Dave Smyth

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Dave Smyth
Personal information
Full name David Smyth
Place of birth Hicksville, New York, United States
Position(s) Defender
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1984–1987 North Carolina Tar Heels
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1988–1991 Albany Capitals
International career
1988 United States 1 (0)
Managerial career
1992 Skidmore Thoroughbreds (asst.)
1993–1999 Duke Blue Devils (asst.)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Dave Smyth is a retired U.S. soccer defender who spent two seasons in the American Soccer League and two in the American Professional Soccer League. He also earned one cap with the U.S. national team.

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Playing

High school and college

Smyth was the 1983 Nassau County Player of the year while playing with Hicksville High School. [1] David Smyth attended UNC-Chapel Hill where he played as a sweeper on the men's soccer team from 1984 to 1987. He was a second team All-American in 1986 and a first team All-American in 1987. Playing as a defender, he placed eighth on the schools record. [2] He left college to pursue a professional career before finishing his degree, but returned to UNC in the mid-1990s to gain a bachelor's degree in physical education.

Professional

In 1988, Smyth signed with the Albany Capitals of the American Soccer League. [3] In 1990, the ASL merged with the Western Soccer League to form the American Professional Soccer League (APSL). The Capitals then spent the 1990 and 1991 season in the APSL before folding. [4]

National team

Smyth earned one cap with the U.S. national team in a 1–0 loss to Guatemala. Most records list him as "Dan" Smyth. [5]

Coaching

After retiring from playing, Smyth spent a season as an assistant coach with Skidmore College. He then returned to North Carolina where he became an assistant men's soccer coach at Duke University until 1999. [6] That year, he was hired to coach the Myrtle Beach Seadawgs of the USISL, but the team folded before the season began. [7]

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References

  1. Nassau County Soccer Awards Archived 2006-02-16 at the Wayback Machine
  2. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-09-30. Retrieved 2007-11-21.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. 1988 ASL Stats
  4. 1991 APSL Stats
  5. RSSSF International Games Stats Archived September 9, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
  6. "No. 1 Duke booters know how to be constant success". Archived from the original on 2011-05-25. Retrieved 2007-11-21.
  7. Article in the September 16, 2002 Daily Tar Heel [ permanent dead link ]