On Saturday, renowned soccer photographer Tony Quinn will be honored by U.S. Soccer at the National Soccer Hall of Fame. Over the past half-century, Quinn has had a front seat to soccer’s rise to prominence in the United States, and his body of work is unparalleled. In the coming months, we’ll share more of Tony’s work — previously unseen gems and the stories that accompany them — but first, an introduction to the man himself.



I’m a few drinks into a happy hour with D.C.-area photographer Tony Quinn, and the stories have started flowing, as they always seem to. Today, he’s telling me about the 1992 College Cup — or wait, maybe it was ’93, or ’94, he can’t quite remember. No matter, he plows on with the story anyways. Like so many of his tales, today’s selection has little to do with anything that happened on a soccer pitch.



“Dave Sarachan,” Quinn says of the then-University of Virginia...