Carmine Marcantonio


Carmine Marcantonio is a Canadian retired soccer player who earned two caps for the national team between 1976 and 1980.

Club career

Marcantonio played in the National Soccer League in 1973 with Toronto Italia for three seasons. In 1976, he played in the North American Soccer League with Toronto Metros-Croatia, where he won the Soccer Bowl. The following season he returned to play with Toronto Italia. in 1978, he returned to the NASL to play with the Washington Diplomats. The remainder of his tenure in the NASL he played with Montreal Manic and New York Cosmos. In the summer of 1985, he returned to the NSL to play with Toronto Dinamo.
He played one season of indoor soccer for the New York Arrows of the Major Indoor Soccer League and several indoor seasons for NASL clubs.
He was a member of Canadian Soccer Hall of Fame class of 2014.

International career

He made his debut for Canada on September 24, 1976 against the United States in a 1–1 draw in a World Cup qualifier in Vancouver. His second and final cap came in a 2–1 win against the Americans in a World Cup qualifier four years later in Vancouver.

Managerial career

Marcantonio served as the head coach for the North York Rockets in the Canadian Soccer League.