Miles Joseph (born May 2, 1974) is an American

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coach and former player who earned three

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with the United States national soccer team. He spent six seasons as a player in

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and part of one season in Major Indoor Soccer League. He was also a member of the U.S. soccer team at the

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. He currently serves as the associate head coach for

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Youth and college

While born in Massachusetts, Miles grew up in

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, and graduated from

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in 1992. During his high school career, he won three NY state championships and a national championship. He entered

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in the fall of 1992. Miles stands on the Clemson University all-time record board as 3rd most career assists at 41.

Professional

The MetroStars selected Miles in the second round (12th overall) in the

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. He was with the MetroStars until they traded him to the

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on May 3, 2000, for a second round 2001 draft pick. Joseph had a career 22 assists and 11 goals for the MEtrostars/RedBUlls Joseph finished the 2000 season with Columbus before being traded to the

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for the 2001 season. At the end of the season, the Burn released him. On February 13, 2003, the Dallas Sidekicks signed Miles as a free agent. He played only seven games with the Sidekicks in the 2002–03 season before leaving the team to become an assistant coach with the

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women's soccer team on August 5, 2003. Miles served four years as an assistant coach for Major League Soccer's

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. As an assistant with Kries, Miles coached in an MLS Cup final, a CONCACAF final and an Open Cup final.

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, the

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head coach who knew Joseph from their times working together at Real Salt Lake, named Miles Joseph as the first assistant coach of New York City FC in 2014. New York City FC debuted as a club in the

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. On November 2, 2015, New York City FC, disappointed with not making the 2015 MLS Cup Playoffs, announced they had parted ways with Head Coach Jason Kreis as well as Joseph and assistant C. J. Brown after just one year of management and would be looking for a new head coach for the following season. Miles Joseph served as an assistant coach at

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from 2016 to 2018. In August 2018, Miles Joseph was hired by the

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to be an assistant coach. As an assistant with Savarese, Miles coached in 2 MLS Cups and won the MLS is Back tournament. On August 21, 2023, the

appointed Joseph to the role of interim head coach for the remainder of the 2023 MLS season, following the dismissal of manager

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. On October 6, 2023, The Oregonian reported that Joseph is one of the final candidates for the Timbers managerial role in 2024. Joseph's win percentage as an interim head coach place him at #2 ALL TIME in the history of MLS interim head coaches for win percentage and points per game. For the 2023 MLS regular season schedule, Joseph placed #1 for goals per game. #3 for goal differential, #3 for winning percentage and #4 for points per compared when compared to all other MLS coaches. Joseph joined

as the associate head coach to head coach

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on January 24, 2024.

National teams

Joseph was selected for the roster of the U.S. team at the 1993 U-20 World Cup held in

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. He scored a goal in the 6–0 victory over Turkey. The U.S. went 1–1–1 in group play, qualifying for the second round where it fell to Brazil. In 1996, U.S. coach

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named Joseph to the U.S. soccer team at the

. Once again, the team went 1–1–1, but this time failed to make the second round. Joseph earned his first cap with the U.S. national soccer team when he came on for

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in the 89th minute of a 3–1 win over

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on August 30, 1996. He was again a late game substitute on December 21, 1996, in a 2–2 tie with

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. He started his last national team game, a 2–1 loss to

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, before coming off at halftime for Cobi Jones.USA – Details of International Matches 1995–1999
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References

External links

MetroStars profile

NY Elite FC

Real Salt Lake
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