fracture finally forced him to end his career. Coaching career After finishing his playing career, he finished high school coaching. He then became a coach at OFK Beograd which he remained for 5 years. Then he took over OFK Kikinda which he led in Yugoslav Second League. Then he returned to Partizan to be one of the assistant coaches. He worked together with Bora Milutinović and Nenad Bjeković. At that time, Partizan had several quality goalkeepers such as: Fahrudin Omerović, Ranko Stojić and Rade Zalad. After Milutinović became the coach of United States national soccer team in 1993 Šoškić was appointed the goalkeeper's coach. He remained even after Milutinović left in 1995, continuing to work with the team under head coaches Steve Sampson and later Bruce Arena. He left the team along with Arena after the 2006 FIFA World Cup. During that time, the Americans participated in four World cups and had several quality goalkeepers such as: Brad Friedel, Kasey Keller, and Tim Howard. Death Šoškić died on 27 August 2022. References External links 1937 births 2022 deaths Sportspeople from Peja Kosovo Serbs Serbian footballers Yugoslav footballers Association football goalkeepers Yugoslavia international footballers 1960 European Nations' Cup players 1962 FIFA World Cup players Olympic medalists in football Footballers at the 1960 Summer Olympics Olympic footballers of Yugoslavia Olympic gold medalists for Yugoslavia FK Partizan players 1. FC Köln players FK Partizan managers OFK Beograd managers Yugoslav First League players Bundesliga players Serbian football managers Yugoslav football managers FK Partizan non-playing staff United States men's national soccer team non-playing staff Medalists at the 1960 Summer Olympics Serbian expatriate footballers Yugoslav expatriate sportspeople in Germany Expatriate footballers in West Germany Expatriate footballers in Germany