Dale Caya is a retired American

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who was the 1990 American Professional Soccer League Goalkeeper of the Year. Caya attended

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, playing on the men's soccer team from 1982 to 1985. In 1988, he played for the amateur Philadelphia Inter. In July 1989, Caya signed with the Penn-Jersey Football Club. In 1990, the club entered the American Soccer League as the

Penn-Jersey Spirit Penn-Jersey Spirit played in the American Professional Soccer League in 1990 and 1991. The team's home stadium was Lions Stadium in Ewing, New Jersey, on the campus of Trenton State College (today known as the The College of New Jersey, College ...

. Caya was selected as first team all league that season. In 1991, he was on the roster of the Spirit for a handful of games, but never came off the bench. In 1992, he graduated from the Widener University School of Law.Grim, Bien and Thatcher: Dale Caya

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Caya, Dale Living people American men's soccer players American Professional Soccer League players Penn-Jersey Spirit players Temple Owls men's soccer players Men's association football goalkeepers Year of birth missing (living people)