{"id":25729,"date":"2013-08-27T20:10:25","date_gmt":"2013-08-28T00:10:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/?p=25729"},"modified":"2013-08-27T20:10:25","modified_gmt":"2013-08-28T00:10:25","slug":"former-mls-goalkeeper-alec-dufty-added-to-fgcu_msoccer-staff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/2013\/08\/former-mls-goalkeeper-alec-dufty-added-to-fgcu_msoccer-staff\/","title":{"rendered":"Former MLS Goalkeeper <br>Alec Dufty Added To @FGCU_MSoccer Staff"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_25730\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-25730\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-25730\" title=\"Dufty-Announce\" src=\"http:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Dufty-Announce-300x135.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"135\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Dufty-Announce-300x135.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Dufty-Announce.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-25730\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alec Dufty<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Bringing a wealth of collegiate and professional experience at a young age, FGCU men\u2019s soccer coach Bob Butehorn has announced the addition of former Major League Soccer goalkeeper Alec Dufty as an assistant coach for the 2013 season.<\/p>\n<p>Dufty, who spent the 2012 year as a volunteer assistant coach at the University of Illinois-Chicago, will work closely with FGCU\u2019s goalkeepers.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->\u201cWe\u2019re excited to add Alec to our staff,\u201d said Butehorn, the reigning NSCAA South Region Coach of the Year. \u201cHe is a terrific young coach who brings valuable experience and skills to our team.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dufty served three stints as a goalkeeper in the MLS, playing for the Chicago Fire (Oct. 2010-Dec. 2011), Columbus Crew (May-Nov. 2009) and New York Red Bulls (Jan.-April 2009). The 26-year-old Dufty also played for AC St. Louis of the North American Soccer League (Feb.-Oct. 2011), where he served as the club\u2019s captain and was named the Most Valuable Player.<\/p>\n<p>Collegiately, Dufty \u2013 who graduated in 2009 \u2013 was the starting goalkeeper and team captain in a four-year career (2005-08) at Evansville, where he garnered All-Missouri Valley Conference accolades three times (2006, \u201907, \u201908). He was also a member of the U.S. Under-20 National Team in preparation for the U-20 World Cup. During his college years, Dufty also played with the Raleigh Elite in the USL Premier Development League.<\/p>\n<p>Dufty coached the Chicago Fire Juniors goalkeepers from May-August 2010, mentoring 10-18 year olds, including several Division-I goalkeeping prospects. Born in Binghamton, N.Y., the Raleigh, N.C., native also served as a soccer camp counselor and instructor at both Duke and Evansville during his collegiate playing days.<\/p>\n<p>Dufty, who began his time with FGCU at the beginning of August, completes FGCU\u2019s staff as it commences the 2013 season in a nationally-televised contest at USF on Friday night on NSCAATV.com. Kickoff from Tampa is set for 8 p.m., and the match is the NSCAATV.com Game of the Week. More information will be posted on FGCUAthletics.com later this week.<\/p>\n<p><em>2013-14 men\u2019s soccer season tickets are now available by visiting the Alico Arena Ticket Office, calling 239-590-7145 or logging on to FGCUAthletics.com\/Tickets. Season tickets are $30 for adults and $15 for youth (ages 3-12). Single-game tickets can also be purchased for $6 per adult and $3 for youth. Groups of 10+ can receive a discounted rate of $3 per person. FGCU students and faculty\/staff are admitted for free with a valid University ID.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bringing a wealth of collegiate and professional experience at a young age, FGCU men\u2019s soccer coach Bob Butehorn has announced the addition of former Major League Soccer goalkeeper Alec Dufty&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[114],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25729"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25729"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25729\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25729"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25729"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25729"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}