Dale Caya

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Dale Caya
Personal information
Full nameDale Edward Caya
Place of birth United States
Playing position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
1982–1985 Temple Owls
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1988 Philadelphia Inter
1989–1991 Penn-Jersey Spirit
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Dale Caya is a retired American soccer goalkeeper who was the 1990 American Professional Soccer League Goalkeeper of the Year.

Caya attended Temple University, playing on the men's soccer team from 1982 to 1985. In 1988, he played for the amateur Philadelphia Inter. [1] In July 1989, Caya signed with the Penn-Jersey Football Club. [2] In 1990, the club entered the American Soccer League as the Penn-Jersey Spirit. Caya was selected as first team all league that season. [3] In 1991, he was on the roster of the Spirit for a handful of games, but never came off the bench. In 1992, he graduated from the Widener University School of Law. [4]

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  3. "The Year in American Soccer – 1990". Archived from the original on 2013-07-13. Retrieved 2012-08-14.
  4. Grim, Bien and Thatcher: Dale Caya Archived February 26, 2014, at the Wayback Machine