{{Short description|American soccer player and coach}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2023}} {{Use American English|date=May 2023}} {{Infobox football biography | name = David Vanole | fullname = David Charles Vanole | image = | birth_date = {{birth date|1963|2|6|mf=y}} | birth_place = [[Redondo Beach, California]], [[United States]] | death_date = {{death date and age|2007|1|15|1963|2|6|mf=y}} | height = {{height|ft=6|in=4}} | position = [[goalkeeper (football)|Goalkeeper]] | youthyears1 = 1981–1985 | youthclubs1 = [[UCLA Bruins|UCLA]] | years1 = 1986–1990 | clubs1 = [[Los Angeles Heat]] | years2 = 1987–1988 | clubs2 = [[Wichita Wings]] (indoor) | years3 = 1988 | clubs3 = [[San Jose Earthquakes (1974–88)|San Jose Earthquakes]] | years4 = 1991 | clubs4 = [[San Francisco Bay Blackhawks]] | caps1 = | caps2 = 1 | goals1 = | goals2 = 0 | nationalyears1 = 1986–1990 | nationalteam1 = [[United States men's national soccer team|United States]] | nationalcaps1 = 13 | nationalgoals1 = 0 | manageryears1 = 1995–2000 | managerclubs1 = [[UCLA Bruins men's soccer|UCLA Bruins]] (assistant – men) | manageryears2 = 1995–1999 | managerclubs2 = UCLA Bruins (assistant – women) | manageryears3 = 1997–1999 | managerclubs3 = [[United States men's national under-20 soccer team|United States U20]] (assistant) | manageryears4 = 2000 | managerclubs4 = [[United States women's national soccer team|United States women]] (assistant) | manageryears5 = 2001–2003 | managerclubs5 = [[Washington Freedom (soccer)|Washington Freedom]] (assistant) | manageryears6 = 2003 | managerclubs6 = [[D.C. United]] (assistant) | manageryears7 = 2004–2006 | managerclubs7 = [[New England Revolution]] (assistant) }} '''David Charles "Dino" Vanole''' (February 6, 1963 – January 15, 2007) was an American [[soccer]] [[goalkeeper (football)|goalkeeper]] and [[coach (sport)|coach]]. He spent his professional career in the [[Western Soccer Alliance]] and its successor league, the [[American Professional Soccer League]]. He also earned 14 [[cap (sports)|caps]] with the [[United States men's national soccer team|U.S. national team]] including appearances at the [[Football at the 1988 Summer Olympics|1988 Summer Olympics]] and was a [[1990 FIFA World Cup squads#United States|squad member]] at the [[1990 FIFA World Cup]].
==Youth and college== He attended [[Aviation High School (Redondo Beach, California)|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 [[UCLA]] from 1981 to 1985. As a junior, he backstopped [[UCLA]] to the [[NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament|NCAA Men's Soccer Championship]]. In that game, UCLA defeated [[American University]] in eight overtimes{{clarify|date=December 2025}}.
==Professional== After graduating from [[UCLA]], Vanole played for the [[Los Angeles Heat]] from 1986 to 1990. In 1988, he also played for the [[San Jose Earthquakes (1974–88)|San Jose Earthquakes]].<ref>[http://a-leaguearchive.tripod.com/1988/statswsa88.htm 1988 Western Soccer Alliance]</ref> He played for the [[Wichita Wings]] during the 1987–1988 [[MISL I|Major Indoor Soccer League]] season. In 1991, he finished his professional career with the [[San Francisco Bay Blackhawks]] which won the [[American Professional Soccer League]] championship that season.
