Joe Mattacchione

Joseph Mattacchione (born August 15, 1975) is a Canadian former soccer player who played as a defender.

Joe Mattacchione
Personal information
Full name Joseph Mattacchione
Date of birth (1975-08-15) August 15, 1975
Place of birth Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
1994–1997 UAB Blazers
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1999–2006 Toronto Lynx 165 (8)
2000–2001 Toronto ThunderHawks (indoor) 13 (1)
2002–2003 Cleveland Force (indoor) 31 (2)
International career
1994 Canada U-20 1 (0)
2005 Canada beach soccer team 3 (0)
Managerial career
2006 Toronto Lynx (assistant coach)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of July 01, 2015

Playing career

College career

Mattacchione began playing at the youth level with Dixie Soccer Club.[1] He also played at the amateur level in the Toronto and District Soccer League with Mississauga United.[2] He continued playing soccer with his local high school Father Michael Goetz Secondary School in Mississauga, Ontario where he served as the team captain and was named the team MVP.[2][3] In 1994, he received a scholarship to play college soccer for the University of Alabama at Birmingham.[3]

Throughout his tenure at Alabama, he was named to the First Team Rookie All-Conference in 1994 and was a 2-Time UAB Team MVP in 1996 and 1997. In 1997, he was also selected to the All-Conference team.[4] In the winter of 1997, he was drafted by Montreal Impact's indoor team in the National Professional Soccer League amateur draft but wasn't offered a contract.[5]

Toronto Lynx

After the completion of his college career, he was drafted by the Toronto Lynx of the USL A-League in 1998.[6] He officially began his professional career when he signed a contract with Toronto for the 1999 season.[7] He recorded his first professional goal on May 30, 1999, against the Jacksonville Cyclones in a 3-2 defeat.[8] The following season, he helped Toronto qualify for the postseason for the second time in the club's history.[9] He featured in the Conference finals against Rochester Rhinos where Toronto was eliminated from the playoffs by a score of 2-1 on goals on aggregate.[10]

Mattacchione re-signed with the Lynx for the 2001 and 2002 seasons.[11][12] In his fourth season with the club, he received the Best Defensive Player award for his leadership.[13] In 2005, he returned to Toronto for his sixth consecutive season and was chosen the team captain under head coach Hubert Busby, Jr.[1] The following season he began to transition to the managerial side as he served as an assistant coach under Duncan Wilde.[14] Throughout the 2006 campaign, he assisted Toronto in reaching the finals of the Open Canada Cup where they were defeated by Ottawa St. Anthony Italia.[15] The 2006 season marked his final year with the Toronto Lynx where he finished second in the rankings in the club's all-time match appearances.[16][17]

Indoor career

After the conclusion of the 2000 A-League season, he signed with the Toronto ThunderHawks in the National Professional Soccer League.[18] In his debut season in the NPSL, he assisted Toronto in securing a postseason berth.[19] He returned to the indoor level in the 2002-03 season when he signed with Cleveland Force.[20] He appeared in 31 matches and recorded two goals for Cleveland.[21]

International career

In 1994, he made his debut for the Canada men's national under-20 soccer team on August 24, 1994, against Costa Rica.[22] He also appeared in three matches for the Canada national beach soccer team for the 2005 CONCACAF and CONMEBOL Beach Soccer Championship.[22]

Managerial career

In 2006, Mattacchione along with Theo Zagar was the assistant coach for Toronto Lynx under Duncan Wilde.[14] In 2011, he was appointed the head coach for the U-11 girls' team for the Oakville Soccer Club.[23]

Post career

After he retired from professional soccer, he became a teacher in the Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board.[24]

References
  1. "Mattacchione a Lynx". Mississauga News. April 8, 2005. p. 21.
  2. Grossman, David (April 14, 1994). "Story also appears in BRAMPTON edition on page BR6. High school soccer rivals ready to join forces at U.S. university". Toronto Star.
  3. "Mississauga soccer stars win scholarships in U.S.". Toronto Star. April 6, 1994. pp. E8.
  4. "College Sports - Men's soccer". The Courier-Journal. November 16, 1996. p. 14.
  5. "Sports Brief - Soccer". Montreal Gazette. December 18, 1997. p. 32.
  6. "Transactions - Soccer A-League". Calgary Herald. February 18, 1998. p. 48.
  7. Brown, Peter (April 29, 1999). "Lynx bring more kicks to Centennial Stadium". The Record. pp. C1.
  8. Clarkson, Michael (May 31, 1999). "Cyclones whirl by rebuilt Lynx Cyclones 3, Lynx 2 ; Coach promises fans will get kick out of offence". Toronto Star.
  9. "Soccer: Lynx end schedule with win". National Post. September 5, 2000. pp. B15.
  10. DiVeronica, Jeff (September 25, 2000). "Rhinos oust Lynx; host Minnesota for crown". Democrat and Chronicle. pp. 20, 22.
  11. "Men's soccer". Hartford Courant. July 1, 2001. p. 44.
  12. "Soccer - A-League". Red Deer Advocate. April 11, 2002. p. 14.
  13. "Mattacchione, Aristodemo re-sign with Toronto Lynx". Mississauga News. March 7, 2003. p. 29.
  14. "Soccer players sign with Toronto Lynx". Mississauga News. April 23, 2006.
  15. "2006 CSL season" (PDF). canadiansoccerleague.ca. Retrieved March 26, 2022.
  16. Winer, David (April 27, 2006). "Soccer Lynx still alive and kicking". Mississauga News.
  17. "Toronto Lynx | SoccerStats.us". soccerstats.us. Retrieved 2022-03-27.
  18. Davidson, Neil (November 13, 2000). "Toronto soccer team wins". National Post. p. 27.
  19. "ThunderHawks eliminated". The Globe and Mail. April 23, 2001. pp. S9.
  20. "Canadian Marinaro set to reach milestone". Nanaimo Daily News. December 13, 2002. pp. B5.
  21. "Joe Mattacchione soccer Statistics on StatsCrew.com". www.statscrew.com. Retrieved 2022-03-27.
  22. "Profile". Canada Soccer. Retrieved 2022-03-27.
  23. "Under-11 girls win championship at Ajax tourney". Oakville Beaver. August 4, 2011.
  24. "Joseph Mattacchione · Teacher · Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board". opengovca.com. Retrieved 2022-03-27.
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