GLENN MYERNICK: U.S. assistant in intensive care after suffering heart attack

U.S. men's national team assistant Glenn Myernick remained unconsciousness after suffering a heart attack on Thursday near his home in Colorado.

Myernick is in intensive care at North Suburban Medical Center in Thornton, Colo.

He was Bruce Arena's assistant coach at the last two World Cup. He's served as a U.S. Soccer coach twice (1992-97 and 2001-present). He coached the U.S. U-17s at the 1995 Under-17 World Championship and the U.S. U-23s in CONCACAF qualifying for the 2004 Olympics.

Myernick had just recently returned from a three-city visit to South Africa as a U.S. State Department sports envoy.á Myernick and former U.S. women's star Shannon MacMillan traveled to Pretoria, Johannesburg and Cape Town on the ''World Cup Sports Initiative'' that offers soccer clinics to children around the world.

He coached the Colorado Rapids for four seasons (1997-2000), leading them to the MLS Cup 1997 final in his year as coach.

Myernick starred at Mercer County Community College and Hartwick, winning the Hermann Trophy in 1976. He played eight years in the NASL with Dallas, Portland and Tampa Bay and earned 10 caps for the USA.