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Which team did Bernie Lilavois play for from 1998 to 1999?
Bernie Lilavois Bernie Lilavois ( born August 31 , 1970 in Far Rockaway , New York ) is an American soccer forward who played two seasons in the American Professional Soccer League , one in the USISL , one in the USL A-League , four in the Continental Indoor Soccer League , six in the National Professional Soccer League , and four in the Major Indoor Soccer League . He was the head coach of the Stockton Cougars in the Professional Arena Soccer League and the head coach of the US National Arena Soccer Team . He is currently the head coach and a managing partner for the Ontario Fury . Player . Youth . Lilavois grew up in Buena Park , California . He attended La Salle High School in Pasadena , California where he holds the schools record for goal scoring . He is a member of the La Salle Hall of Fame . Lilavois then attended Cal State Northridge , playing on the mens soccer team in 1988 . That year , Northridge finished runner up to Florida Tech in the NCAA Division II championship game . Professional . In 1991 , Lilavois signed with the San Francisco Bay Blackhawks in the American Professional Soccer League winning the 1991 title with the team . He then had a brief stint with Ayr United in the Scottish Football League . In 1994 , Lilavois signed with the San Jose Grizzlies of the Continental Indoor Soccer League . The CISL played a summer indoor season . In 1995 , he began the season with the Grizzlies , playing seven games before being traded to the Anaheim Splash on September 1 , 1995 . He would continue to play for Anaheim through the 1997 CISL season . That year was his most productive for the team , netting 44 goals in 27 games as he was named to the CISL All Star team . Following the 1997 season , the CISL collapsed . In the fall of 1995 , Lilavois signed with the Cincinnati Silverbacks in the National Professional Soccer League which played a winter indoor season . He played only three games for the Silverbacks that season , but scored 31 in 31 games in 1996–1997 and 66 goals in 40 games in 1997–1998 . In the summer of 1998 , he played for the Charleston Battery in the USISL . The Silverbacks had folded during the summer of 1998 so Lilavois signed with the Buffalo Blizzard for the 1998–1999 season . He was traded to the Harrisburg Heat in March 1999 . He went on to play another two season in Harrisburg , scoring a total of 119 goals in 81 games . In the spring of 1999 , he joined the Portland Pythons in the World Indoor Soccer League . In the summer of 2000 , Lilavois returned to outdoor soccer with the Connecticut Wolves in the USL A-League . Lilavois then moved to the Cleveland Force for the 2002–2003 Major Indoor Soccer League season . After he played only three games in February and March 2003 , he retired . In October 2005 , the expansion Stockton Cougars of MISL signed Lilavois as a free agent . He played through the end of the 2006–2007 season , then was forced to retire from playing when he became the head coach . However , he returned on February 23 , 2008 when Stockton was hit with several injuries . National team . In 2000 , Lilavois played for the U.S . National Futsal team which took third at the CONCACAF championship . He scored one goal in five games . Coach . On February 17 , 2006 , the Cougars elevated Lilavois from player to player-coach . League rules prohibited a coach from playing , so Lilavois was not allowed to be the official coach . When he became the official coach at the end of the season , he was forced to retire from playing , but was re-instated by the league commissioner when the Cougars were hit with several injuries . In addition to the Cougars , Lilavois also coaches the United States National Arena Soccer Team . In 2011 , the Professional Arena Soccer League announced a new team in the league , the Anaheim Bolts . Lilavois was named head coach and managing partner . In 2013 , he helped found a new PASL franchise , the Ontario Fury , as the Anaheim team was put up for sale and allowed to go dormant . External links . - Stockton Cougars player profile