321
19947510
19959912
19965501
19977610
19989810
19995401
20008744
2001101050
200210900
200313720
20044101
Total101771710

Club performance League Cup League Cup Continental Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Netherlands League KNVB Cup League Cup Europe Total
1988–89VVV-VenloEredivisie273
1989–90Eerste Divisie3512
1990–91Willem II TilburgEredivisie3317
1991–92338
1992–93224
1993–94327
1994–953210
1995–96183
1996–97NAC BredaEredivisie289
1997–98306
1998–99287
1999-00Eerste Divisie298
2000–01Eredivisie288
2001–023110
2002–03152
U.S. League Open Cup League Cup North America Total
2003D.C. UnitedMajor League Soccer211
2004263
Netherlands League KNVB Cup League Cup Europe Total
2004–05VVV-VenloEerste Divisie61
Total Netherlands 427115
U.S. 474
Career total 474119

References

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  4. ↑ "Earnie Stewart – U.S. Soccer Media Guide". 2013 USMNT Media Guide. Retrieved 23 December 2013.
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