Anthony Bono is a retired American

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player who played professionally in the Major Indoor Soccer League,

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, National Professional Soccer League and Lone Star Soccer Alliance. Bono graduated from

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, where he was a 1979 First-Team and 1980 Second-Team All-State soccer player. Bono then attended

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, where he was a 1984 first-team All-American soccer player. In 1985, the

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of the Major Indoor Soccer League drafted Bono in the third round. In December 1987, the Strikers waived Bono. On January 15, 1988, the

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signed Bono to a ten-day contract. The Sting kept Bono on the roster until they folded at the end of the season. Bono then spent the summer season with the

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of the Lone Star Soccer Alliance. The Dynamos went to the championship game where they fell to Dallas Mean Green. In the fall of 1988, Bono signed with the

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of the

but was traded to the Dayton Dynamo on November 2, 1988, for a second-round draft pick and cash. He remained with the Dynamo until 1996. In January 1995, Bono became head coach of the Dynamo. The team ownership made this decision because Bono had acted as head coach at the end of the 1991–1992 season and had suffered a season-ending knee injury earlier in the 1994–1995 season. During the 1995 off-season, the Dynamos moved to

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to become the Cincinnati Silverbacks. On November 17, 1995, the Silverbacks traded Bono to the

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. On March 6, 1996, the Power sent Bono to the

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. In June 1996, Bono moved to the

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. In 2001, he was inducted into the Southeastern Pennsylvania Soccer Hall of Fame.SEPA Hall of Fame Inductees
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