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16 Facts About Bo Oshoniyi

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Adegboyega "Bo" Oshoniyi was born on November 3,1971 and is an American former soccer player who played as a goalkeeper and spent eight seasons in Major League Soccer.

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Bo Oshoniyi is the head men's soccer coach at Dartmouth College.

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Bo Oshoniyi played college soccer at Southern Connecticut State University, where he helped lead the team to Division II championships in 1990 and 1992.

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Bo Oshoniyi finished his career at the school with a record of 67 wins, 8 losses, and 7 ties.

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Bo Oshoniyi had a notable assist in the first ever Crew home game on a long punt that found Brian McBride.

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Bo Oshoniyi started 13 games with the Crew, but was beaten out for the job by Brad Friedel, who was acquired in mid-season.

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Bo Oshoniyi was released by the Crew after 1996 along with 3rd string keeper Pat Harrington.

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Bo Oshoniyi moved to the Charleston Battery in 1998, and the Atlanta Silverbacks in 1999.

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Bo Oshoniyi returned to MLS in 2000, when he was selected 39th overall in the MLS SuperDraft by the New England Revolution.

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Bo Oshoniyi was traded by New England halfway through the preseason to the Kansas City Wizards for allocation money.

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Bo Oshoniyi appeared in 1 preseason game for the Revolution, shutting out the Miami Fusion.

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Bo Oshoniyi played one game with the Kansas City Wizards, shutting out the San Jose Earthquakes while Meola was away with the National Team.

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Bo Oshoniyi posted 5 shutouts in the final 9 games of the season going into the playoffs, recorded an assist in the final game of the season as well.

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Bo Oshoniyi posted a career high in shutouts with 7, and finished 3rd in 2005 all star voting behind Pat Onstad and Matt Reis.

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Bo Oshoniyi wasn't retained after the 2006 season when new head coach Curt Onalfo took over replacing him with Kevin Hartman.

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Bo Oshoniyi was offered a trial with the Colorado Rapids and Houston Dynamo but declined the invitation electing to retire and move into the coaching full time.