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Spokane 'Spokesman-Review'
Spokane, WA -- Cor van der Meer, the founder and former longtime coach of the men's and women's soccer programs at Community Colleges of Spokane and one of the sport's best-known regional personalities, died early Wednesday morning following a lengthy battle with lung cancer.

He was 74.

"Cor was 'Mr. Soccer' of Spokane in my mind," said Maury Ray, who served as the athletic director at CCS from 1976-2005 and first hired van der Meer to coach the Sasquatch men's team in 1985. "He was the ultimate in what we could have asked for in a soccer coach, and he is really going to be missed, not only by CCS but by the entire Spokane soccer community."

Cor's memorial service is scheduled for Tuesday, October 6th at 4:00 pm at the Spokane Falls Community College stadium (outdoors). A gathering will be held in the stadium dance room following the memorial service. Also, included is a link to the Spokesman-Review newspaper article. If you have any questions, please call Nancy Zacher at SFCC ( 509-533-3630).