David Vanole

David Vanole
Personnel
Surname	David Charles Vanole
birthday	February 6, 1963
place of birth	Redondo Beach , California ,  USA
date of death	January 15, 2007
Place of death	Salt Lake City , Utah ,  USA
size	193 cm
position	goalkeeper
Juniors
Years	station
1981-1985	UCLA Bruins
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
1986-1990	Los Angeles Heat
1987-1988	Wichita Wings (Indoor)	1 (0)
1988	San Jose Earthquakes
1991	San Francisco Bay Blackhawks
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals)
1986-1989	United States	14 (0)
Stations as a trainer
Years	station
1995-2000	UCLA Bruins (Co-Tr .; Men)
1995-1999	UCLA Bruins (Co-Tr .; Women)
1997-1999	USA U-20 (Co-Tr.)
2000	USA Women (Co-Tr.)
2001-2003	Washington Freedom (Co-Tr.)
2003	DC United (Co-Tr.)
2004-2006	New England Revolution (Co-Tr.)
1 Only league games are given.

David Charles "Dino" Vanole (born February 6, 1963 in Redondo Beach , California - † January 15, 2007 in Salt Lake City , Utah ) was an American football goalkeeper and coach.

From 1986 to 1991 he spent most of his professional football career in the Western Soccer Alliance and its successor, the American Professional Soccer League. For the United States national soccer team was active 14 times. At the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul he was the team's regular goalkeeper.

Vanole, who lived in New York City with his family , died on January 15, 2007 while on a ski vacation in Salt Lake City .

Player career

Youth and college

Vanole attended Aviation High School in Redondo Beach. He played on the school team and was named an All-Ocean League goalkeeper four times. After high school, he went to the University of California . there he played for the college soccer team of the UCLA Bruins . In 1985 he was able to win the NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship with the team. The opponent in the final was the American University .

professional

After graduating from UCLA, he played for the Los Angeles Heat in the Western Soccer Alliance. In 1988 he was also active for the San Jose Earthquakes, who also played in the Western Soccer Alliance. From 1987 to 1988 he played for the indoor soccer team Wichita Wings in the Major Indoor Soccer League .

In 1991 he ended his career with the San Francisco Bay Blackhawks, who won the American Professional Soccer League that season.

National team

On February 5, 1985 he made his debut for the United States national soccer team against Canada . In total, he was 14 times for the USA and four times for the US Olympic team on the field.

On April 30, 1989, he saved a decisive penalty in the World Cup qualifier against Costa Rica. The USA won 1-0. Vanole was on the verge of becoming number one goal for the Americans, also with a view to the 1990 World Cup. But due to fitness issues, he lost his seat to Tony Meola in the course of 1989 .

In January 1990 it came during a training camp of the US team to a small contract dispute between Vanole and the United States Soccer Federation . Nonetheless, he was the second goalkeeper behind Meola at the 1990 World Cup. He attracted worldwide attention there because he wore a cap with the flag of the USA on it at a game. The coach at the time, Bob Gansler, forbade him to continue wearing this hat, as this behavior is not representative of the USA. After the World Cup he was not taken into account. He had his last game in 1989.

Vanole participated in the Pro Beach Soccer Tour for four years. He was voted best goalkeeper twice. At the Futsal World Cup in 1989 he was part of the USA team.

Coaching career

From 1995 to 200 he coached the men's and women's teams at UCLA Bruins as an assistant coach. From 1997 to 1999 was also employed as an assistant for the USA U-20 national team .

On May 25, 2000, he became a goalkeeping coach for the US women's national soccer team . He then took on DC United and Washington Freedom as goalkeeping coach.

From 2004 to 2006 he was employed as a goalkeeping coach at New England Revolution under coach Steve Nicol .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Former US keeper Vanole it at 43 . AFP . January 17, 2007. Retrieved June 9, 2009.
2. ↑ Vanole with his legendary cap . January 17th, 2007. Archived from the original on November 10th, 2007. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved June 9, 2009. 
3. ↑ David Vanole Named Goalkeeper Coach for US Women's National Team; Jan Smisek and Janet Rayfield Named as National Staff Coaches ( Memento of the original from April 25, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  

Web links

• David Vanole in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )