Dante Washington
Dante Deneen Washington ( born November 21, 1970 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA ) is a former American football player at the position of a striker. He is currently working at Ohio News Network ( ONN ) as a football commentator.
Career
Playing career
Washington began his career as a football player at Radford University in 1988 and played there until his departure in 1992. Only two years later, he came in 1994 to the Washington Warthogs in which he stood until 1996 under contract. One of his first professional assignments in the newly formed Major League Soccer ( MSL) he came in 1996 at Columbus Crew for which he completed just three games before he even transferred the same year to Texas to Dallas Burn. In the years 1996-2000 Washington ran 85 times for the Red-White- Blue, scoring 24 goals. In addition, he was with the team in 1997 American Cup winner.
After a draft in 2000, Washington came again to Columbus Crew for which he completed a total of 72 league games until his move to the Virginia Beach Mariners in 2003, while 28 times hit the target. In his time he spent 2003 to 2004 at the now defunct Virginia Beach Mariners in the second-class A-League, he scored 17 goals in 27 matches played. In 2004, he came for a single match again back to Columbus Crew and then moved in 2005 to Salt Lake City to playing there and just founded football club Real Salt Lake.
For the club he ran in nine games on, firing shots two goals and then ended his active career as a football player. Shortly thereafter, he still came to some brief appearances in the indoor soccer club Baltimore Blast. Overall, he scored in the highest U.S. league, the MLS, 52 goals and 30 assists came on. In 1997 he was accepted by the Radford University in their " Sports Hall of Fame".
Internationally
Overall, Washington came in six games for the U.S. national team for the use, scoring two goals. One he scored against Mexico in his debut match on 12 March 1991. He was also a member of the Olympic team of his country at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, where he was watching the match against Italy for use on 24 July 1992. The Italians could end up deciding the game 2-1 for itself.
Career as a football commentator
After end of his career as a footballer Washington began at Ohio News Network ( ONN ) as a sports reporter and commented upon since home games Columbus Crew.