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David Vanole Personal information Full name David Charles Vanole Date of birth February 6, 1963 Place of birth Redondo Beach, California, United States Date of death January 15, 2007 (aged 43) Height 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Playing position Goalkeeper Youth career 1981–1985 UCLA Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 1986–1990 Los Angeles Heat 1987-1988 Wichita Wings (indoor) 1 (0) 1991 San Francisco Bay Blackhawks National team 1986–1989 United States 14 (0) * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).David Charles Vanole (February 6, 1963 - January 15, 2007) was an American soccer goalkeeper and coach. He spent his professional career in the Western Soccer Alliance and its successor league, the American Professional Soccer League. He also earned 14 caps with the U.S. national team including appearances at the 1988 Summer Olympics and was a squad member at the 1990 FIFA World Cup.
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Youth and college
He attended Aviation High School in Redondo Beach, California where he was a three-sport letterman and a four-time All-Ocean League goalkeeper. Vanole played for UCLA from 1981 to 1985. As a junior, he backstopped UCLA to the NCAA Men's Soccer Championship. In that game, UCLA defeated American University in eight overtimes.
Professional
After graduating from UCLA, Vanole played first for the Los Angeles Heat then the San Francisco Bay Blackhawks of the American Professional Soccer League (APSL). He played for the Wichita Wings during the 1987-1988 Major Indoor Soccer League season. In 1991, he was a member of the APSL championship Blackhawks.
National team
Vanole earned his first cap with the national team in a February 5, 1986 0-0 tie with Canada. He would go on to appear a total of 18 times for the U.S. national team; however, only 14 are counted as full internationals. Vanole played 4 games with the U.S. Olympic team, including the 1988 Summer Olympics.[1] While the U.S. national team doubled as the U.S. Olympic team at the 1988 Olympics, FIFA does not count Olympic matches as full internationals. Vanole started 4 of the 5 games played by the national team in 1986 and 1987. However, he shared duties with a string of other goalkeepers in 1988. On April 30, 1989, he made one of the biggest saves of his career: preserving a 1-0 U.S. victory against Costa Rica in a critical World Cup qualifier by saving a penalty kick in injury time.[2] He had regained the position of the top U.S. goalkeeper, but was unable to control of his weight and later that year he lost his starting position to Tony Meola. The clinching moment came in a U.S. game against Italian club A. S. Roma. While the U.S. won 4-3, Vanole's poor performance convinced Gansler to give the starting job to Meola.
In January, 1990, Vanole, under contract to the United States Soccer Federation, sat out the national team's training camp with a contract dispute. However, he was selected as the backup goalkeeper to Tony Meola at the 1990 FIFA World Cup. Here he gained worldwide attention, as he at the bench during the matches wore a cap with a Stars & Stripes-flag.[3] Ultimately, however, he was ordered by coach Bob Gansler to stop wearing it, as it apparently signalled a non-professional attitude within the American squad. Since this tournament, he never played, his last official cap came in 1989.
Vanole played on the Pro Beach Soccer tour for four years and was twice voted the best goalkeeper on the beach. He also played at the 1989 FIFA Futsal World Cup finals.[4]
Post playing career
He spent six years as an assistant coach for goalkeepers for both the men and women's teams at UCLA; U.S. Women's Olympic and National Teams; and the Men's U-20 team. He has also served as the goalkeeper coach for D.C. United of Major League Soccer (MLS) as well as the Washington Freedom of the Women's United Soccer Association (WUSA).
He was the goalkeeper coach for the New England Revolution of MLS from 2004 to 2006.
Vanole, who lived in New York City, died on January 15, 2007 in Salt Lake City during a family skiing vacation. He is survived by his wife, Kerry Tatlock, the NBA's senior director of global marketing partnerships, as well as by his mother, siblings, and large extended family.
References
- ^ "David Vanole Biography and Statistics". Sports Reference. http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/va/david-vanole-1.html. Retrieved 2009-06-09.
- ^ "Former US keeper Vanole dies at 43". AFP. 2007-01-17. http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/news/newsid=109927.html. Retrieved 2009-06-09.
- ^ "Vanole with his legendary cap". 2007-01-17. http://www.ussoccerfoundation.org/atf/cf/{4AB68129-5AD7-4143-BFC9-BDBD63658B29}/DavidVanolePhoto01.jpg. Retrieved 2009-06-09.
- ^ David Vanole – FIFA competition record
External links
United States squad – 1988 Summer Olympics 
United States squad – 1990 FIFA World Cup Categories:- 1963 births
- 2007 deaths
- American soccer coaches
- American soccer players
- American Professional Soccer League players
- Association football goalkeepers
- Cardiovascular disease deaths in California
- Footballers at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Los Angeles Heat players
- Major Indoor Soccer League (1978–1992) players
- Olympic soccer players of the United States
- People from New York City
- People from the Greater Los Angeles Area
- San Francisco Bay Blackhawks players
- Soccer players from California
- UCLA Bruins men's soccer players
- United States men's international soccer players
- Western Soccer Alliance players
- Wichita Wings (MISL) players
- 1990 FIFA World Cup players
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