Dale Ervine
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| Dale Ervine | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Dale Ervine | |
| Date of birth | May 19, 1964 | |
| Place of birth | Torrance, California, United States | |
| Playing position | Midfielder | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| 1982-1985 | UCLA | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1986, 1989-1990 1987-1994 1991 1993 1993 1994-1997 1999 |
Los Angeles Heat Wichita Wings (indoor) Fort Lauderdale Strikers Los Angeles Salsa Los Angeles United (indoor) Anaheim Splash (indoor) Sacramento Knights (indoor) |
8 (3) 18 (2) |
| National team2 | ||
| 1985-1993 | United States | 5 (0) |
| Teams managed | ||
| 1997 | Anaheim Splash | |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Dale Ervine (born May 19, 1964 in Torrance, California) is a former U.S. soccer midfielder who spent most of his career playing indoor soccer. He also earned five caps with the U.S. national team between 1985 and 1993.
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[edit] College
Ervine grew up in Torrance, California. He remained in southern California when he entered college, becoming a member of the UCLA Bruins soccer team in 1982. Ervine spent four seasons as a midfielder with the Bruins. In 1982, 1983 and 1985, he was team’s Offensive MVP. He was the Bruins’ overall MVP in 1985, the same year Ervine was named a first team All American. In 1985, Ervine’s last year at UCLA, the Bruins won the NCAA Championship.
[edit] Professional
[edit] WSL/APSL
In 1986, Ervine turned professional with the Los Angeles Heat of the Western Soccer Alliance (WSA).[1] He did not play with the Heat in 1987 or 1988, but returned for the 1989 and 1990 seasons. The Heat went to the WSL semifinals in 1989. Between the 1989 and 1990 season, the WSL merged with the American Soccer League (ASL) to form the American Professional Soccer League (APSL). The Heat continued their success in 1990 and made it to the APSL title game before folding. The next year, Ervine moved to the Fort Lauderdale Strikers. He did not return to the outdoor game until 1993 when he was back in Los Angeles, this time with the Los Angeles Salsa of the APSL. The Salsa fell to the Colorado Foxes in the title game.
[edit] MISL/NPSL
In 1987, Ervine joined the Wichita Wings of Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL). He would remain with the Wings for the next seven seasons. In 1992 MISL folded and the Wings moved to the National Professional Soccer League (NPSL) where he played until the end of the 1993-1994 season.
[edit] CISL
In 1993, Ervine signed with Los Angeles United of the new indoor league, the Continental Indoor Soccer League (CISL). While an indoor league, the CISL played during the summer rather than the traditional winter season played by the MISL and NPSL. L.A. United was sold to new ownership in 1994 and moved to Anaheim, California where it was renamed the Anaheim Splash. Ervine remained with the renamed team until it folded at the end of the 1997 season. The CISL folded at the end of the 1997 season. Ervine ended his CISL career number eight on the goals, assists and points lists with 135, 114 and 249 respectively.
[edit] WISL
In 1999, Ervine played with the Sacramento Knights of the World Indoor Soccer League (WISL).
[edit] Coach
In 1997, in addition to playing with the Splash, Ervine also coached the team. The Splash ended the season at 16-12 and was eliminated by the Sacramento Knights in the second round of the play offs.
[edit] National team
[edit] U-20
In 1983, Ervine was on the roster of the U.S. U-20 national team which went 1-0-2 at the 1983 FIFA World Youth Championship.[2]
[edit] Senior team
Ervine earned five caps with the U.S. national team between 1985 and 1993. His first cap came his junior year of college when he played in a 1-1 tie with Canada on April 4, 1985. He played again a year later as a substitute for Eric Eichmann in another tie, this time with Uruguay on February 7, 1986. He did not appear again for the national team until March 23, 1993 when he came on for Sadri Gjonbalaj in a tie with El Salvador. His last cap came two days later in a 4-1 loss to Honduras.
[edit] Futsal
In 1992, he earned nine caps, scoring eleven goals, with the U.S. National Futsal Team.[3] That year, the U.S. took second in the FIFA Futsal World Championship.[4] His eleven goals puts him second on the all time U.S. goals list.[5]
[edit] Post soccer career
Ervine now owns Executive Autohaus, a Newport Beach car dealership.
