Dan O'Keefe (soccer)
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| Dan O’Keefe | ||
| Personal information | ||
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| Date of birth | ||
| Place of birth | ||
| Playing position | Forward | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| 1980-1983 | SIUE | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
1986-1988 1989-1990 1990-1992 1992-1993 1993-1994 1994-1995 |
Kansas City Comets (indoor) Fort Wayne Flames (indoor) Indiana Kick (indoor) Detroit Rockers (indoor) St. Louis Ambush (indoor) Baltimore Spirit (indoor) Detroit Rockers (indoor) |
65 (49) 40 (108) 78 (130) 40 (60) 32 (32) 8 (6) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Dan O’Keefe is a former soccer forward who played over ten seasons in the U.S. indoor leagues. He led the American Indoor Soccer Association in scoring in 1989.
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[edit] College
O’Keefe attended Southern Illinois University Edwardsville where he played on the men’s soccer team from 1980 to 1983. In 1982, he led the team in scoring with thirteen goals[1] and finished his four year career ranked tenth on the school’s career goals list with twenty-seven.[2]
[edit] Professional
O’Keefe played an unknown number of seasons with the Kansas City Comets in the Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL). Played with the Fort Wayne Flames of the American Indoor Soccer Association (AISA) from 1986 to 1988. O'Keefe briefly retired from playing following the 1988 season to coach in Jefferson City, Missouri. He returned in 1989 to lead the AISA in goal scoring with the Indiana Kick. In 1990, he moved from the Kick to the Detroit Rockers. That year, the AISA renamed itself the National Professional Soccer League (NPSL). He was selected as a first team NPSL All Star for the 1991-1992 season. In 1992, he signed with the St. Louis Ambush. On June 18, 1993, the Ambush traded O’Keefe to the Baltimore Spirit for Steve Boardman. He played one season in Baltimore before returning to the Rockers in 1994. He played only eight games in 1994-1995. After that, there is no further record of him until an Ambush reunion game in 2005.
[edit] Fort Wayne Flames career stats
[edit] Regular season
- Games Played - 65
- Goals - 49
- Assists - 18
- Points - 67
- Blocked Shots - 9
- Fouls - 70
- Penalty Minutes - 2
[edit] Playoffs
- Games Played - 11
- Goals - 14*
- Assists - 7
- Points - 21*
- Shots on Goal - 59*
Fouls - 8
- Penalty Minutes - 2.
(* = career franchise leader)
