Bo Oshoniyi

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Bo Oshoniyi
Personal information
Full name Adegboyega Oshoniyi
Date of birth (1971-11-03) November 3, 1971 (age 52)
Place of birth Poughkeepsie, New York, United States
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Dartmouth Big Green (head coach)
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1990–1993 Southern Connecticut Owls
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1995 New York Centaurs 13 (0)
1996 Columbus Crew 13 (0)
1997 Connecticut Wolves 21 (0)
1998 Charleston Battery 27 (0)
1999 Atlanta Silverbacks 28 (0)
2000–2006 Kansas City Wizards 96 (0)
2000 → Atlanta Silverbacks (loan) 2 (0)
Managerial career
2008 South Florida Bulls (assistant)
2009–2010 Wake Forest Demon Deacons (assistant)
2011–2014 Penn State Nittany Lions (assistant)
2014–2017 East Tennessee State Buccaneers
2018– Dartmouth Big Green
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Adegboyega "Bo" Oshoniyi (born November 3, 1971) is a retired American soccer goalkeeper who spent eight seasons in Major League Soccer. He is now the head men's soccer coach at Dartmouth College. [1]

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Career

Oshoniyi's Nigerian father drowned when Bo was four years old. [2] He played college soccer at Southern Connecticut State University, where he helped lead the team to Division II championships in 1990 and 1992. He finished his career at the school with a record of 67 wins, 8 losses, and 7 ties.

Professional

Columbus Crew

Upon the creation of MLS, Oshoniyi was selected in the fifth round of the 1996 MLS Inaugural Player Draft by the Columbus Crew. Oshoniyi had a notable assist in the first ever Crew home game on a long punt that found Brian McBride. Oshoniyi posted a 3–10 record. He started 13 games with the Crew, but was beaten out for the job by Brad Friedel, who was acquired in mid-season. Oshoniyi was released by the Crew after 1996 along with 3rd string keeper Pat Harrington.

A-League / USL

In 1997 he played the next year with the Connecticut Wolves of the First Division. He moved to the Charleston Battery in 1998, and the Atlanta Silverbacks in 1999.

New England Revolution

Oshoniyi returned to MLS in 2000, when he was selected 39th overall in the MLS SuperDraft by the New England Revolution. He was traded by New England halfway through the preseason to the Kansas City Wizards for allocation money. He appeared in 1 preseason game for the Revolution, shutting out the Miami Fusion.

Kansas City Wizards

Oshoniyi played one game with the Kansas City Wizards, shutting out the San Jose Earthquakes while Meola was away with the National Team. It was Oshoniyi's first league game in 3 years. He was part of their MLS Cup-winning squad. An injury scare to Meola almost called Oshoniyi into duty early on in the 2000 season against the San Jose Earthquakes. In 2001 Oshoniyi was called into action for 11 games while Tony Meola was out injured posting a 4–5–1 record. He recorded 1 assist during the season. In 2002 while Meola was away with the National Team he again appeared in 13 games posting a 3–5–4 record on the year. 2003, he only appeared in 13 minutes of game action on the season when Meola picked up an injury. 2004 posted a career high 5–2–2 record after taking the starting job away from Tony Meola toward the end of the season, and was named the starting goalkeeper for the MLS Cup playoffs. He posted 5 shutouts in the final 9 games of the season going into the playoffs, recorded an assist in the final game of the season as well. He posted a 2–2 record in the playoffs, and was named the MLS Cup starting goalkeeper in a losing effort to D.C. United. Oshoniyi was named the starting goalkeeper going into the 2005 season, posting a career high 32 games, and an 11–9–12 record. He posted a career high in shutouts with 7, and finished 3rd in 2005 all star voting behind Pat Onstad and Matt Reis. In 2006 he had a 9–12–8 record. He enjoyed much success with the Wizards, posting a career total 36–43–27 record and 24 shutouts. Oshoniyi wasn't retained after the 2006 season when new head coach Curt Onalfo took over replacing him with Kevin Hartman. Oshoniyi was offered a trial with the Colorado Rapids and Houston Dynamo but declined the invitation electing to retire and move into the coaching full time.

Career statistics

As of August 22, 2006

ClubSeasonApps.SavesClean
Sheets
Kansas City Wizards 200629955
Kansas City Wizards 2005321127
Kansas City Wizards 20049425
Kansas City Wizards 2003100
Kansas City Wizards 200213551
Kansas City Wizards 200111483
Kansas City Wizards 2000121
Columbus Crew 199613642

Coaching record

Statistics overview
SeasonCoachOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
East Tennessee State [3] (Southern Conference)(2014–2017)
2014 East Tennessee State Buccaneers 7–10–13–6–15th of 6
2015 East Tennessee State Buccaneers 8–7–44–4–24th of 6
2016 East Tennessee State Buccaneers 12–5–37–1–21st of 6 NCAA 1st round
2017 East Tennessee State Buccaneers 9–2–76–0–41st of 6
East Tennessee State Buccaneers:36–24–15 .580
Dartmouth College (Ivy League)(2019–present)
2018 Dartmouth Big Green 7–5–54–1–23rd
2019 Dartmouth Big Green
Dartmouth Big Green:7–5–5 (.559)4–1–2 (.714)
Total:43–29–20 .576

      National champion        Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion        Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion      Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

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References

  1. ↑ "Dartmouth Tabs Ex-MLS Keeper as Next Men's Soccer Coach". Valley News/Newspapers of New England, Inc. February 13, 2018. Retrieved February 15, 2018.
  2. ↑ Luder, Bob (October 21, 2004). "No substitute for Oshoniyi". The Kansas City Star via NewsBank . Retrieved March 18, 2012.
  3. ↑ Men's Soccer Record Book off season 2017 [ dead link ]
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