Dante Washington, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Dante Washington

American soccer player

Date of Birth: 21-Nov-1970

Place of Birth: Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Profession: association football player, sports commentator

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio


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About Dante Washington

  • Dante Deneen Washington (born November 21, 1970, in Baltimore, Maryland) is a retired American soccer striker and currently a TV soccer color analyst. Washington played college soccer at Radford University, and was named a first team All-American in 1991.
  • He is the NCAA career leader for assists in men's soccer.
  • After years in the various indoor leagues and minor outdoor leagues, he signed with MLS and the Columbus Crew midway through the inaugural 1996 season.
  • But after only three games with the club, Dante was traded to the Dallas Burn for the rights to Brad Friedel.
  • Washington spent the next three and a half seasons in Dallas, his best being in 1997, when he scored 12 goals.
  • In 2000, it was off to Columbus again, traded for a draft pick.
  • Washington scored 15 in his first season back with the Crew, but his production declined during the next two seasons and he wasn't re-signed in 2003. Washington would spend the next two years with the Virginia Beach Mariners of the A-League.
  • In 2004, he led the league in scoring and tied for the lead in goals.
  • At the end of the year, Dante received a surprise call-up to the Crew and started a playoff game over the befuddled regular starter Edson Buddle.
  • He stayed with the club through the opening of the 2005 season, but was let go when Columbus acquired Cornell Glen.
  • He was then acquired by Real Salt Lake, in exchange for salary budget considerations sent to Columbus.
  • In nine years of MLS play, Washington scored 52 league goals and added 30 assists.
  • He retired from MLS following the 2005 season, but later signed with the Baltimore Blast of the MISL.
  • Washington had played for a few years prior to his stint in the MLS with the Washington Warthogs in the CISL. Washington played for the United States in the 1992 Summer Olympics.
  • He earned a total of six caps for the senior team, the first coming on March 12, 1991 against Mexico.
  • He scored on his debut and added one other goal for his country. Washington is one of 22 college players to be part of the 40-40 club, having both 40 goals and 40 assists in their college career.

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