Vojislav "Scoop" Stanisic ( sr, Војислав Станишић / Vojislav Stanišić; born March 6, 1963) is a retired soccer player who played as a

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. He was most recently the goalkeeping coach for

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in Major League Soccer. He spent most of his career playing indoor soccer in the United States, but also played five outdoor seasons in the American Soccer League, American Professional Soccer League and

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. He earned one

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with the US national team in 1993.

Player

Professional

Stanisic, born in Belgrade,

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, began playing soccer with

Partizan Partizan may refer to: Sport * JSD Partizan, a sports society from Belgrade, Serbia, which includes the following clubs: **AK Partizan, athletics ** Biciklistički Klub Partizan, cycling ** Džudo Klub Partizan, judo **FK Partizan, association fo ...

. Although he made no appearance in the

Yugoslav First League The Yugoslav First Federal Football League ( Serbian: Прва савезна лига у фудбалу / ''Prva savezna liga u fudbalu'', hr, Prva savezna liga u nogometu, sl, Prva zvezna nogometna liga, mk, Прва сојузна лига, ...

, he played a total of 56 games for Partizan, two of which were in the

Yugoslav Cup The Yugoslav Cup ( hr, Pokal Jugoslavije; sr, Куп Југославије; sl, Pokal Jugoslavije, mk, Куп на Југославија), officially known between 1923 and 1940 as the King Alexander Cup ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, Kup kralja Aleksandra, ...

. In 1984, Stanisic moved to the United States where he signed with the

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. While the Cosmos had gained its reputation as a top outdoor team in the North American Soccer League, that league had folded and the Cosmos had moved to the Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL). Stanisic and the Cosmos began the 1984-1985 MISL season, but the team’s finances led to its leaving the league before the end of the season and folding a few weeks later. Stanisic then moved to the

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, another ex-NASL team now playing in MISL. He spent two seasons in Chicago before moving to the

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in 1988. In 1988, Stanisic moved to the

Hershey Impact The Hershey Impact was an indoor soccer club based in Hershey, Pennsylvania that competed in the National Professional Soccer League. The team played its home games at the Hersheypark Arena for all of its 3 seasons. Staff and ownership * Presi ...

of the

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(AISA). On November 8, 1990, the Blast released Stanisic. The San Diego Sockers expressed an interest in signing Stanisic, but he chose to return to the Hershey Impact. He then moved to the

Illinois Thunder The Illinois Thunder were an indoor soccer club (based in Rockford, Illinois) that competed in the National Professional Soccer League. After the 1991/92 season, the team became the Denver Thunder. References Year-by-year Defunct indoo ...

of the National Professional Soccer League (NPSL) for the 1991-1992 season. He then moved to the

Kansas City Attack The Kansas City Attack, previously the Atlanta Attack and later known as the Kansas City Comets, were an indoor soccer team based for most of its existence in Kansas City, Missouri. In its various incarnations the franchise played in the National ...

(NPSL) for two seasons. However, Stanisic was plagued by injuries during the 1993-1994 season and was traded to the Harrisburg Heat during the 1994 off-season. In April 1995, he joined the Albany Alleycats for the summer outdoor season. Stanisic experienced a rejuvenation with the Heat and was named a second team All Star for the 1995-1996 season.
/sup> Stanisic only played four games for the Heat during the 1997-1998 season when the Attack purchased his contract on December 1, 1997 with cash and a pick in the upcoming Amateur Draft.
/sup> He played out the rest of the 1997-1998 season in Kansas City, seeing time in twenty-eight games. In the 1998-1999 season, he played in only ten games and is not listed on any team’s roster for the 1999-2000 season. In 2000, Stanisic joined the

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where he played only eight games before retiring at the end of the 2000-2001 season.
/sup> On March 31, 2005, the Chicago Storm of the Major Indoor Soccer League (2001–2008), Major Indoor Soccer League signed Stanisic to a fifteen-day contract after injuries had decimated the Storm’s goalkeeper corps.
/sup> However, he played no games during those fifteen days before retiring permanently. Stanisic finished his NPSL career sixth on the all time goalkeeper wins list with 127.
/sup> While Stanisic made his reputation in indoor soccer, he also played several seasons of outdoor soccer in the U.S. In 1989, he signed with the

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of the American Soccer League (ASL). In 1990, he was with the

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of the American Professional Soccer League (APSL). The APSL was formed by the merger of the ASL and the

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in 1989. He was back with the Capitals in 1991, then spent the 1992 APSL season with the

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. In 1994, Stanisic returned to outdoor soccer with the

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of the

National team

Stanisic earned one

with the U.S. national team in a 2-2 tie with El Salvador on March 23, 1993. Already 30 years old at this point he was called up by head coach

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Coach

In 1996, Stanisic became the women's soccer head coach NCAA Div III

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in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. He spent only one year with the team, going 8-6-0.
/sup> In 1998, Stanisic formed the KC Inter Soccer Club, a youth club in

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. He remained with the club until 2005 when he was hired by the Chicago Storm.
/sup> In 2000, he coached the U.S. USL Premier Development League, Fourth Division

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. Stanisic signed as goalkeeping coach for

of Major League Soccer in February 2012. He was let go in 2013 when

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was fired. He is currently the goalkeeper director for Rise SC, a youth soccer club based in Houston, TX.

Team management

In 2001, Stanisic was the general manager of the

Kansas City Mystics Kansas City Mystics were a W-League women's soccer team that played their home games at the Blue Valley School District Athletic Complex in Overland Park, Kansas, United States. The team's coach, and general manager was Scoop Stanisic The team c ...

, a women’s team competing in the W-League.Kansas City, South Jersey and Texas named as new W-League clubs
/ref> In the Spring of 2005, Scoop accepted a permanent front office/coaching position with the Chicago Storm (MISL).

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