David Charles "Dino" Vanole was an American soccer goalkeeper and coach.
Education
He attended Aviation High School in Redondo Beach, California where he was a three-sport letterman and a four-time All-Ocean League goalkeeper. Vanole played for University of California, Los Angeles from 1981 to 1985. As a junior, he backstopped University of California, Los Angeles to the National Collegiate Athletic Association Men"s Soccer Championship.
In that game, University of California, Los Angeles defeated American University in eight overtimes.
Career
He spent his professional career in the Western Soccer Alliance and its successor league, the American Soccer League. He also earned 14 caps with the United States. national team including appearances at the 1988 Summer Olympics and was a squad member at the 1990 Fédération internationale de football association World Cup. After graduating from University of California, Los Angeles, Vanole played for the Los Angeles Heat from 1986 to 1990.
In 1988, he also played for the San Jose Earthquakes.
He played for the Wichita Wings during the 1987-1988 Major Indoor Soccer League season. Vanole earned his first cap with the national team in a February 5, 1986 0-0 tie with Canada.
He would go on to appear a total of 18 times for the United States. national team However, only 14 are counted as full internationals.
Vanole played 4 games with the United States. Olympic team, including the 1988 Summer Olympics.
While the United States. national team doubled as the United States. Olympic team at the 1988 Olympics, Fédération internationale de football association does not count Olympic matches as full internationals. 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 United States. victory against Costa Rica in a critical World Cup qualifier by saving a penalty kick in injury time.
He had regained the position of the top United States. goalkeeper, but was unable to control of his weight and later that year he lost his starting position to Tony Meola. The clinching moment came in a United States. game against Italian club A. South. Roma.
In January, 1990, Vanole, under contract to the United States Soccer Federation, sat out the national team"s training camp with a contract dispute. Here he gained worldwide attention, as he at the bench during the matches wore a cap with a Stars & Stripes-flag.
Ultimately, however, he was ordered by coach Bob Gansler to stop wearing it, as it apparently signalled a non-professional attitude within the American squad.
Since this tournament, he never played, 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 the 1989 Fédération internationale de football association Futsal World Cup finals.
He spent six years as an assistant coach for goalkeepers for both the men and women"s teams at University of California, Los Los Angeles United States. Women"s Olympic and National Teams.
And the Men"s U-20 team
He also served as the goalkeeper coach for District of Columbia United of Major League Soccer (Master of Library Science) as well as the Washington Freedom of the Women"s United Soccer Association (WUSA). On May 25, 2000, Vanole became the goalkeeper coach for the United States women"s national soccer team He was the goalkeeper coach for the New England Revolution of Master of Library Science from 2004 to 2006.
Vanole, who lived in New York City, died on January 15, 2007 in Salt Lake City of a heart attack during a family skiing vacation.