Westwood, Mass. (October 20, 2009) – The National Soccer Hall of Fame and Museum has announced that Boston Breakers Head Coach Tony DiCicco has been named to the Hall of Fame’s Election 2010 Builder Ballot.  DiCicco is one of four highly respected soccer coaches and six nationally recognized administrators selected for the ballot.  2010 Hall of Fame inductees will be announced in early near year. 

DiCicco is one of the most recognizable names in women’s soccer, serving as the U.S. Women’s National Team head coach from 1994 to 1999.  During his six year tenure he coached the women’s national team at the 1995 Women's World Cup, the 1996 Olympic Games and the 1999 Women's World Cup.  He guided the USA to the 1996 Olympic Goal Medal and the historic 1999 World Cup championship.  He accumulating a record of 103-8-8, making him the all-time wins leader is U.S. National Team Soccer history.  Most recently, DiCicco served as head coach of the U.S. Under-20 Women’s National Team, guiding the Americans to the 2008 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup championship in Chile.

After his success with the National Team, he serves as the COO of the Women's United Soccer Association (WUSA) in 2001 and its Commissioner in 2002 and 2003.  A true soccer enthusiast, he was the Chairman of the Re-launch committee in 2004. 

In addition to DiCicco, the other finalists are:

• Bruce Arena, current coach of the Los Angeles Galaxy
• Chuck Blazer, FIFA Executive Committee Member General Secretary of CONCACAF
• Dr. Bob Contiguglia, past president of U.S. Soccer and U.S. Youth Soccer
• Bob Gansler, retired U.S. National Team and Kansas City Wizards coach
• Don Garber, commissioner of Major League Soccer
• Francisco Marcos, president emeritus, Senior Director of International Development of the United Soccer Leagues
• Fritz Marth, past administrator of U.S. Adult Soccer Association
• Kevin Payne, president and chief executive officer of D.C. United
• Sigi Schmid, current coach of the Seattle Sounders FC