Tony Dicicco
Tony Dicicco was born in Hartford, Connecticut, United States on August 5th, 1948 and is the Soccer Coach. At the age of 68, Tony Dicicco biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Anthony D. DiCicco Jr. (August 5, 1948 – June 19, 2017) was a soccer player and mentor as well as a TV commentator.
He is best known as the head coach of the United States women's national soccer team from 1994 to 1999, when the team captured an Olympic gold medal in 1996 and 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup.
He served as a mentor for the USA team that defeated the 2008 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.
Early life
DiCicco, a 1966 graduate of Wethersfield High School in Wethersfield, Connecticut, where he lettered in soccer, baseball, and basketball.
DiCicco graduated from Springfield College in Massachusetts in 1970, where he was an All-American goalkeeper for his senior year. He competed for the Connecticut Wildcats and Rhode Island Oceaneers of the American Soccer League for five years, and made a single appearance with the United States national soccer team in 1973. He taught Physical Education at Bellows Falls Middle School in Bellows Falls, Vt., for at least the 1972-1973 school year.
Personal life
Anthony, Andrew, Alex, and Nicholas are DiCicco's four sons, as well as Diane, DiCicco's husband.
DiCicco died of cancer at his home in Wethersfield, Connecticut, on June 19, 2017. He was 68 years old at the time.
Coaching career
DiCicco was the goalkeeper coach for the US women's team in 1991; he also served as the goalkeeper coach for the 1993 US men's under-20 team. He took over as head coach of the women's team in 1994, establishing a record of 105–8-8, which culminated in the team's thrilling victory over China in the 1999 World Cup final.
In 2008, DiCicco guided the US U-20 Women's national team to triumph in the FIFA Women's U-20 World Cup in Chile.
DiCicco served as head coach of the Boston Breakers of Women's Professional Soccer from 2009 to 2011.