Victor Nogueira
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Victor Nogueira is a retired American soccer goalkeeper
. Nogueira spent six seasons in the North American Soccer League
, but gained his greatest recognition in over twenty seasons in three indoor leagues, the Major Indoor Soccer League
, National Professional Soccer League and the second Major Indoor Soccer League. He was also a member of the U.S. futsal
team which took second place at the 1992 FIFA Futsal World Championship
, and he is the father of University of North Carolina
and United States forward Casey Nogueira
.
. While he gained his fame as a goalkeeper, he began his career as a forward
. He spent time with Newcastle United in England
prior to coming to the US.
of the North American Soccer League
(NASL). He spent at least two seasons in Atlanta before moving to the Montreal Manic
. No statistics exist for the 1981 season. Nogueira suffered significant injuries at times during his career, so he may have lost that season due to injuries. Nogueira played nineteen games with the Montreal Manic
in 1982, then moved to the Chicago Sting
for the 1983 and 1984 NASL seasons. Nogueira and the Sting won the 1984
NASL title, the last year the league existed.
(MISL). In 1986, the Sting traded Nogueira to the Cleveland Force
for Chris Vaccaro. The Force folded at the end of the 1987-1988 season and Nogueira moved to the San Diego Sockers.
When he arrived in San Diego, Nogueira joined a championship team who had Zoltan Toth, the top goalkeeper in the league. Nogueira quickly supplanted Toth as the team’s starting goalkeeper as the Sockers won 1988-1989 MISL title. Nogueira was also named the MISL Goalkeeper of the Year. The Sockers repeated as champions every season through 1991-1992 as Nogueira was a three time Goalkeeper of the Year. The league folded at the end of the season and the Sockers moved to the Continental Indoor Soccer League
. Nogueira did not make that move, but jumped to the Milwaukee Wave
of the National Professional Soccer League (NPSL). Although thirty-two at the time, Nogueira would spend the next eleven years with the Wave.
selected Nogueira in the third round of the MISL Dispersal Draft following the folding of the Sockers. Nogueira chose to retire instead.
team from 1992 to 2000. The team gained its greatest success in 1992 when it took second place at FIFA Futsal World Championship
. Nogueira was named both as the top goalkeeper of the tournament and to the first team all tournament team. While the U.S. did not place in the 1996 tournament, Nogueira was selected as an honorable mention All Tournament. In 2000, the U.S. placed third at the CONCACAF Tournament, but only the top two teams qualified for the World Championship. Nogueira retired from the futsal team following the CONCACAF Tournament.
currently plays soccer at University of North Carolina
and the United States women's national soccer team
. He also coaches the Torrey Pines High School
Freshman soccer team.
2010 - Victor moved to Orange County and coaches with West Coast Futbul Club
MVP
Goalkeeper of the Year
Championship MVP
All Star Game MVP
First team All Star
FIFA FUTSAL Championship
Goalkeeper (football)
In association football, the goalkeeper occupies a position that represents the last line of defence between the opponent's offence and his own team's goal. The primary role of the goalkeeper is to defend his team's goal and prevent the opposition from scoring a goal...
. Nogueira spent six seasons in the North American Soccer League
North American Soccer League
North American Soccer League was a professional soccer league with teams in the United States and Canada that operated from 1968 to 1984.-History:...
, but gained his greatest recognition in over twenty seasons in three indoor leagues, the Major Indoor Soccer League
Major Soccer League
The Major Indoor Soccer League, known in its final two seasons as the Major Soccer League, was an indoor soccer league in the USA from 1978 to 1992. After the folding of the North American Soccer League in 1984, the MISL was the Division I soccer league for the United States...
, National Professional Soccer League and the second Major Indoor Soccer League. He was also a member of the U.S. futsal
Futsal
Futsal is a variant of association football that is played on a smaller pitch and mainly played indoors. Its name is a portmanteau of the Portuguese futebol de salão and the Spanish fútbol de salón , which can be translated as "hall football" or "indoor football"...
team which took second place at the 1992 FIFA Futsal World Championship
FIFA Futsal World Championship
The FIFA Futsal World Cup is the international championship for futsal, an indoor version of association football.The world championship tournament is held every four years, on the even year between two FIFA World Cups. The first event was held in 1989, the year FIFA became the world governing body...
