Jim St. Andre

Infobox Football biography
playername= Jim St. Andre


fullname =
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1968|2|15
cityofbirth =
countryofbirth = United States
height = height|ft=6|in=0
position = Goalkeeper
youthyears = 1986-1990
youthclubs = University of Vermont
years = 1990-1994
1991-1992
1992-1993
1994
1995
1995
1996
1996
clubs = Colorado Foxes
Milwaukee Wave "(indoor)"
Denver Avalanche "(indoor)"
Fort Lauderdale Strikers
Wichita Wings "(indoor)"
New York Centaurs
New York Fever
New England Revolution
caps(goals) =
22 (0)
05 (0)
00 (0)
12 (0)
15 (0)
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Jim St. Andre is a retired U.S. soccer goalkeeper. He played professionally in the American Professional Soccer League, National Professional Soccer League and Major League Soccer.

College

St. Andre attended college and played men’s soccer at the University of Vermont where over 4 seasons he registered 42 shutouts, 50 wins and a 0.66 career GAA, all school records. He was named to the All-New England list all four seasons with Vermont and was a 1987 third team All American. [ [http://www.nscaa.com/awards-detail.php?it=I&yr=1987 1987 All Americans] ] He led all NCAA Division I goalkeepers in 1989 with a 0.44 GAA. In 2000, The University of Vermont inducted St Andre into its Athletic Hall of Fame.

Outdoor soccer

After graduating from Vermont, St. Andre trained with Malmö of the Swedish First Division, but was not offered a contract. When he returned to the U.S., he joined the Colorado Foxes of the American Professional Soccer League (APSL) for the 1990 season. While with the Foxes, he shared keeper duties with Mark Dodd. In 1992, they were the top two goalkeepers in the league. Dodd was tops with a 0.97 GAA and St. Andre second with a 1.22 GAA. That year the Foxes won the APSL championship, defeating the Tampa Bay Rowdies 1-0 in the title game. In 1993, St. Andre hit his peak with Colorado when he led the league with a 1.19 GAA. The team won the championship again, defeating the Los Angeles Salsa 3-1 in overtime. In 1994, St. Andre began the season with the Foxes, but transferred to the Fort Lauderdale Strikers. He finished the season with a cumulative 2.17 GAA. In 1995, St Andre played for the New York Centaurs of the A-League, the APSL with a new name. Despite playing for the league’s worst team, he finished the season third in the league with a 1.43 GAA.

Indoor soccer

St Andre also played several indoor seasons. In 1991, he joined the Milwaukee Wave of the National Professional Soccer League (NPSL). That year the Wave failed to make the playoffs and St Andre had a league worst GAA of 12.48. [ [http://www.sover.net/~spectrum/year/1992.html The Year in American Soccer - 1992] ] He then spent the 1992-1993 season with the Denver Avalanche. [ [http://www.howesportsdata.com/howesportsdata/stats/soccer/misl/misl93.txt NATIONAL PROFESSIONAL SOCCER LEAGUE FINAL OFFICIAL STATISTICS -- 1992-1993] ] On March 8, 1995, the Wichita Wings signed him. [ [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4208/is_/ai_n10188103 Hellenkamp debut put off for a week] ]

MLS

When Major League Soccer began preparations for its first season, it allocated various known players to each of the league’s new teams. On February 5, 1996, MLS allocated St Andre to the Revolution. St Andre played only 15 games for the Revs, attaining a 1.81 GAA, putting him 10th out of 13 keepers in MLS that year. He won 6 games and had 2 shutouts. Fellow Revs keeper Aidan Heaney, on the other hand ranked 7th in the league with a 1.70 GAA in 19 games (8 wins and 4 shutouts). The Revs waived St. Andre on November 7, 1996. As no other teams expressed interest in him, St. Andre left MLS.

St Andre played for the U.S. National Beach Soccer Team.

After retiring from playing professionally, St Andre joined ESPN as a studio commentator for the 1998 FIFA World Cup. He has also provided color commentary for Fox Sports and ESPN.

Jim dated a Brazilian model during his beach soccer days in Brazil. For a period of 2 years, he dated Michelle Alves; he subsequently ended the relationship to return to the US to date his current wife, Kathryn.

References

External links

* [http://www.uvm.edu/athletics/mens_soccer/msocrecordbook.pdf University of Vermont Athletic Records]