Jeff Duback 1993

Jeffrey "Jeff" Duback grew up in the San Diego, California area where he played for the powerhouse San Diego Nomads youth club. After graduating from high school, Jeff attended Yale University where he played on the men’s soccer team in 1982. He spent the 1983 season with the U.S. U-20 national team before returning to Yale the next season. He remained with the team through 1986. He holds several Yale records, including season GAA (.31 in 1986) and career GAA (.82) . He also hold the school’s record for season shutouts (11) and career shutouts (25). He was named a first team All American goalkeeper in 1984 and 1986. He topped this with garnering the ISAA Goalkeeper of the Year in 1986.

In 1983, he was the starting goalkeep for the U.S. U-20 national team as it qualified for the 1983 FIFA World Youth Championship in Mexico. He played all three games in the tournament, gaining a single win and single shutout.

In 1986, Jeff returned to San Diego to play for the Nomads' senior team which competed at that time in the Western Soccer Alliance. In 1987, he earned his first cap with the US national team becoming only one of four national team goalkeepers to earn a shutout in their debut game. Previous to this game, David Vanole had been the keeper of choice through 1986 and 1987. In 1988, the national team began searching for another keeper and Jeff was in the mix.

In 1988, he played with the Boston Bolts of the American Soccer League.

However, by 1989, Vanole had staged a resurgance in the national side and Tony Meola was entering the goalkeeping scene, which he would dominate through 1994. This led to Jeff earning only three more caps, despite his excellent start with the national team. In his for games, he earned only one victory and two shutouts. Jeff was also a member of the 1988 U.S. Olympic team which went 0-1-2 at the games.

In 1993, he was on the roster of the Rowdies in the American Professional Soccer League. He only made 2 appearances as he backed up starter Bill Andracki, Jeff allowed in 4 goals.

On June 6th, 1995, Jeff signed with the Major League Soccer as that league began preparations to begin its first season in 1996. The league listed him as being with the Charlotte Eagles of the USISL. However, he never signed with any MLS team.

Jeff has also been impressive in his off field career. In 1991 Jeff went to work with Umbro as Product Manager – Accessories. He then moved to Parker Athletic to head up the company’s start-up shin guard program. Jeff has since managed his own companies successfully bringing new “brands” into the US soccer market – including the well known Select Sport and Sell Goal Keeping Products.

Today, Jeff currently runs goalkeeper camps and markets a goalkeeper video. He is the General Manager of Primo Sports, their website is at: http://www.primoinnovations.com/index.html

He served as a volunteer coach at his children's school, Woodlawn of Davidson, North Carolina, during the 2004-2005 season.

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