John Pascarella (born 1966) is an American

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coach who is currently on the staff of Forward Madison FC in USL League One.

Playing career

Raised in

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, Pascarella played prep soccer at Vineland High School together with

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, with both graduating in 1984. Pascarella played four years of

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

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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 MLS side Los Angeles Galaxy in 1996.

Management career

Pascarella's coaching career began at the

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in 1998. He later was head coach at

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, the U.S. Olympic Development Program in Virginia and with USL PDL side Northern Virginia Royals. He joined

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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

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ahead of their inaugural season in MLS. On November 22, 2019, Pascarella was named head coach of USL Championship side

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, his first fully professional head coaching position. On June 4, 2021, following a winless start to the

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, 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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