1. Carl Howard Valentine was born on 4 July 1958 and is a former professional soccer player and coach who has had a long association with soccer in the Vancouver area.
13 Facts About Carl Valentine
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Carl Valentine was the head coach of Ottawa Fury in the USL Premier Development League until taking the position as Vancouver Whitecaps FC club ambassador and staff coach in 2010, in the lead-up to the Whitecaps inaugural season in Major League Soccer.
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Carl Valentine signed with the Vancouver Whitecaps and as a rookie helped them win their only North American Soccer League championship in 1979.
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On 22 November 1985, Carl Valentine signed with the Cleveland Force of the Major Indoor Soccer League.
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Carl Valentine played three seasons with the Force which folded during the 1988 off season.
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In June 1990, Carl Valentine signed a one-year contract with the Blast only to be traded to the Kansas City Comets in exchange for Dale Mitchell on 21 August 1990.
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The Comets folded at the end of the season and in September 1991, Carl Valentine signed with the Tacoma Stars.
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Carl Valentine decided in 1985 however to declare his allegiance to his new home country and made his debut for Canada in a September 1985 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Honduras.
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Carl Valentine earned a total of 31 caps, scoring 1 goal.
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Carl Valentine represented Canada in 9 World Cup qualifiers and played in all three of the country's first-round games in the 1986 World Cup.
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Carl Valentine's final international was a 15 August 1993 World Cup qualification match against Australia in Sydney, a game which marked the end of the international careers of Dale Mitchell and Mike Sweeney.
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Carl Valentine has two daughters, Keelie and Shannon, and a son, Gavin.
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Carl Valentine is currently a Residency coach and Club Ambassador for Whitecaps FC.