Paul DiBernardo

Paul DiBernardo

Infobox Football biography
playername= Paul DiBernardo
fullname = Paul DiBernardo
nickname =


dateofbirth =
cityofbirth =
countryofbirth = Argentina
height =
position = Midfielder
youthyears = 1981-1984
youthclubs = Indiana University
years = 1985-1986 (?) 1985-1986
1987-1988
clubs = Minnesota Strikers
Kansas City Comets "(indoor)"
Louisville Thunder "(indoor)"
Fort Wayne Flames "(indoor)"
caps(goals) =
22 (18)
83 (50)
nationalyears = 1985
nationalteam = United States
nationalcaps(goals) = 01 0(0)
manageryears =
managerclubs =
pcupdate =
ntupdate =

Paul DiBernardo is a retired Argentine-American soccer midfielder who coaches youth soccer. He played professionally in the Major Indoor Soccer League and the American Indoor Soccer Association as well as earning one cap with the United States national team.

Youth

DiBernardo, a native of Argentina, moved to the United States in 1972 with his family. He grew up in Illinois and attended Riverside High School in North Riverside, Illinois. He graduated in 1981, after which he attended Indiana University. While growing up, he also played for Sparta Soccer Club in Chicago.

College

After high school, played as a midfielder on the Hoosiers soccer team from 1981 to 1984. His older brother Angelo had been a star at Indiana in the late 1970s. During Paul’s four seasons with the Hoosiers, they went to the championship game three years running, taking the title in 1982 and 1983 and losing to Clemson in 1984. DiBernardo contributed 40 goals and 36 assists during his four years and was named the 1984 "SoccerAmerica" college Player of the Year.

Professional

After graduating from college, DiBernardo played with the Minnesota Strikers and Kansas City Comets of Major Indoor Soccer League, the Louisville Thunder of the American Indoor Soccer Association (AISA) and the Fort Wayne Flames (AISA). Like many minor league soccer players, his career is difficult to track, but he played with the Comets sometime during the the 1985-1986 season. [ [http://www.kicksfan.com/1985-86/box/season/game32.htm This could be a misprint as Angelo DiBernardo played for the Comets in 1985-1986] ] DiBernardo appeared in 95 games for the Flames from 1986 to 1989. During the 1987-1988 AISA season, he scored 18 goals for the Fort Wayne Flames, putting him 10th on the league’s points list.

Fort Wayne Flames

Regular season

*Games Played - 83
*Goals - 50*
*Assists - 27
*Points - 77*
*Shots on Goal - 305*
*Blocked Shots - 55
*Fouls - 143
*Penalty Minutes - 33*

(* = career franchise leader)

Playoffs

*Games Played - 12*
*Goals - 7
*Assists - 8*
*Points - 15
*Shots on Goal - 45
*Blocked Shots - 2
*Fouls - 20
*Penalty Minutes - 4

(* = career franchise leader)

National team

DiBernardo earned one cap with the U.S. national team when he came on for Jacques LaDouceur in a February 8, 1985 tie with Switzerland.

Coach

He is a staff coach for the Naperville Soccer Club of Naperville, Illinois.

In 1997, the Indiana Soccer Hall of Fame inducted DiBernardo.

External links

* [http://ceskamisie.home.comcast.net/ Sparta Chicago Site – its in Czech]
* [http://www.iusoccerdaycamp.com/downloads/06-mg-history.pdf IU Soccer History]
* [http://www.ascsoccer.org/CoachesAndTrainers.html Naperville Soccer Club coaches bios]

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