STYSA Hall of Fame Member Profile
Robert Legler
Inducted into STYSA Hall of Fame: March 5, 1985
Soccer Experience:
Clear Lake City Soccer Club:
- assisted in development of soccer in Clear Lake City and in the Bay Area Junior Soccer Association
- member of scheduling committee
- member of field committee – development and maintenance of fields, readying and marking of fields for games, contacting field owners for use of field, assembly and installment of goals
- assisted coaches
- voting member of Bay Area Junior Soccer Association
Bay Area Junior Soccer Association:
- Secretary, two years
- Served on Nominating Committee
- Chairman of Scheduling Committee
- Second Vice President
- Helped write new Constitution
- Voting delegate to South Texas Youth Soccer Association for 9 years
- Active in development of Bay Area Junior Soccer Association and games concept/format
South Texas Youth Soccer Association:
- Chairman of State Games
- Conceived plans and changes to STYSA playoff format, rules and implementation plans to meet the changes and development including the Red/Blue Conference, Eastern/Western District concept and host association concept for playoffs
- Managed the state games
- Updated rules as required, including round robin rules
- Coordinated playoffs with association and teams
- Youth Commissioner
- Arranged / organized teams travel to regional games
- Organized and managed the McGuire Cup, National Cup and Regional Cup games in South Texas
- Wrote STYSA Tournament Manual and served as Chairman
- Designed the official STYSA patch
- Assisted in obtaining sponsorships
- Worked with professional teams to further soccer
- Worked to get 1981 Regional Games to be hosted by South Texas
- Arranged and corresponded with local teams, other states, national office and foreign
- FIFA affiliates for inter-state and international travel, games and tournaments
- Organized and managed Texas Shootout games between North and South Texas
- Responsible for soccer development and worked to expand soccer throughout South Texas
National:
- Introduced a motion at the 1978 AGM to re-organize USSF to give youth a vote similar to the adults – was named to the restructuring committee and prepared and led the presentation of our recommendation at the 1979 AGM (restructure was approved)
- Was active in national activities to obtain the youth vote and to improve youth programs
- Served for 3 years on the USYSA McGuire Cup Committee as Region III representative
- Wrote Region III Tournament Manual
- Designed the Regional Game program format and layout – a more extensive and equitable method of determining winners and settling tie-breakers, ease of keeping scores on program at field complexes, utilization of fields and times to facilitation completion of final round games and equal rest between games for all teams
- Secretary of US Youth Soccer Association
