| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | John Terence Catliff | ||
| Date of birth | (1965-01-08)8 January 1965 (age 60) | ||
| Place of birth | Vancouver,British Columbia, Canada | ||
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Kerrisdale | |||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1983–1986 | Harvard Crimson | (34) | |
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1987 | Calgary Kickers | 19 | (6) |
| 1988–1994 | Vancouver 86ers | 147 | (79) |
| Total | 166 | (85) | |
| International career‡ | |||
| 1984–1987 | Canada U23 | 5 | (0) |
| 1984–1994 | Canada | 45 | (18) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 25 June 2009 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 25 June 2009 | |||
John Terence Catliff[1] (born 8 January 1965) is a Canadian former professionalsoccer player, who played as astriker. He retired ranked second all-time on theCanadian national team with 18 international "A" goals between 1984 and 1994.[2]
In 2012 as part of theCanadian Soccer Association's centennial celebration, he was named to the all-time Canada XI men's team.[3]
Catliff was selected to the All-Ivy League First team as a forward in 1983, 1984, and 1986 while playing for theHarvard Crimson. He was also named to theAll-American First Team in 1986.[4] Catliff ended his college career with the Crimson with a total of 34 goals and 15 assists.[5]
Catliff was aCanadian Soccer League star, scoring the second most goals of anyone in the League's six-year history with 69 goals in total.[6] He was a league season scoring champion in 1988 with 22 goals[7] and in 1990 with 19 goals.[8] He began his CSL career in 1987 playing for the League's inaugural champions, theCalgary Kickers.[9] He then spent the next six seasons with theVancouver 86ers, who became the CSL champions in four consecutive seasons from 1988 through 1991. Ligament injuries to both knees forced him to retire from professional play in 1994 after two years on the 86ers in theAmerican Professional Soccer League.
Catliff was a member of the quarter-finalist Canadian national team at the1984 Summer Olympics while still playing at Harvard. He was just 19 years old when he made his international "A" debut forCanada in a July 1984 friendly match againstChile inEdmonton. He made 60 international appearances across 11 years from 1984 to 1994 with Canada Soccer's Men's National Team, including 45 international "A" appearances and 18 international "A" goals.[2]
He represented Canada in 12FIFA World Cup qualification matches.[10] He suffered a serious knee injury in a1986 World Cup qualifying match away toHonduras.[11] His replacement,George Pakos, scored the only goal in a crucial 1–0 victory.[12] Recovering from injury, he was not named to Canada's roster for the1986 World Cup, Canada's only appearance until the2022 World Cup.
His final international game came in June 1994 in a friendly match againstthe Netherlands.[2]
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| * | 23 June 1984 | Provincial Stadium, Guangzhou, Canton, China |  Nigeria | 1–1 | 3–1 | Great Wall Championship |
| * | 3–1 | |||||
| * | 25 June 1984 | Workers Stadium, Beijing, China |  Congo | 2–0 | 2–0 | Great Wall Championship |
| * | 30 June 1984 | Tianjin Garden Stadium, Tianjin, China |  Poland U-21 | 1–0 | 2–5 | Great Wall Championship |
| * | 2–1 | |||||
| * | 26 March 1988 | Lima, Peru |  Peru U-19 & Seniors | 3–1 | 3–1 | Friendly match |
| * | 8 July 1988 | Windsor Stadium, Windsor, ON, CAN |  Italy Amateurs | 1–0 | 1–0 | Friendly match |
| * | 6 May 1990 | Swangard Stadium, Burnaby, Canada |  United States "B" | 1–0 | 1–0 | North American Soccer Championship |
Catliff recently worked as global Vice President of Sales withHelly Hansen outdoor apparel company but now works with Firstar Sports.[13] He lives with his wife Sarah and his three soccer loving sons, Brendan (born 1994), and Jamie (born 1998), and Andrew Catliff (born 1996) John was the team Coach of the Vancouver Football Club Under 14 boys, where his son Jamie played.[14] Catliff is an Honoured member of The Canadian Soccer Hall of Fame.[15]
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