Career
He was appointed as the manager of the California Victory, a new expansion franchise in the USL Division 1 for 2007. However, the club folded after only one season leaving Van Straatum a free-agent. Van Straatum has played for SV Transvaal in Surinam (1973-1978) and at the University of San Francisco (1978-1982) and for several semi-professional teams in the San Francisco area including the Greek-Americans Football Club, Hellas Football Club, San Francisco Italian Athletic Club and San Francisco Glenns in California (1978-1989).
He appeared for Surinam national football team from 1976-1978.
