Dale Mitchell (soccer)

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Dale Mitchell

Mitchell in 2007
Personal information
Full name	Dale William Mitchell
Date of birth	(1958-04-21) April 21, 1958 (age 66)
Place of birth	Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1977–1978	Vancouver Whitecaps	5	(0)
1979–1982	Portland Timbers	101	(35)
1983	Montreal Manic	24	(8)
1984–1985	Tacoma Stars (indoor)	96	(96)
1986–1987	Kansas City Comets (indoor)	99	(99)
1988–1990, 1992	Vancouver 86ers
1990–1991	Baltimore Blast (indoor)	51	(42)
1991	Toronto Blizzard	22	(10)
1992–1994	Tacoma Stars (indoor)	40	(45)
Total		651	(546)
International career
1976	Canada U-20	3	(1)
1983–1987	Canada U-23	9	(4)
1980–1993	Canada	55	(19)
Managerial career
1995–1999	Vancouver 86ers reserves
2000–2001	Vancouver Whitecaps
2002–2007	Canada U-20
2007–2009	Canada
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Dale William Mitchell (born April 21, 1958) is a Canadian former professional soccer striker who played for several North American teams in the 1980s and 1990s.

He made 55 appearances for the Canada national team and scored a then national record 19 goals.^[1] He coached the Canada national team from May 2007 until March 27, 2009. In 2012 as part of the Canadian Soccer Association's centennial celebration, he was named to the all-time Canada XI men's team.^[2] He was inducted into the Canadian Soccer Hall of Fame in 2002. In March 2014 it was announced that he would also be a 2014 inductee into the Indoor Soccer Hall of Fame.^[3]