Soccer League). A 3rd American, and the team's leading scorer from the previous season, Njego Pesa held out for a new contract and missed all of pre-season and the start of the regular season. Thus the team was much weakened going into the 1981 season. Renshaw lasted half the season but was fired on 4 July 1980 after the team, having started with two wins in their first three games, failed to win for sixteen straight games. Renshaw remained in the Dallas area, raised a family and became involved in youth soccer. Renshaw earned an "A" level licence from the United States Soccer Federation, the highest licence available in the United States. Post soccer career Renshaw did color commentary, with Norm Hitzges doing play-by-play, for the Dallas Sidekicks of the Major Indoor Soccer League. He and Hitzges were nominated for an ESPY award for the best sports commentary of 1987 for covering the MISL title game on HSE (Home Sports Entertainment) (SIDENOTE: The ESPY Awards were not in existence until 1993). Renshaw co-owned a wine-import business with former Tornado goalkeeper Kenny Cooper, Sr. and continued to have a strong interest in the antique furniture business. Renshaw stayed very involved in the development of youth soccer in the North Texas area and coached at a well-known Dallas private school. Renshaw coached the women's varsity soccer team to four consecutive SPC State Championships in 2014/15/16 and 17. Mike Renshaw was named, in an article in the Fort Worth Star Telegram, as one of the ten most influential people in North Texas soccer history (notation requested). He was also mentioned in a Dallas Morning News article as being one of the eleven best all-time Dallas Tornado players. (notation requested) He died on 17 February 2021, at the age of 72. References External links Dallas newspaper profile of Renshaw Margate bio NASL stats 1948 births 2021 deaths American soccer coaches American soccer players Blackpool F.C. players Dallas Tornado players English footballers English expatriate footballers English emigrants to the United States Margate F.C. players North American Soccer League (1968–1984) indoor players North American Soccer League (1968–1984) coaches North American Soccer League (1968–1984) players Footballers from Manchester United States men's international soccer players Association football forwards English expatriate sportspeople in the United States Expatriate soccer players in the United States Major Indoor Soccer League (1978–1992) commentators Place of death missing