# Eric Dade

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{{Short description|American soccer player and coach}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2025}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Eric Dade
| full_name = 
| birth_date  = {{birth date and age|1970|1|19}}
| birth_place = [Buffalo, New York](/source/Buffalo%2C_New_York), U.S.
| height = 6 ft 1 in
| position = [Defender](/source/Defender_(association_football))
| collegeyears1 = 1987–1991
| college1 = [VCU Rams](/source/VCU_Rams_men's_soccer)
| years1 = 1992
| years2 = 1992–1994
| years3 = 1993–1996
| years4 = 1997–2001
| years5 = 2000–2004
| clubs1 = [Dallas Rockets](/source/Dallas_Rockets)
| clubs2 = [Baltimore Spirit](/source/Baltimore_Spirit) ''(indoor)''
| clubs3 = [Dallas Sidekicks](/source/Dallas_Sidekicks_(1984-2004))  ''(indoor)''
| clubs4 = [Dallas Burn](/source/Dallas_Burn)
| clubs5 = [Dallas Sidekicks](/source/Dallas_Sidekicks_(1984-2004))  ''(indoor)''
 
| caps1 = 
| caps2 = 80
| caps3 = 100
| caps4 = 111
| caps5 = 83
| goals1 = 
| goals2 = 28
| goals3 = 53
| goals4 = 4
| goals5 = 11
| manageryears1 = 2010
| manageryears2 = 2015
| managerclubs1 = [Jacksonville University](/source/Jacksonville_University) ''(assistant)''
| managerclubs2 = [Jacksonville Armada](/source/Jacksonville_Armada_FC)
}}

'''Eric Dade''' (born January 19, 1970) is an American retired [soccer](/source/association_football) [defender](/source/Defender_(association_football)) who played professionally in the [National Professional Soccer League](/source/NPSL_II), [Continental Indoor Soccer League](/source/Continental_Indoor_Soccer_League) and [Major League Soccer](/source/Major_League_Soccer).

==Player==
Dade attended [Virginia Commonwealth University](/source/Virginia_Commonwealth_University) where he played on the men's soccer team from 1987 to 1991.  He is a member of the VCU Athletic Hall of Fame.<ref>[http://vcurams.vcu.edu/hof/dade.html VCU Hall of Fame: Eric Dade]</ref>

On February 14, 1992, the [Dallas Sidekicks](/source/Dallas_Sidekicks_(1984-2004)) drafted Dade in the fourth round of the [Major Soccer League](/source/Major_Soccer_League) draft.  However, the league collapsed that summer and the Sidekicks moved to the [Continental Indoor Soccer League](/source/Continental_Indoor_Soccer_League).  Dade played the 1992 summer [USISL](/source/USISL) season with the [Dallas Rockets](/source/Dallas_Rockets) where he was named to the First Team All Star list.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://homepages.sover.net/~spectrum/year/1992.html#USISL |title=The Year in American Soccer - 1992 |access-date=2011-06-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091206073819/http://homepages.sover.net/~spectrum/year/1992.html#USISL |archive-date=2009-12-06 |url-status=dead }}</ref>  In September 1992, the [Baltimore Spirit](/source/Baltimore_Spirit) selected Dade in the [National Professional Soccer League](/source/NPSL_II) Amateur Draft.  He became a regular that season, seeing time in forty games and was named to the NPSL All Rookie Team.  In April 1993, the Sidekicks drafted Dade a second time.  He signed with the Sidekicks and would go on to play four summer indoor seasons with them.  In 1993, Dade scored the game-winning goal in the third, and deciding, game of the CISL championship series.<ref>''Sidekicks bask in title glow'' Fort Worth Star-Telegram - Monday, October 4, 1993</ref>  He returned to the Spirit for the 1993-1994 NPSL season, then was back in Dallas for the 1994 CISL season.  On September 1, 1994, Dade signed a one-year contract with the Baltimore Spirit.  Three weeks later, the Spirit traded him to the [Kansas City Attack](/source/Kansas_City_Attack) for Jon Parry.<ref>[https://archive.today/20120708033521/http://articles.courant.com/1994-09-24/features/9409240232_1_injured-list-roster September 24, 1994 Transactions]</ref>  Dade refused to join the Attack and spent the winter of 1994-1995 training with the Sidekicks.  In 1997, Dade moved to the [Dallas Burn](/source/Dallas_Burn) of [Major League Soccer](/source/Major_League_Soccer).<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Dallas Morning News|author=Davis, Steve|title=Burn's Dade fits out in the open|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=DM&p_theme=dm&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0ED3D90E6B094739&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|date=1997-05-04}}</ref>  He played for the Burn through the 2001 season.  On October 15, 2001, the Burn sent Dade on loan to the Sidekicks.

In July 2010, [Jacksonville University](/source/Jacksonville_University) hired Dade as a women's team assistant coach.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.judolphins.com/mcc/news/184/14424/ |title=Women's soccer announces Eric Dade as new assistant coach |access-date=2011-06-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723083156/http://www.judolphins.com/mcc/news/184/14424/ |archive-date=2011-07-23 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

On 21 Sep 2015, Dade was named the Interim Head Coach for Jacksonville Armada FC replacing former head coach Guillermo Hoyos. Jacksonville Armada FC is a franchise in the North American Soccer League (NASL).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.armadafc.com/news/2015/09/21/general-manager-dario-sala-head-coach-guillermo-hoyos-and-assistant-coaches-dismissed|title=General Manager Dario Sala, Head Coach Guillermo Hoyos and Assistant Coaches Dismissed|access-date=October 19, 2015|archive-date=December 24, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151224104117/http://www.armadafc.com/news/2015/09/21/general-manager-dario-sala-head-coach-guillermo-hoyos-and-assistant-coaches-dismissed|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.kicksfan.com/players/dade/index.htm Dallas Sidekicks: Eric Dade]
* {{MLS player|eric-dade}}
* {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081216083116/http://www.baltimoreblast.com/statistics/alltimeroster/ |date=December 16, 2008 |title=Baltimore Spirit stats }}

{{Jacksonville Armada FC managers}}

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Category:1970 births
Category:Living people
Category:Soccer players from Buffalo, New York
Category:American soccer coaches
Category:American men's soccer players
Category:Baltimore Spirit players
Category:Continental Indoor Soccer League players
Category:FC Dallas players
Category:Dallas Rockets players
Category:Dallas Sidekicks (CISL) players
Category:Dallas Sidekicks (WISL) players
Category:Major League Soccer players
Category:National Professional Soccer League (1984–2001) players
Category:USISL players
Category:World Indoor Soccer League players
Category:Jacksonville Dolphins coaches
Category:VCU Rams men's soccer players
Category:Jacksonville Armada FC coaches
Category:Men's association football defenders
Category:20th-century American sportsmen
Category:Niagara Purple Eagles women's soccer coaches

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