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STEVE MORROW -- HEAD COACH Birthdate: July 2, 1970 Birthplace: Carrickfergus, Northern Ireland |
Steve Morrow enters his second season as FC Dallas head coach. Morrow was appointed as the fourth head coach in team history on December 11, 2006 and led the team to a 13-12-5 record and a third-place finish in the Western Conference in 2007. Under Morrow's direction, the team earned a trip to the MLS Cup Playoffs for the third straight year.
Morrow began his professional playing career at the age of 17, when he was signed by Arsenal of the English Premiership. After being loaned to various clubs, he made his Gunners' debut at the end of the 1991-92 season. The following year, he became a mainstay on the team that won the 1993 FA Cup and '93 League Cup, in which he scored the game-winning goal in the 2-1 victory over Sheffield Wednesday. He also played in the '94 European Cup Winner's Cup 1-0 win over Italian-side Parma, as well as the '95 Cup Winner's Cup final, which Arsenal lost 2-1 to Spain's Real Zaragosa. After playing one season under current Arsenal head coach Arsène Wenger, he joined Queen's Park Rangers in 1997. Morrow played in 92 games in his four years at Rangers before coming to play for Dallas in 2002. In his two years as a defender with Dallas, he scored three goals in 41 regular season games and once in three playoff games. All four of his goals in MLS were against the Colorado Rapids. Morrow, who earned 40 caps with the Northern Ireland National Team, was originally hired by Dallas as an assistant coach on Feb. 3, 2004, though he was forced to resign in late May of that year due to personal reasons. He returned to the club on Jan. 27, 2005 and had been the first assistant coach in both 2005 and 2006. He acquired his UEFA "A" coaching license and also received a degree in Sports and Fitness Science from Luton University in England in 2002. At the time of his hire, Morrow became the 51st coach in MLS history and the 11th that has previously played in Major League Soccer. He is married to Fiona and has three children, Jonathan, Sophie, and Scarlett.
| YEAR | TEAM | GP | GS | MIN | G | A | SHT | SOG | FC | FS | OFF | CK | C | E |
| 2002 | Dallas | 24 | 24 | 2199 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 26 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 2003 | Dallas | 17 | 17 | 1484 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 41 | 41 | 3683 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 8 | 48 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| YEAR | POSTSEASON | GP | GS | MIN | G | A | SHT | SOG | FC | FS | OFF | CK | C | E |
| 2002 | Dallas | 3 | 3 | 271 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
