John Pascarella (born July 20, 1966) is an American

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coach who is currently on the staff of Forward Madison FC in

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Playing career

Raised in

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, Pascarella played prep soccer at Vineland High School together with Glenn Carbonara, with both graduating in 1984. Pascarella played four years of college soccer at

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between 1984 and 1987, before playing professional soccer. He had stints with Washington Stars and abroad in Peru with both Sport Boys and

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, before returning to the United States. In the US, Pascarella played in the A-League and USISL Premier League with

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and Standard Falcons, before joining

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side

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in 1996.

Management career

Pascarella's coaching career began at the

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in 1998. He later was head coach at Herndon High School, the U.S. Olympic Development Program in Virginia and with USL PDL side Northern Virginia Royals. He joined Peter Vermes at

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in MLS as goalkeeping coach in 2009, before becoming an assistant coach. In 2017, he was named head coach at PDL side Des Moines Menace, getting the team to the Conference Finals. On December 21, 2017, Pascarella was appointed goalkeeping coach with Minnesota United ahead of their inaugural season in MLS. On November 22, 2019, Pascarella was named head coach of

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side OKC Energy, his first fully professional head coaching position. On June 4, 2021, following a winless start to the 2021 USL Championship season, Pascarella and the OKC Energy mutually agreed to part ways. Pascarella joined Forward Madison FC's staff on January 7, 2022.

References

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