Jim Millnder is a retired American

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player and coach who played professionally in the

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and Major Indoor Soccer League, American Soccer League and

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. He coached collegiate soccer for twenty-nine years.

Player

Millinder graduated from North Torrance High School. He then played soccer at

El Camino College El Camino College (Elco or ECC) is a public community college in Los Angeles County, California. Most of it is in Alondra Park,New York Cosmos New York Cosmos may refer to * New York Cosmos (1970–1985), a team in the North American Soccer League (then the top-tier soccer league in the United States and Canada) * New York Cosmos (2010), a team playing since 2020 in the National Indepen ...

of the

. He saw no first team games and in 1978, he moved to the

Los Angeles Aztecs The Los Angeles Aztecs were an American professional soccer team based in Los Angeles, California, that existed from 1974 to 1981. The Aztecs competed in the North American Soccer League (NASL) from 1974 North American Soccer League season, 1974 ...

. He played four games for the Aztecs then was sent to the

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for the 1979–1980 NASL indoor season. In June 1980, the Roughnecks sent Millinder and cash to the

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in exchange for

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. He played no games for the Strikers before being released. In 1982, he joined the

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of the American Soccer League. He was a 1983 ASL All Star with the Slickers. That fall, he signed with the

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of the Major Indoor Soccer League. He spent two indoor seasons with the Lazers. In 1984, he spent the summer with the Oklahoma City Stampede of the

. In 1985, he played for the

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. In 1990, he briefly played for the San Diego Nomads of the

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. In 1976, Millinder played for the

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during its unsuccessful qualification campaign for the

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Coach

In 1978, Millinder became an assistant coach to both the men's and women's soccer teams at

El Camino College El Camino College (Elco or ECC) is a public community college in Los Angeles County, California. Most of it is in Alondra Park,Loyola Marymount University Loyola Marymount University (LMU) is a private Jesuit and Marymount research university in Los Angeles, California. LMU enrolls over 10,000 undergraduate and graduate students, making it the largest Catholic university on the west coast of the ...

. He compiled am 8–27–4 record over two seasons. In May 1996, the

University of Southern California The University of Southern California (USC, SC, or Southern Cal) is a Private university, private research university in Los Angeles, California, United States. Founded in 1880 by Robert M. Widney, it is the oldest private research university in ...

hired Millinder as the head coach of the women's soccer team. On November 16, 2006, the university announced it would not renew Millinder's contract. He had compiled a 136–70–21 record, but had never taken a team past the second round of the NCAA post-season tournament. Millender became head coach of the

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in 2012.
/ref> Millinder has also coached numerous amateur teams including Ajax, the 1992 U.S. Women's Amateur National Champion.

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