Pat Onstad

Patrick Stewart Onstad... speaks English... he was seven years old when he started playing soccer with the Point Grey Eagles... grew up playing soccer and hockey... growing up, favourites included Ken Dryden, Guy Lafleur, Vancouver Canucks... earned a degrees in education and human kinetics from the University of British Columbia... worked as a physical education teacher in 1995-96 in Vancouver... earned his USSF Coaching A Licence...

honoured by the Canada Soccer Hall of Fame as part of the Class of 2015... honoured by the Soccer Hall of Fame of British Columbia, the University of British Columbia Sports Hall of Fame, the Canada West Hall of Fame, the USL Hall of Fame, and the Rochester Rhinos Hall of Fame... part of the Canadian team that won the 2000 Concacaf Gold Cup, recognised as a Canada Soccer Team of Distinction... Canada Soccer Player of the Year in 2003...

Concacaf champion (2000) and Concacaf semifinalist (2007)... represented Canada at the FIFA Confederations Cup Korea/Japan 2001... represented Canada in six cycles of FIFA World Cup Qualifiers and five editions of the Concacaf Gold Cup... he was 42 years old when he made his last appearance for Canada on 24 May 2010, the oldest player in Men’s National Team history... career 65 international appearances across 25 years from 1986 to 2010 with Canada Soccer's Men's National Team as a goalkeeper, including 59 international "A" appearances... when he left international football in 2010, he ranked first all-time with 65 international goalkeeper appearances (ninth overall) and first in clean sheets (25) with Canada Soccer’s Men’s National Team... represented Canada at one FIFA youth tournament (U-19 at Chile 1987)... Concacaf youth champion in 1986 (Concacaf Under-19)...

club career in Canada, USA and Scotland, including appearances in Concacaf Champions League... with San Jose Earthquakes / Houston Dynamo, a three-time MLS Cup winner (Rothenberg Trophy in 2003, 2006 and 2007) and one-time MLS Supporters’ Shield winner (2005)... a three-time A-League winner (Commissioner's Cup in 1995, 1998 and 1999) and one-time A-League Championship winner (1998)... with Rochester Raging Rhinos, a US Open Cup Championship winner (Lamar Hunt Trophy in 1999)... with Winnipeg Fury SC, a Canadian Soccer League Championship winner (Mita Cup in 1992)... with Vancouver Westside FC, a Canada Soccer National Championships winner (Challenge Trophy in 1993)... at the University of British Columbia, a three-time CIAU Championship winner (Sam Davidson Memorial Trophy in 1990, 1991 and 1994)...

celebrated on Pat Onstad Bobble Head Night on 1 August 2012 as part of the Rochester Raging Rhinos induction ceremony...

said coach Bob Lenarduzzi in the Vancouver Sun in 1987, rookie Onstad “has been one of the most pleasant surprises of the season. I sometimes have to stop and remind myself that he’s only 19 years old. He plays with the confidence and maturity you’d expect of an older player with some pro experience. He won his position on merit and he’s kept it on merit”...