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{{Short description|Irish-American soccer player}}
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{{Infobox football biography
| name     = Ed Kelly 
| fullname = Edmond Kelly
| image =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1948|10|24}}
| birth_place = [[Dublin]], [[Republic of Ireland]]
| height = 
| position = [[Midfielder]]
| youthyears1 =   
| youthclubs1 =   
| years1 = 1975 
| clubs1 = [[Hartford Bicentennials]]
| caps1  = 17  
| goals1 = 1 
| years2 = 1976 
| clubs2 = [[Utah Golden Spikers]]
| years3 = 
| clubs3 = [[Rhode Island Oceaneers]]
| years4 = 1979
| clubs4 = [[New Jersey Americans (soccer)|New Jersey Americans]]
| nationalyears1 = 1975
| nationalteam1  = [[United States men's national soccer team|United States]]
| nationalcaps1  = 2  
| nationalgoals1 = 0 
|  manageryears1 =    
| manageryears2 =  1979 
| manageryears3 =  1980–1984 
| manageryears4 =  1985–1987 
| manageryears5 =  1988 
| manageryears6 =  1988–2019
|  managerclubs1 =   [[Rhode Island Oceaneers]] ''(assistant)''  
| managerclubs2 =  [[New Jersey Americans (soccer)|New Jersey Americans]] ''(assistant)''  
| managerclubs3 =  [[Fairleigh Dickinson Knights]] ''(assistant)'' 
| managerclubs4 =  [[Seton Hall Pirates men's soccer|Seton Hall Pirates]] 
| managerclubs5 =  [[New Jersey Eagles]] 
| managerclubs6 =  [[Boston College Eagles men's soccer|Boston College Eagles]]
}}
'''Edmond Kelly''' (born October 24, 1948), nicknamed "'''the Silver Fox'''", is an Irish-American former [[soccer]] player and retired college soccer coach.  He played in the [[American Soccer League (1933-1983)|American Soccer League]] and one season in the [[North American Soccer League (1968-1984)|North American Soccer League]] and earned two [[cap (sports)|caps]] with the [[United States men's national soccer team|U.S. national team]]. He was the head coach of the [[Boston College]] men's varsity soccer team from 1988 to 2019.

==Personal==
Kelly was born in Dublin and grew up in Ireland.  In 1969, he joined the [[United States Air Force]], serving until 1973. He is married to high school sweetheart, Ann and they have three children, one of whom, Lauren works as a [[copyright troll]] in New York City.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://photoarchivenews.com/news/industry-people-lauren-kelly-now-senior-agent-august-nyc/ | title=Industry people: Lauren Kelly is now Senior Agent at AUGUST | date=14 November 2018 }}</ref>

==Player==

===Professional===
Kelly played professionally for eight years.  In 1975, he played a single season with the [[Hartford Bicentennials]] in the [[North American Soccer League (1968-1984)|North American Soccer League]].  In 1976, he played for the [[Utah Golden Spikers]] of the [[American Soccer League (1933-1983)|American Soccer League]].<ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=336&dat=19760818&id=fzMpAAAAIBAJ&sjid=GX8DAAAAIBAJ&pg=6087,4214999 Don't Count the Pioneers Out]</ref>  In 1979, he signed with the [[New Jersey Americans (soccer)|New Jersey Americans]].<ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1979&dat=19790405&id=-ZA0AAAAIBAJ&sjid=CqoFAAAAIBAJ&pg=5731,5614268 April 5, 1979 Transactions]</ref>

===National team===
Kelly earned two [[cap (sports)|caps]] with the [[United States men's national soccer team]] in August 1975 at the Mexico City Cup.  His first game was a 6–0 loss to [[Argentina national football team|Argentina]] on August 21.  His second was a 2–0 loss to [[Mexico national football team|Mexico]] on August 24.<ref>[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesu/usa-intres-det70.html USA – Details of International Matches 1970–1979] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100205054634/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesu/usa-intres-det70.html |date=February 5, 2010 }}</ref>

==Coaching==
Kelly served as an assistant coach with both the [[Rhode Island Oceaneers]] and [[New Jersey Americans (soccer)|New Jersey Americans]] while he played for them.  After retiring from playing professionally, Kelly became an assistant coach at [[Fairleigh Dickinson University]].  In 1985, [[Seton Hall]] hired Kelly as its men's soccer coach.  In his three years at Seton Hall, his team compiled a 40–13–3 record and Coach Kelly was named the 1986 NJSCA Division I Coach of the Year.  In 1987, Kelly left Seton Hall to become head coach of the [[New Jersey Eagles]] of the newly established [[American Soccer League (1933-1983)|American Soccer League]].  Kelly led the Eagles to a 15–5 record, top in the league.  However, the team fell to the [[Washington Diplomats]] in the first round of the playoffs.  In 1988, following the loss, Kelly left the Eagles to succeed [[Ben Brewster]] as head coach at [[Boston College]]. During his 31-year tenure at the Heights, Kelly amassed a record of 281–235–64.  His 281 wins at Boston College rank him first on BC's all-time list. He compiled a career record of 321-248-70.

Kelly holds a USSF National "A" Coaching License.  He also coached youth soccer as the Boys Coordinator of New England Futbol Club.

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://bceagles.com/sports/mens-soccer/roster/coaches/ed-kelly/381 Boston College coaching profile]
* [http://nasljerseys.com/Players/K/Kelly.Edmund.htm NASL Stats]

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