, and he is the father of University of North Carolina
North Carolina Tar Heels women's soccer
The North Carolina Tar Heels women's soccer team represent the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the Atlantic Coast Conference of NCAA Division I soccer...
and United States forward Casey Nogueira
Casey Nogueira
Casey Nicole Nogueira is a U.S. soccer midfielder who currently plays for the professional Sky Blue FC. She has earned one cap with the United States women's national soccer team in 2007 and was a member of the U.S. U-20 women's team at the 2006 FIFA U-20 Women's World Championship and the 2007...
.
Early career
Nogueira was born in Mozambique, but was raised in South Africa. In 1974, when he was fifteen, Nogueira signed with Rangers, a South African club based in JohannesburgJohannesburg
Johannesburg also known as Jozi, Jo'burg or Egoli, is the largest city in South Africa, by population. Johannesburg is the provincial capital of Gauteng, the wealthiest province in South Africa, having the largest economy of any metropolitan region in Sub-Saharan Africa...
. While he gained his fame as a goalkeeper, he began his career as a forward
Striker
Forwards, also known as strikers, are the players on a team in association football who play nearest to the opposing team's goal, and are therefore principally responsible for scoring goals...
. He spent time with Newcastle United in England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
prior to coming to the US.
NASL
In 1979, Nogueira moved to the expansion Atlanta ChiefsAtlanta Chiefs
The Atlanta Chiefs were a soccer team based in Atlanta, Georgia that played in the NPSL and NASL from 1967 to 1972. Their home fields were Atlanta Stadium and Tara Stadium . The club was the brainchild of Dick Cecil, then Vice President of the Atlanta Braves baseball franchise who were the Chiefs'...
of the North American Soccer League
North American Soccer League
North American Soccer League was a professional soccer league with teams in the United States and Canada that operated from 1968 to 1984.-History:...
(NASL). He spent at least two seasons in Atlanta before moving to the Montreal Manic
Montreal Manic
Montreal Manic were a soccer team based out of Montreal that played in the NASL. They played from 1981 to 1983. Their home field was Olympic Stadium...
. No statistics exist for the 1981 season. Nogueira suffered significant injuries at times during his career, so he may have lost that season due to injuries. Nogueira played nineteen games with the Montreal Manic
Montreal Manic
Montreal Manic were a soccer team based out of Montreal that played in the NASL. They played from 1981 to 1983. Their home field was Olympic Stadium...
in 1982, then moved to the Chicago Sting
Chicago Sting
The Chicago Sting was an American professional soccer team based in Chicago, Illinois. The Sting played in the North American Soccer League from 1975 to 1984 and in the Major Indoor Soccer League from in the 1982-83 season and again from 1984 to 1988...
for the 1983 and 1984 NASL seasons. Nogueira and the Sting won the 1984
1984 NASL Season
The 1984 NASL season was the 72nd season of FIFA-sanctioned soccer, the 17th with a national first-division league, in the United States and Canada, as well as the 17th and final season of the North American Soccer League...
NASL title, the last year the league existed.
NASL
In 1979, the NASL held an indoor season. The Chiefs won the Eastern Division before falling to the Tampa Bay Rowdies in the playoffs. Nogueira was the second leading goalkeeper.MISL
The NASL had planned a 1984-1985 indoor season, but cancelled it. When the league subsequently cancelled its 1985 outdoor season and folded, the Chicago Sting jumped to the Major Indoor Soccer LeagueMajor Soccer League
The Major Indoor Soccer League, known in its final two seasons as the Major Soccer League, was an indoor soccer league in the USA from 1978 to 1992. After the folding of the North American Soccer League in 1984, the MISL was the Division I soccer league for the United States...
(MISL). In 1986, the Sting traded Nogueira to the Cleveland Force
Cleveland Force (1978 – 1988)
The original Cleveland Force was one of the six charter franchises in the original Major Indoor Soccer League . The team played from 1978 to 1988 at the Richfield Coliseum, the home of the Cleveland Cavaliers, and occasionally drew crowds in excess of 20,000 in the mid-80's.Akron businessman Eric J...
for Chris Vaccaro. The Force folded at the end of the 1987-1988 season and Nogueira moved to the San Diego Sockers.
When he arrived in San Diego, Nogueira joined a championship team who had Zoltan Toth, the top goalkeeper in the league. Nogueira quickly supplanted Toth as the team’s starting goalkeeper as the Sockers won 1988-1989 MISL title. Nogueira was also named the MISL Goalkeeper of the Year. The Sockers repeated as champions every season through 1991-1992 as Nogueira was a three time Goalkeeper of the Year. The league folded at the end of the season and the Sockers moved to the Continental Indoor Soccer League
Continental Indoor Soccer League
The Continental Indoor Soccer League was an indoor soccer league that played from 1993 to 1997.-History:When the Major Soccer League folded in the summer of 1992, two of its former teams joined a group of hockey and basketball arena owners led by Ron Weinstein who wanted to create a league to...
