Winston DuBose is an American former soccer goalkeeper who spent eight seasons in the North American Soccer League, four in the American Professional Soccer League and one in the American Indoor Soccer Association.
17 Facts About Winston DuBose
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Winston DuBose earned fourteen caps with the United States men's national soccer team.
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Winston DuBose was inducted in the school's athletic Hall of Fame in 2000.
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Winston DuBose began his professional career in 1977 with the Tampa Bay Rowdies of the North American Soccer League.
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Winston DuBose helped the Rowdies to an appearance in Soccer Bowl '78, where they fell to the Cosmos.
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Winston DuBose then found his way back to the Rowdies, who were operating as an independent club playing exhibition games and invitational tournaments.
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Winston DuBose showed his class when he led the league with a 0.75 goals-against average.
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Winston DuBose continued to play for the Rowdies in the APSL until he retired following the 1991 season.
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Winston DuBose returned to Southampton FC in the fall of 1978 to January 1979.
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Winston DuBose played over 30 games for Cambridge City in two seasons.
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Winston DuBose was unable to get a work permit again until 1988, when he moved to Oldham Athletic at the behest of then-manager Rodney Marsh, with whom he had played in Tampa Bay.
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When Winston DuBose was trying his hand at European soccer in 1989, he was one of only a handful of American pioneers then playing professionally on the continent: only Chris Sullivan, Frank Klopas, Paul Caligiuri, Bruce Murray, and Peter Vermes were eking out a living there at the time.
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Sporadically throughout his professional career, Winston DuBose manned the nets for the US national team.
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Winston DuBose gained his first start for his country against Ireland three weeks later.
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Winston DuBose played his final game for the national team in 1985.
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Winston DuBose worked part-time as a commentator for home games of the Tampa Bay Mutiny of Major League Soccer until the team's closure after the 2001 season.
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Winston DuBose has coached and mentored youth teams for over 20 years, currently developing the next generation of US keepers at FC Tampa Rangers.