Frank Yallop
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"Frank Walter Yallop" is an English-born Canadian former professional association football/soccer player and the current head coach of the Chicago Fire Soccer Club/Chicago Fire in Major League Soccer.

Although he grew up in Vancouver, Watford-born Yallop spent the majority of his playing career in England, spending 13 years and making over 300 appearances for Ipswich Town F.C./Ipswich Town, including playing in the first three seasons of the Premier League. He also played in Major League Soccer for the Tampa Bay Mutiny, and earned 52 caps for the Canada men's national soccer team/Canada national football team.

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It's an amazing squad they've got. Our guys really dug in, hung in there for a little bit and started to play their football. Basically we played very well and the crowd was appreciative of it and they were pleased for us.

Landon has a knack of knowing when it really matters, ... Is that a sense of timing or a really good player? I don't know what it is but he has it: 2001 playoff run, playoff run this year, 2002 World Cup, we could go on and on and on. For the big games he'd done it.

That consistency now is allowing him to really flourish and do his thing. He looks a fantastic player right now.

He serves a good ball and is a good passer, ... We have a few things to work on but he can play football.

Over a season, he's very much the most consistent goalkeeper in the league.

I am looking forward to these two weeks with the squad. It's not often we get a chance to have our players for an extended training camp prior to a friendly, so from that perspective, this is a welcome opportunity.

He does everything correctly. For his size, he's great in the air. He's a hard worker, good passer and a great finisher. Just a very, very good player.

He's really matured over the last 18 months, with Canada and with San Jose.

I hadn't come on board yet. Spencer would have been a nice one to have, but we got Landon [Donovan], so it worked out well for everyone.