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Anthony D. DiCicco Jr. (August 5, 1948 – June 19, 2017) was an American soccer player and coach and TV commentator. He is best known as the coach of the United States women's national soccer team from 1994 to 1999, during which time the team won an Olympic gold medal in 1996 and the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup. He was also coach of the USA team that won the 2008 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.

Tony DiCicco

DiCicco in October 2010
Personal information
Full name	Anthony D. DiCicco Jr.[1]
Date of birth	(1948-08-05)August 5, 1948[1]
Place of birth	Hartford, Connecticut, U.S.[1]
Date of death	June 19, 2017(2017-06-19) (aged 68)[1]
Place of death	Wethersfield, Connecticut, U.S.
Height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)[2]
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
College career
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1966–1969	Springfield Pride
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
	Connecticut Wildcats
	Rhode Island Oceaneers
National team
1973	United States	1	(0)
Teams managed
1991	United States (women; GK coach)
1993	United States U20 (GK coach)
1994–1999	United States (women)
2008	United States U20 (women)
2009–2011	Boston Breakers (WPS)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Early life

Born in Wethersfield, Connecticut, DiCicco was 1966 graduate of Wethersfield High School in Wethersfield, Connecticut, where he lettered in soccer, baseball and basketball.[3]

In 1970, DiCicco graduated from Springfield College in Massachusetts, where he was an All-American goalkeeper his senior year. He played with the Connecticut Wildcats and Rhode Island Oceaneers of the American Soccer League for five years, and made a single appearance for the United States men's national soccer team in 1973. During this time, he also taught Physical Education at Bellows Falls Middle School in Bellows Falls, Vt. for at least the 1972–1973 school year.[3]

Coaching career

International

In 1991, DiCicco became the goalkeeper coach for the U.S. women's team; he was also the goalkeeping coach for the 1993 U.S. men's under-20 team. He took over as head coach of the women's team in 1994, and compiled a record of 105–8–8, culminating with the team's dramatic win over China in the 1999 World Cup final.[4][5]

In 2008, DiCicco coached the U.S. U-20 Women's national team to victory in the FIFA Women's U-20 World Cup in Chile.

Club

DiCicco served as head coach of the Boston Breakers of the Women's Professional Soccer from 2009 to 2011.[6]

Sports administration

DiCicco was the founding commissioner of the Women's United Soccer Association from 2000 to 2003.[7][8] DiCicco has also served on a Technical Advisory board for U.S. Soccer.

Broadcasting

DiCicco worked as a commentator and analyst for ESPN's and Fox Sports' broadcasts of women's soccer, including the main broadcast booth for the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup.[9][10]

Writer

DiCicco was co-author of "Catch Them Being Good: Everything You Need to Know to Successfully Coach Girls" with Colleen Hacker and Charles Salzberg.

Honors and awards

Individual

DiCicco was elected to the National Soccer Hall of Fame Class of 2012.[11][10]

International

Coach

Women's Olympics Soccer (1): 1996

FIFA Women's World Cup (1): 1999

FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup (1): 2008

Personal life

DiCicco and his wife, Diane, have four sons: Anthony, Andrew, Alex, and Nicholas.[12][10] ^{[citation needed]}

DiCicco died on June 19, 2017, from cancer at his home in Wethersfield, Connecticut.[1] He was 68 years old.[10]

References

External links

• U.S. Soccer player bio
• Soccertimes.com profile
• Soccerplus.com profile
• Linkedin.com public profile
• Tony DiCicco, U.S. Women's National Soccer Coach, World Cup Champion – amherst.edu
• Tony DiCicco on Twitter
• 2015 interview on the state of U.S. soccer development

На других языках

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[de] Tony DiCicco

Anthony D. DiCicco Jr. (* 5. August 1948 in Hartford, Connecticut; † 19. Juni 2017[1]) war ein US-amerikanischer Fußballtorwart, -trainer und -funktionär. Als Trainer war er hauptsächlich im Frauenfußball aktiv und gewann mit der Nationalmannschaft der USA bei den Olympischen Sommerspielen 1996 und der Weltmeisterschaft 1999 jeweils die Goldmedaille.

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- [en] Tony DiCicco

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[it] Tony DiCicco

Anthony D. DiCicco Jr., detto Tony (Wethersfield, 5 agosto 1948 – Wethersfield, 19 giugno 2017) è stato un allenatore di calcio e calciatore statunitense, di ruolo portiere.

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