{"id":641483,"date":"2026-05-01T20:09:23","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T20:09:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/641483\/"},"modified":"2026-05-01T20:09:23","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T20:09:23","slug":"national-soccer-hall-of-fame-meet-the-2026-class","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/641483\/","title":{"rendered":"National Soccer Hall of Fame: Meet the 2026 Class"},"content":{"rendered":"

The National Soccer Hall of Fame announced in November<\/a> the six members of its 2026 class are Kevin Crow, Tobin Heath, Heather O\u2019Reilly, Tony Sanneh, Kari Seitz and Chris Wondolowski.<\/p>\n

They will be inducted at a ceremony May 1 at Toyota Stadium in Frisco, Texas.<\/p>\n

Heath, O\u2019Reilly and Wondolowski were elected from the Player Ballot. Crow and Sanneh were elected from the Veteran Ballot, and Seitz was elected from the Builder Ballot. Heath and O\u2019Reilly were elected in their first year of eligibility.<\/p>\n

Meet the six inductees:<\/p>\n

\"Tobin\"TobinTobin Heath<\/p>\n

An attacking presence at forward and midfielder, Heath made 181 appearances for the U.S. Women\u2019s National Team. She took part in three Women\u2019s World Cups, lifting the trophy in 2015 and 2019, as well as four Olympic Games, winning gold in both 2008 and 2012 and bronze in 2021. Winner of U.S. Soccer\u2019s Female Player of the Year in 2016, Heath finished her international career with 42 assists and 36 goals. She played two seasons in Women\u2019s Professional Soccer and eight seasons in the National Women\u2019s Soccer League, where she was a three-time Best XI selection (2016, 2018 and 2019). Heath also played four seasons abroad, featuring for Paris Saint-Germain, Manchester United and Arsenal.<\/p>\n

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\"Heather\"HeatherHeather O\u2019Reilly<\/p>\n

A forward and winger who starred for the USWNT, O\u2019Reilly played 231 full internationals between 2002 and 2016, scoring 47 goals. Those games included 12 World Cup games in 2007, 2011 and 2015, and 14 Olympic games in 2004, 2008 and 2012. She won the Women\u2019s World Cup in 2015 and Olympic titles in 2004, 2008 and 2012. O\u2019Reilly played nine seasons in U.S. first-division professional soccer leagues \u2014 three in WPS between 2009 and 2011 and six in the NWSL between 2013 and 2019. She won a WPS title in 2009 with Sky Blue and NWSL titles in 2015 (Kansas City) and 2019 (North Carolina). O\u2019Reilly also played two first-division seasons in England with Arsenal, winning an English League Cup title in 2018, and one first-division season in Ireland.<\/p>\n

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\"Chris\"ChrisChris Wondolowski<\/p>\n

A forward who retired as the leading goal scorer in Major League Soccer history, Wondolowski played 17 seasons in the league between 2005 and 2021, for San Jose and Houston. In that time, he scored 171 regular-season goals (and two in the playoffs), surpassing Landon Donovan\u2019s regular-season total of 145. Wondolowski was named to the MLS Best XI three times, in 2010, 2011, 2012. He led MLS in goals in 2010 and 2012. Wondolowski also played 35 full internationals for the U.S. Men\u2019s National Team between 2011 and 2016, including two games at the 2014 World Cup.<\/p>\n

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\"Kevin\"KevinKevin Crow<\/p>\n

A defender who starred for both indoor and outdoor teams, Crow played eight seasons in the MISL, all of them during the period when there was no first-division outdoor soccer league in the United States. He was chosen to the All-MISL first team in 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989 and 1991, and won six MISL championships, all of them with the San Diego Sockers, in 1986, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991 and 1992. Outdoors, Crow played two seasons in the North American Soccer League, both for San Diego. His 13 full internationals for the USMNT included five World Cup qualifiers in 1984, 1985 and 1988, and he was a member of the U.S. teams at the 1984 and 1988 Olympics.<\/p>\n

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\"Tony\"TonyTony Sanneh<\/p>\n

A defender\/midfielder who starred for the USMNT and in MLS, Sanneh played 43 full internationals between 1997 and 2005, including all five of the U.S. games at the 2002 World Cup. Sanneh played eight seasons in MLS between 1996 and 2009 for D.C., Columbus, Chicago, Colorado and Los Angeles, and was a member of the D.C. United teams that won the first two MLS titles in 1996 and 1997. He won the U.S. Open Cup twice, in 1996 with D.C. and 2006 with Chicago, and played six seasons in German professional leagues, two seasons in the APSL and USL, two seasons in the USISL and one season in the NPSL.<\/p>\n

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\"Kari\"KariKari Seitz<\/p>\n

Seitz was a FIFA international referee from 1999 through 2013. She refereed nine games at the Women\u2019s World Cup (in 1999, 2003, 2007 and 2011), six at the Olympic Games (in 2004, 2008 and 2012) and two at the Under-20 Women\u2019s World Cup in 2002. She was an MLS referee in 1999, a Women\u2019s United Soccer Association referee from 2001 through 2003, a WPS referee from 2009 through 2011 and an NWSL referee in 2013. She refereed the WPS final twice (2009 and 2011) and the NWSL final in 2013. Since 2024, she has been U.S. Soccer\u2019s Vice President of Refereeing; she remained eligible for election because she qualified prior to working for U.S. Soccer.<\/p>\n

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