Adam Skumawitz

Adam Skumawitz (born 1979) is an American businessman, soccer coach, and former professional player who played for Aalesunds FK in the Eliteserien in 2003.

Adam Skumawitz
Personal information
Full name Adam King Skumawitz
Date of birth February, 1979
Place of birth Newport Beach, CA
Height 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Position(s) Midfielder, Attacker
Youth career
1994-1997 Fallbrook Union High School
1994-1997 San Diego Surf
1999-2001 Olympic Development Program National Pool
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1997-2001 Cornell University[1][2] 67 (20)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2001 Boston Bulldogs 9 (5)
2001–2003 FC Grün-Weiß Wolfen 42 (25)
2003-2005 Aalesunds FK 9[3] (1)
Teams managed
2005–2006 Temecula Valley High School Girls Varsity [4]
2011–2014 Great Oak High School Boys Varsity
2011–2015 Carlsbad Elite - College Liaison
2015–2018 Murrieta Surf - Director of Coaching Girls [5]
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career

Skumawitz currently lives in southern California and is the Vice President of Anselmo Investment Management . He is the founder of Football Proper soccer training academy and was elected to serve on the Temecula Valley Unified School District Governing Board in 2018.

College

Skumawitz was born in Newport Beach, CA, and played college soccer at Cornell University from 1997 to 2001 and decided he would play internationally in Germany and Norway. He is the all-time leader in Cornell Men's Soccer history for games played (67) and games started (64) and was the team's leading scorer in 2000.

Professional

Skumawitz turned professional in 2001 and spent one season with the Boston Bulldogs before joining FC Gruen-Weiss Wolfen and finishing his playing career in the Norwegian Premier League with Aalesunds FK.

Norway

Coming from the German professional team Gruen-Weiss Wolfen to Aalesunds of the Norwegian Premier League in summer 2003,[6] Skumawitz was viewed as the club's savior from relegation by their fans, able to be used in midfield or attack.[7] However, even though he scored the second goal to beat Lyn 2-0 on his debut,[8] The American's professional career was truncated by a back injury.[4]

International

Although Skumawitz never earned a cap for the United States national team, he participated in the Olympic Development Program throughout his youth soccer playing on the California State and Region IV select teams.


Coaching

Skumawitz began coaching immediately after he finished playing overseas and coached for 15 years before retiring from the field in 2015. His first position was as the Varsity Head Coach for the Temecula Valley Girls High School team, winning a CIF (California) State championship and completing an undefeated season in his second year in charge. In club soccer, Skumawitz served as the College Liaison and Girls Head Coach for Carlsbad Elite (now named LA Galaxy San Diego) and led his team to a US Youth National Championship and number one national youth ranking.

References
  1. Adam Skumawitz - 1999 Men's Soccer Cornellbigred.com
  2. Adam Skumawitz - 2000 Men's Soccer Cornellbigred.com
  3. "altomfotball.no: Adam Skumawitz - Aalesund - Eliteserien, 2003". TV 2.
  4. Skumawitz takes over Temecula Valley girls soccer team after playing in Europe The San Diego Union-Tribune
  5. Adam Skumawitz: New Murrieta Surf DOC Archived 2017-07-07 at the Wayback Machine GoalNation
  6. Ingen flere AaFK-overganger Aftenposten.no
  7. Skumawitz blir ingen frelser Aftenposten.no
  8. Adam i paradis Aftenposten.no


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