==National team== Vanole earned his first [[cap (sport)|cap]] with the [[United States men's national soccer team|national team]] in a February 5, 1986 0–0 tie with [[Canada men's national soccer team|Canada]]. 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 the [[United States at the 1988 Summer Olympics|U.S. Olympic team]], including the [[Football at the 1988 Summer Olympics|1988 Summer Olympics]].<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Sports Reference|title=David Vanole Biography and Statistics|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/va/david-vanole-1.html|accessdate=2009-06-09|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121021064800/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/va/david-vanole-1.html|archivedate=2012-10-21}}</ref> 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 the [[Football at the 1987 Pan American Games|1987 Pan American Games]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesu/usa-intres-det80.html|title=USA - Details of International Matches 1980-1989|date= |website=[[RSSSF]]|accessdate=2020-04-21}}</ref> 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 against [[Costa Rica national football team|Costa Rica]] in a critical World Cup qualifier by saving a penalty kick in injury time.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=[[Agence France Presse|AFP]]|title=Former US keeper Vanole dies at 43|url=https://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/news/newsid=109927.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071109180604/http://fifa.com/worldfootball/news/newsid=109927.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 9, 2007|date=2007-01-17|accessdate=2009-06-09}}</ref> 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 to [[Tony Meola]]. The clinching moment came in a U.S. game against Italian club [[A. 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 the [[United States Soccer Federation]], sat out the national team's training camp with a contract dispute. However, he was selected as the backup [[Goalkeeper (association football)|goalkeeper]] to [[Tony Meola]] at the [[1990 FIFA World Cup]]. Here he gained worldwide attention, as he sat the bench during the matches and wore a cap with a [[Flag of the United States|Stars & Stripes]]-flag.<ref>{{cite web|title=Vanole with his legendary cap |url=http://www.ussoccerfoundation.org/atf/cf/{4AB68129-5AD7-4143-BFC9-BDBD63658B29}/DavidVanolePhoto01.jpg |date=2007-01-17 |accessdate=2009-06-09 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071110234426/http://www.ussoccerfoundation.org/atf/cf/%7B4AB68129-5AD7-4143-BFC9-BDBD63658B29%7D/DavidVanolePhoto01.jpg |archivedate=2007-11-10 }}</ref> Ultimately, however, he was ordered by coach [[Bob 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 the [[1989 FIFA Futsal World Cup]] finals.<ref>{{FIFA player|44725|David Vanole}}</ref>
==Coaching career== 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 for [[D.C. United]] of [[Major League Soccer]] (MLS) as well as the [[Washington Freedom (soccer)|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]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://m.ussoccer.com/News/Mens-National-Team/2000/05/David-Vanole-Named-Goalkeeper-Coach-For-U-S-Womens-National-Team-Jan-Smisek-And-Janet-Rayfield-Named.aspx |title=David Vanole Named Goalkeeper Coach for U.S. Women's National Team; Jan Smisek and Janet Rayfield Named as National Staff Coaches |access-date=2012-02-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120425162618/http://m.ussoccer.com/News/Mens-National-Team/2000/05/David-Vanole-Named-Goalkeeper-Coach-For-U-S-Womens-National-Team-Jan-Smisek-And-Janet-Rayfield-Named.aspx |archive-date=2012-04-25 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
He was the goalkeeper coach for the [[New England Revolution]] of MLS from 2004 to 2006.
==Death== 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. He is survived by his wife, [[Kerry Tatlock]], the [[NBA]]'s senior director of global marketing partnerships, as well as by his mother, siblings, and large extended family.
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * [http://soccernet.espn.go.com/world-cup/story/_/id/5308513/ce/us/david-vanole-esophagus-saved-us-soccer?cc=5901&ver=us David Vanole and the esophagus that saved U.S. soccer (ESPN)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100625145137/http://soccernet.espn.go.com/world-cup/story/_/id/5308513/ce/us/david-vanole-esophagus-saved-us-soccer?cc=5901&ver=us |date=June 25, 2010}} * [http://www.nasljerseys.com/MISL/Players/V/Vanole.David.htm MISL stats]
{{United States squad 1988 Summer Olympics}} {{United States Squad 1990 World Cup}}
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