Dale Mulholland

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Dale Mulholland
Personal information
Date of birth (1964-08-16) August 16, 1964 (age 59)
Place of birth Tacoma, Washington, United States
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
1980–1983 Tacoma Rovers State Premier
1983 Washington State U-19 State Team
1984 Washington State Open Select Team
1985 FC Tacoma City Select Team City Premier
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1985 TSV Reichenbach 05
1987–1988 TSV Reichenbach 05
1989 Orlando Lions
1989–1990 Sing Tao Tigers
1990 Lokomotiv Moscow[1] 6 (1)
1991–1992 Miami Freedom
1992 Dukla Prague[2] 7 (0)
1994–1995 Seattle Sounders
Managerial career
1996 Tero Sasana
1999–2000 Persija Timur
2002–2007 Euro Soccer Excellence
2007–2011 Arsenal Soccer Schools
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Dale Mulholland (born August 16, 1964) is an American former soccer player and coach. As a player, he played in West Germany, the Soviet Union, Czechoslovakia and his native United States. His most notable achievement as a player was signing for Lokomotiv Moscow in 1990. As a coach he has worked in Thailand, Indonesia, and the United States.

Early life[edit]

Mulholland was born in Tacoma, Washington, in 1964. He attended University of Puget Sound and Warner Pacific College, where he majored in philosophy.[3][4][5]

Playing career[edit]

In 1990, he was traded by the Orlando Lions in the American Professional Soccer League to Lokomotiv Moscow in the Soviet First League for Aleksandr Golovnya. He signed a one-year contract, becoming the first American to play in the USSR.[6][7][8] Mulholland scored once in Moscow, a penalty in a match against FC Kuzbass Kemerovo in Locomotiv's last match of the 1990 Soviet First League.[9]

In 1991, he returned to the United States, playing with Miami Freedom of the American Professional Soccer League (APSL) during the summer of 1991 for the short American outdoor season.[10]

Mulholland made seven league appearances for Dukla Prague during the second half of the 1991–92 Czechoslovak First League season.[2]

Coaching career[edit]

Served as the Director of Coaching / Head Coach for the Arsenal Soccer Schools franchise for Indonesia, participating in the local men's league with the Jakarta Vikings and formerly playing and managing with the local men's club, 6 times local champions, the Wanderers FC in the JIFL (Jakarta International Football League).

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Малхоллэнд Дейл". footballfacts.ru (in Russian). Retrieved October 8, 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Dale Mullholand". CSFOTBAL (in Czech). Retrieved October 8, 2020.
  3. ^ Knisley, Igor (September 2015). "Dale Mulholland: The man who changed soccer history in the U.S. and the USSR simultaneously". FCLMmagazine. Retrieved October 6, 2020.
  4. ^ Ewing, Creig (April 13, 1989). "Lions teammates enjoy different lives, same love". The Orlando Sentinel.
  5. ^ Smith, Craig (March 2, 1990). "Tacoman plans Soviet soccer exchange". The Seattle Times.
  6. ^ "U.S. soccer player signs with Moscow club". United Press International. March 26, 1990. Retrieved October 6, 2020.
  7. ^ "Am American in Russia". The Orlando Sentinel. April 12, 1990. Retrieved October 6, 2020.
  8. ^ "ПРИКЛЮЧЕНИЯ НЕВЕРОЯТНОГО АМЕРИКАНЦА В РОССИИ" (in Russian). Sport Express. December 22, 2006. Retrieved October 6, 2020.
  9. ^ Balitskiy, Andrei; Dryomin, Mike. "Soviet Union 1990". RSSSF.com. Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved October 7, 2020.
  10. ^ Kugiya, Hugo (May 11, 1990). "Soviet player lands with the Lions". The Orlando Sentinel.

External links[edit]

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