Domenic Mobilio
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Domenic Mobilio (January 14, 1969 – November 13, 2004) was a Canadian professional soccer player.
Born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Mobilio was a long-time member of the Vancouver 86ers turned Vancouver Whitecaps. He played 14 seasons beginning with the team in the Canadian Soccer League, later joining the American Professional Soccer League, before finishing up a Whitecap. He retired from the professional outdoor game in 2001.
Although Mobilio had trials overseas, most notably in Scotland and the Netherlands. It is rumoured that he once turned down the chance to play for Dutch club Vitesse Arnhem as the wages were not high enough to make it worth leaving Canada.
His 170 goals in 285 games is second for a player in professional soccer in Canada and the United States after the NASL's great Giorgio Chinaglia and his total of 243. He was a six time league all-star (CSL 1988, 1990, and 1991; APSL 1993 and 1996; A-League, 1997); the CSL's all-time leading scorer and 1990 top scorer and MVP.
Mobilio played for the Canadian national soccer team played 25 times between 1986 and 1997. He scored three goals, all coming in a nearly successful qualifying campaign for the 1994 FIFA World Cup finals. Mobilio also was a long-time pro indoor soccer player, being named MISL Newcomer of the Year for 1989 playing for the Baltimore Blast. He played with the Blast until 1992. Mobilio also played in the National Professional Soccer League with the Philadelphia Kixx and the Detroit Rockers.
Mobilio died at age 35 in Burnaby, British Columbia of a sudden and massive heart attack suffered while driving from a friend's house after playing a game of amateur soccer.
He was inducted into the Canadian Soccer Hall of Fame in 2006.
