Mark and family, I was so sorry to learn of the news of Ralph's passing. Ralph was such a huge help to me when I was coaching youth teams at Southampton or my high school teams at Ryan and Father Judge. He was a gentle man full of class. Clearly one of the finest men I have ever met in my life. I learned much from Ralph about life and a little soccer along the way as well..... as I am sure have so many others. I must share a great story, years ago he was coaching a Bucks county HS all star team and I was coaching the Philly team....the winner was going to the Keystone Games in Wilkes Barre for 3 days and Ralph won the game. He was to be the head coach and I was his assistant for the tournament. He called me the day after the game and said will you please accept the responsibility to be the head coach as I need to back out. I asked if everything was ok and he said yes, but I found out the tournament is over the Father's day weekend and I feel I should be home for my family for that holiday. What a lesson from a great family man. Prayers for all of the Hoffman's. Dave