. Nogueira did not make that move, but jumped to the Milwaukee Wave
Milwaukee Wave
The Milwaukee Wave is an American professional indoor soccer team based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA. Founded in 1984 they are the oldest continuously operating professional soccer team in North Americaand a member of the Major Indoor Soccer League....
of the National Professional Soccer League (NPSL). Although thirty-two at the time, Nogueira would spend the next eleven years with the Wave.
NPSL
During his eleven seasons in Milwaukee, Nogeuira won another three titles as the Wave won 1997-1998, 1999-2000 and 2000-2001 championships. In addition to winning the title in 1998, Nogueira was named the league MVP, playoff MVP, All-Star MVP, and Goalkeeper of the Year and first team All Star. He was the first indoor soccer player ever to reach 40,000 career minutes.MISL II
On October 2, 2003, Nogueira signed a one year contract with San Diego Sockers which was now competing in a new Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL). The Sockers began the 2004-2005 season, but folded after ten games. On January 5, 2005, the Baltimore BlastBaltimore Blast (current)
Baltimore Blast is an American professional indoor soccer team based in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. Founded in 1992, the team plays in the Major Indoor Soccer League....
selected Nogueira in the third round of the MISL Dispersal Draft following the folding of the Sockers. Nogueira chose to retire instead.
Futsal
Nogueira earned sixteen caps with the U.S. National FutsalFutsal
Futsal is a variant of association football that is played on a smaller pitch and mainly played indoors. Its name is a portmanteau of the Portuguese futebol de salão and the Spanish fútbol de salón , which can be translated as "hall football" or "indoor football"...
team from 1992 to 2000. The team gained its greatest success in 1992 when it took second place at FIFA Futsal World Championship
FIFA Futsal World Championship
The FIFA Futsal World Cup is the international championship for futsal, an indoor version of association football.The world championship tournament is held every four years, on the even year between two FIFA World Cups. The first event was held in 1989, the year FIFA became the world governing body...
. Nogueira was named both as the top goalkeeper of the tournament and to the first team all tournament team. While the U.S. did not place in the 1996 tournament, Nogueira was selected as an honorable mention All Tournament. In 2000, the U.S. placed third at the CONCACAF Tournament, but only the top two teams qualified for the World Championship. Nogueira retired from the futsal team following the CONCACAF Tournament.
Coaching
Since his retirement from playing, Nogueira has coached professional teams, college teams and a youth soccer club. His daughter CaseyCasey Nogueira
Casey Nicole Nogueira is a U.S. soccer midfielder who currently plays for the professional Sky Blue FC. She has earned one cap with the United States women's national soccer team in 2007 and was a member of the U.S. U-20 women's team at the 2006 FIFA U-20 Women's World Championship and the 2007...
currently plays soccer at University of North Carolina
North Carolina Tar Heels women's soccer
The North Carolina Tar Heels women's soccer team represent the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the Atlantic Coast Conference of NCAA Division I soccer...
and the United States women's national soccer team
United States women's national soccer team
The United States women's national soccer team represents the United States in international soccer competition and is controlled by U.S. Soccer. The U.S. team won the first ever Women's World Cup in 1991, and has since been a superpower in women's soccer. It is currently ranked first in the world...
. He also coaches the Torrey Pines High School
Torrey Pines High School
Torrey Pines High School is a high school in the North County Coastal area of San Diego, California. The school is named after the Torrey Pine tree that grows in the area...
Freshman soccer team.
2010 - Victor moved to Orange County and coaches with West Coast Futbul Club
Honors
Championships- NASL: 1984
- MISL: 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992
- NPSL: 1998, 2000, 2001
MVP
- MISL: 1991, 1992
- NPSL: 1996, 1998
Goalkeeper of the Year
- MISL: 1989, 1991
- NPSL: 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001
- MISL II: 2002, 2003
Championship MVP
- MISL: 1989
- NPSL: 1998
All Star Game MVP
- NPSL: 1998
First team All Star
- MISL: 1990, 1991
- NPSL: 1994, 1997, 1998, 1999,
- MISL II: 2002, 2003
FIFA FUTSAL Championship
- First Team All-World: 1992
- Honorable Mention All World: 1996
- Best Goalkeeper: 1992