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Coach Abdalla can be reached via email at d.abdalla@tcu.edu or in his office at (817) 257-7096.
In his first season as head coach of the Horned Frogs, Abdalla led TCU to its first appearance in the postseason tournament since the 2003 campaign. During his tenure, one player earned second-team all-Mountain West accolades and another was honored as Mountain West Conference Offensive Player of the Week. He finished the season with a 6-11-0 record and a seventh-place finish in conference play, TCU's first in the Mountain West. In 2006, Abdalla led the Horned Frogs to a 6-8-4 record overall and 1-3-3 mark in the Mountain West Conference. On the year, TCU had three players receive Mountain West Conference Player of the Week honors and one player selected to Soccer Buzz Magazine's All-Freshman Central Regional Team. Abdalla posted an overall record of 54-38-8, for a .580 winning percentage, in his five seasons as the head of the UNLV program. The 32-year-old coach recorded at least a .500 record in each of his five campaigns despite taking over a program that had been in existence for just two years prior to his arrival. A dozen Rebels earned all-conference distinction under Abdalla and he mentored the school's only WUSA draft pick. He served as an assistant coach at UNLV for one season before assuming the head coaching duties prior to the start of spring practice in 2000. During his tenure at UNLV, Abdalla's squads consistently showed improvement. In his debut as a Division I head coach during the 2000 season, the Rebels posted an 11-9 overall record, including a 7-1 mark at home, their best season record since the program's inception in 1998. Abdalla posted his first collegiate coaching victory on Aug. 25, 2000 with a 3-1 triumph over Cal State Fullerton. In 2001, the Rebels won a school record 12 victories, reaching the Mountain West Conference Tournament championship game for the first time in school history. His 2002 squad reached double figures in wins for the third straight year. In 2003, the Rebels finished with a 9-9-3 record. In addition, Abdalla helped Annii Magliulo become the first Rebel to earn all-region honors. In his final season at UNLV, the Rebels claimed their first Mountain West Conference regular season title with a league mark of 5-1 and wereselected as an at-large team to their first NCAA Tournament. All this came after being picked to finish fourth in the pre-season coaches' poll. The Rebels lost a 1-0 double overtime decision to 21st-ranked San Diego in the first round of the NCAA Tournament to finish the season with a 12-5-2 overall record. The 12 wins matched the school record set in 2001 under Abdalla's direction. Three UNLV players were named to the first-team all-conference squad and were members of the Soccer Buzz all-West Region team, led by league Offensive Player of the Year Annii Magliulo. In addition, Abdalla was named the MWC Coach of the Year and was the runner-up for Regional Coach of the Year honors. A four-year letterwinner and starting goalkeeper for the UNLV men's soccer team from 1994-97, Abdalla set a pair of school records during his playing career. He registered 321 saves and nine shutouts over 68 games for an impressive 1.95 goals against average and logged a school-record 101 saves in a season. Abdalla returned to his alma mater in 1999 after a two-year professional stint with the Orange County Zodiac of the A League, an affiliate of Major League Soccer's Los Angeles Galaxy. The Mission Viejo, Calif., native is a 1997 graduate of UNLV, earning a bachelor's degree in communications. He and his wife, Jennifer, reside in Fort Worth with their son, Zakary, born in March 2006.
RECORD: YEAR SCHOOL RECORD 2000 UNLV 11-9-0 2001 UNLV 12-7-2 2002 UNLV 10-8-1 2003 UNLV 9-9-3 2004 UNLV 12-5-2 2005 TCU 6-11-0 2006 TCU 6-8-4 TOTALS Six Years 68-57-12 EXPERIENCE: UNLV Assistant Women's Soccer Coach 1999 UNLV Head Women's Soccer Coach 2000-2004 TCU Head Women's Soccer Coach 2005-Present EDUCATION: UNLV Bachelor of Arts - Communications 1997 |
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