Dale Mulholland

Dale Mulholland (born August 16, 1964) is an American former soccer player who became a coach. As a player, he spent time 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 was worked in Thailand, Indonesia and the United States.

Dale Mulholland
Personal information
Date of birth (1964-08-16) August 16, 1964
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
Teams managed
1996 Tero Sasana
1999–2000 Persija Timur
2002–2007 Euro Soccer Excellence
2007–2011 Arsenal Soccer Schools
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Early life

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

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 Top 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

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
  1. "Малхоллэнд Дейл". footballfacts.ru (in Russian). Retrieved October 8, 2020.
  2. "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.
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