# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ben-olsen
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:42:45.900Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ben-olsen"
name: "Ben Olsen"
slug: "ben-olsen"
description: "Benjamin Robert Olsen is an American soccer executive, coach and former player who is the head coach of Houston Dynamo in Major League Soccer (MLS). He is best known for his long-term association with D.C. United, first as a player then as a coach. Olsen was formerly the president of Washington Spirit in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL)."
tagline: "American soccer player and coach"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Houston_Dynamo_vs_Colorado_Rapids_(Apr_2025)_20.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Footballers"
  slug: "footballers"
profileType:
  name: "Football / Soccer Player"
  slug: "footballer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q937857"
birthDate: "1977-05-03"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           53.27
  momentum:             5.163525511390028
  historical:           17.97977866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Ben Olsen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "بن أولسن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "بن اولسن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "بن السن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Olsen"
    title: "Ben Olsen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Olsen"
    title: "Ben Olsen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Olsen"
    title: "Ben Olsen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%86"
    title: "بن السن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Olsen"
    title: "Ben Olsen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Olsen"
    title: "Ben Olsen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Olsen"
    title: "Ben Olsen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Olsen"
    title: "Ben Olsen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Olsen"
    title: "Ben Olsen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%99%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AA%E3%83%AB%E3%82%BB%E3%83%B3"
    title: "ベン・オルセン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Olsen"
    title: "Ben Olsen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Olsen"
    title: "Ben Olsen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Olsen"
    title: "Ben Olsen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9E%D0%BB%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BD%2C_%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%BD"
    title: "Олсен, Бен"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Olsen"
    title: "Ben Olsen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Olsen"
    title: "Ben Olsen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%BD_%D0%9E%D0%BB%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BD"
    title: "Бен Олсен"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q816579"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump