Dana Veth

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Dana Veth
Personal information
Full name Dana Matthew Veth
Date of birth (1987-09-01) September 1, 1987 (age 35)
Place of birth Nassau, Bahamas
Height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Position(s) defender
Youth career
New Castle FC
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2006 Bowling Green Falcons 7 (0)
2007–2009 UMM Cougar 35 (3)
International career
2006–2007 Bahamas U-20 [1] 6 (1)
2007 Bahamas U-23 [2] 3 (1)
2008– Bahamas [3] 4 (0)
Managerial career
2007 BFA National Academy
2008 Blaine Tiger Tales Bengals
2010–2013 Spring Hill Badgers (Assistant coach)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Dana Matthew Veth (born 1 September 1987 in Nassau) is a Bahamian former footballer.

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Early life

Veth was born in the Bahamas but has dual American-Bahamian citizenship. His father is from Minnesota, his mother is Bahamian.

Club career

He played one season for the Bowling Green Falcons, then transferred to UW-Green Bay in the off season. The following year he teamed up with the UMM Cougars in 2007. Veth also worked at the 2010 Total Performance Soccer Camp in Minnesota.

International career

When still at Blaine High School, Veth earned a call-up to the Bahamas U-20 team. [4]

Veth made his debut for the Bahamas in a March 2008 World Cup qualification match against the British Virgin Islands. [5] He also played in the return match, making it two caps in total, scoring no goals. [6]

In 2011, Veth joined the national team once again to compete in preliminary World Cup qualifying rounds. As captain, he led the team to two victories over Turks and Caicos Islands national football team. Even though the team earned a place to advance, the country decided to opt out of further competition, ending their World Cup run.

Coaching career

In September 2010 was named as the Assistant coach of the Spring Hill Badgers Women Soccer team. [7]

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References

  1. CONCACAF 2007 Under-20 Tournament Recap
  2. Bahamian U-23 Men Stun Jamaica
  3. Dana Veth at National-Football-Teams.com
  4. Blaine senior Dana Veth is Bahamas bound as a national team U20 soccer player [ permanent dead link ] - ABC Newspapers
  5. Dana Veth - Bahamas - Caribbean Football
  6. Dana Veth FIFA competition record (archived)
  7. "Dana Veth - Assistant Coach - 1st Season". Archived from the original on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2011-02-24.