Domenic Mobilio

Domenic Mobilio

Personal information
Full name	Domenic Mobilio
Date of birth	January 14, 1969
Place of birth	Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Date of death	November 13, 2004(2004-11-13) (aged 35)
Place of death	Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Playing position	striker
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1987–2000	Vancouver 86ers	280	(167)
1989–1992	Baltimore Blast (indoor)	182	(171)
1993–1994	Dundee	2	(0)
1993–1996	Harrisburg Heat (indoor)	46	(72)
1996–1999	Edmonton Drillers (indoor)	79	(92)
1999–2000	Philadelphia Kixx (indoor)	59	(96)
2000–2001	Detroit Rockers (indoor)	15	(27)
National team‡
1986–1997	Canada	25	(3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 27 September 2009. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 27 September 2009

Domenic Mobilio (b. January 14, 1969 – † November 13, 2004) was a Canadian professional soccer player.

Club career

Born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Mobilio was a long-time member of the Vancouver 86ers turned Vancouver Whitecaps. He played 14 seasons beginning with the team in the Canadian Soccer League, later joining the American Professional Soccer League, before finishing up a Whitecap. He retired from the professional outdoor game in 2001.

Although Mobilio had trials overseas, most notably in Scotland (he played 2 Scottish Premier League games in the 93/94 season for Dundee F.C.) and the Netherlands, he never left Vancouver. It is rumoured that he once turned down the chance to play for Dutch club Vitesse Arnhem as the wages were not high enough to make it worth leaving Canada. His 167 goals in 280 games is second for a player in professional soccer in Canada and the United States after the NASL's great Giorgio Chinaglia and his total of 243. He was a six time league all-star (CSL 1988, 1990, and 1991; APSL 1993 and 1996; A-League, 1997); the CSL's all-time leading scorer and 1990 top scorer and MVP. He began the 1996-1997 NPSL season with the Harrisburg Heat, but was traded to the Edmonton Drillers after seven games.

Indoor soccer

He also was a long-time pro indoor soccer player, being named MISL Newcomer of the Year for 1989 playing for the Baltimore Blast. He played with the Blast until 1992. Mobilio also played in the National Professional Soccer League with the Philadelphia Kixx and the Detroit Rockers.

International career

Mobilio was a member of the Canadian U-20 team which competed at the 1987 FIFA World Youth Championship.

He made his senior debut for Canada in a January 1986 friendly match against Paraguay and went on to earn 25 caps. Mobilio scored three goals, all coming in a nearly successful qualifying campaign for the 1994 FIFA World Cup finals.

His final international was a November 1997 World Cup qualification match against the USA.

International goals

Scores and results list Canada's goal tally first.

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	18 April 1993	Swangard Stadium, Burnaby, Canada	Honduras	1-1	3-1	1994 FIFA World Cup qualification
2	2 May 1993	Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador, El Salvador	El Salvador	2-1	2-1	1994 FIFA World Cup qualification
3	31 July 1993	Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton, Canada	Australia	2-1	2-1	1994 FIFA World Cup qualification

Coaching career

Upon retirement, Mobilio worked as a technical director with the Coquitlam City Soccer Association and became a coach of youth soccer in Coquitlam.

Honours

Mobilio was inducted into the Canadian Soccer Hall of Fame in 2006. He was inducted in the Baltimore Blast Hall of Fame on February 16, 2008.

Personal life and death

His cousin Melissa played for Vancouver Whitecaps Women and the Trinity Western Spartans.

Mobilio died in 2004 at age 35 of a sudden and massive heart attack, suffered while driving from a friend's house in Burnaby after playing a game of amateur soccer. Friends and relatives then established a foundation in his memory to fund various soccer associations to allow under privileged children an opportunity to enjoy the sport.

External links

• Player profile - Canada Soccer
• Career stats - National football teams
• Dominic Mobilio Tributes at Coquitlam MFSC
• Tribute and Bio - USL Soccer