Pat Ercoli
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 30 November 1957 | ||
| Place of birth | Toronto, ON, Canada | ||
| Height | Script error: No such module "person height". | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1976 | Toronto Metros-Croatia | 0 | (0) |
| 1978–1980 | Rochester Lancers | 83 | (16) |
| 1978-1979 | New York Arrows (indoor) | 21 | (18) |
| 1979-1980 | Detroit Lightning (indoor) | 32 | (44) |
| 1981 | Jacksonville Tea Men | 20 | (1) |
| 1981-1982 | Buffalo Stallions (indoor) | 38 | (32) |
| 1982-1985 | Baltimore Blast (indoor) | 170 | (112) |
| 1985-1986 | Cleveland Force (indoor) | 29 | (6) |
| International career | |||
| 1980 | Canada | 1 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1996–2004 | Rochester Rhinos | ||
| 2013 | Rochester Rhinos | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Pat Ercoli (born 30 November 1957 in Toronto, Ontario) is a retired Canadian soccer player who currently works as President/COO and Head Coach of the Rochester Rhinos.
Career
Ercoli played club football for the Rochester Lancers and the Jacksonville Tea Men in the North American Soccer League.[1] He played for the Cleveland Force of the Major Indoor Soccer League from 1985 to 1986.
International career
Ercoli earned one cap for the national team in 1980.[2]
Coaching career
After retiring as a player, Ercoli coached the Rochester Rhinos from 1996 to 2004. During this tenure as coach, he quickly turned the A-League team into a juggernaut in the minor league sports industry. The club was a league-leader in attendance from 1996–2004 and was named one of the Top Five Minor League Sports Franchises by Street & Smith’s Sports Business Journal. Their success at the gate was also matched by the teams’ three league titles (1998, 2000 and 2001) and the 1999 Lamar Hunt US Open Cup title, in which they defeated four MLS teams en route to the historic championship. In December, 2004, Ercoli was dismissed as the team's head coach. On 29 October 2009 he returned to Rochester Rhinos and was appointed as the General Manager. Since taking over as General Manager in 2009, Ercoli was appointed the team's president in charge of all day-to-day activities.[3] In his three seasons leading the business operations of the Rhinos, the team has seen its average attendance drop to its lowest numbers in franchise history. Following a 1-6-1 start to the Rhinos' 2013 season, on May 19 Ercoli was named Head Coach, replacing Jesse Myers.[4]
Ercoli was inducted into the USL Hall of Fame in 2002.
References
- ↑ NASL Stats
- ↑ Player profile at CanadaSoccer.com
- ↑ Rhinos hire Pat Ercoli as General Manager
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- 1957 births
- Living people
- Canadian expatriate sportspeople in the United States
- Canadian expatriate soccer players
- Canada men's international soccer players
- Canadian soccer coaches
- Canadian soccer players
- Canadian people of Italian descent
- Buffalo Stallions players
- Detroit Lightning players
- Cleveland Force (original MISL) players
- Expatriate soccer players in the United States
- Association football forwards
- Jacksonville Tea Men players
- Major Indoor Soccer League (1978–92) players
- North American Soccer League (1968–84) players
- Soccer people from Ontario
- Sportspeople from Toronto
- Rochester Lancers players
- Toronto Blizzard (1971–84) players
- Baltimore Blast (original MISL) players
- USISL coaches
