Jeff Cacciatore
Height5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)
Birth dateSeptember 5, 1958 (age 67)
Birth placeSt. Louis, Missouri, United States
PositionForward
Youthyears 11976–1979
Youthclubs 1SIU Edwardsville Cougars
Years 11980
Years 21979–1981
Years 31981–1987
Clubs 1Fort Lauderdale Strikers
Clubs 2Fort Lauderdale Strikers (indoor)
Clubs 3St. Louis Steamers (indoor)
Caps 115
Caps 224
Caps 3228
Goals 11
Goals 28
Goals 385
Totalcaps267
Totalgoals94

Jeff Cacciatore is an American retired soccer forward who played professionally in the North American Soccer League and the Major Indoor Soccer League. Cacciatore was elected into the Saint Louis Soccer Hall of Fame in 2013.

Youth

In 1976, Cacciatore, younger brother of Steve Cacciatore, graduated from St. Louis University High School.[1] He attended Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, playing on the men's soccer team from 1976 to 1979. In his last season, the team won the 1979 NCAA Men's Division I Soccer Championship. On October 24, 2009, SIUE inducted Cacciatore into the school's Athletic Hall of Fame.[2]

Professional

In the fall of 1979, Cacciatore signed with the Fort Lauderdale Strikers of the North American Soccer League. He played two indoor and one outdoor season with the Strikers. He was a member of the 1980 Soccer Bowl runner-up Strikers team that fell to the New York Cosmos 3–0 in the final.

He then moved to the St. Louis Steamers of the Major Indoor Soccer League in the fall of 1981. He played six season before being released and retiring in 1987.

Cacciatore coaches the Whitfield School girls' soccer team and all levels of boys. Cacciatore also teaches at Whitfield School, where he's taught science for Eight Graders since 1991.

References

  1. ^ SLUHS: Notable Alumni Athletes Archived 2010-08-04 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "SIUE Athletics Announces 2009 Hall of Fame Class". Archived from the original on 2014-04-15. Retrieved 2010-09-04.