Roy Rees coached the USA at four U-17 World Cups, from 1987 through 1993, a tenure during which the young Americans celebrated historic victories over Brazil and Italy. Rees also co-founded the Houston Texans in 1983 and helped create the Dallas Texans in 1993. He died on Saturday at age 74.
Mike Woitalla of Soccer America writes of 'one of the pioneers of the modern period of US Soccer'.

It was morning in America. All of Orwell's predictions had come true, but the Kinks were having one of their occasional comebacks, so that was all right. It was beginning to look as if people were willing to pay for television programming. Los Angeles had two National Football League teams (depending on whether you feel Anaheim counts).