| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | David Charles Vanole | ||
| Date of birth | (1963-02-06)February 6, 1963 | ||
| Place of birth | Redondo Beach, California,United States | ||
| Date of death | January 15, 2007(2007-01-15) (aged 43) | ||
| Height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1981–1985 | UCLA | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1986–1990 | Los Angeles Heat | ||
| 1987–1988 | Wichita Wings (indoor) | 1 | (0) |
| 1988 | San Jose Earthquakes | ||
| 1991 | San Francisco Bay Blackhawks | ||
| International career | |||
| 1986–1990 | United States | 13 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1995–2000 | UCLA Bruins (assistant – men) | ||
| 1995–1999 | UCLA Bruins (assistant – women) | ||
| 1997–1999 | United States U20 (assistant) | ||
| 2000 | United States women (assistant) | ||
| 2001–2003 | Washington Freedom (assistant) | ||
| 2003 | D.C. United (assistant) | ||
| 2004–2006 | New England Revolution (assistant) | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
David Charles "Dino" Vanole (February 6, 1963 – January 15, 2007) was an Americansoccergoalkeeper andcoach. He spent his professional career in theWestern Soccer Alliance and its successor league, theAmerican Professional Soccer League. He also earned 14caps with theU.S. national team including appearances at the1988 Summer Olympics and was asquad member at the1990 FIFA World Cup.
He attendedAviation High School inRedondo Beach, California, where he was a three-sport letterman and a four-time All-Ocean League goalkeeper. Vanole played forUCLA from 1981 to 1985. As a junior, he backstoppedUCLA to theNCAA Men's Soccer Championship. In that game, UCLA defeatedAmerican University in eight overtimes.
After graduating fromUCLA, Vanole played for theLos Angeles Heat from 1986 to 1990. In 1988, he also played for theSan Jose Earthquakes.[1] He played for theWichita Wings during the 1987–1988Major Indoor Soccer League season. In 1991, he finished his professional career with theSan Francisco Bay Blackhawks which won theAmerican Professional Soccer League championship that season.
Vanole earned his firstcap with thenational team in a February 5, 1986 0–0 tie withCanada. 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 theU.S. Olympic team, including the1988 Summer Olympics.[2] While the U.S. national team at the time doubled as the U.S. Olympic in 1988,FIFA does not count Olympic matches as full internationals. Vanole was also on the U.S. team at the1987 Pan American Games.[3] 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 againstCosta Rica in a critical World Cup qualifier by saving a penalty kick in injury time.[4] He had regained the position of the top U.S. goalkeeper, but was unable to control his weight and later that year he lost his starting position toTony Meola. The clinching moment came in a U.S. game against Italian clubA. 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 theUnited States Soccer Federation, sat out the national team's training camp with a contract dispute. However, he was selected as the backupgoalkeeper toTony Meola at the1990 FIFA World Cup. Here he gained worldwide attention, as he sat the bench during the matches and wore a cap with aStars & Stripes-flag.[5] Ultimately, however, he was ordered by coachBob Gansler to stop wearing it, as Gansler felt the look was unprofessional and not in keeping with the image the U.S. team wished to present. Since Vanole did not play in this tournament, 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 the1989 FIFA Futsal World Cup finals.[6]
Vanole 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 also served as the goalkeeper coach forD.C. United ofMajor League Soccer (MLS) as well as theWashington Freedom of theWomen's United Soccer Association (WUSA).
On May 25, 2000, Vanole became the goalkeeper coach for theUnited States women's national soccer team.[7]
He was the goalkeeper coach for theNew England Revolution of MLS from 2004 to 2006.
Vanole, who lived inNew York City, died on January 15, 2007, inSalt Lake City of a heart attack during a family skiing vacation. He is survived by his wife,Kerry Tatlock, theNBA's senior director of global marketing partnerships, as well as by his mother, siblings, and large extended family.
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