Full name Craig Dalrymple Name Craig Dalrymple Playing position Role Soccer player | Years Team Position Midfielder | |
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Date of birth (1973-12-30) 30 December 1973 (age 41) Current team Vancouver Whitecaps FC Residency | ||
Craig Dalrymple is an English former soccer player and the current Technical Director of the Vancouver Whitecaps Residency.
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Career
Dalrymple was born in Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, England. Darylmple bagan his career was a Midfielder with Ipswich Towns academy. Craig went on to spend 6 years with the Tractor Boys without making a first team appearance.
Following his time at Ipswich Craig went on to play for a number of clubs and institutions including a stint with the Vancouver Whitecaps in their previous incarnation as the Vancouver 86ers.
Coaching career
Before rejoining the Whitecaps, Darlymple held a number of technical, coaching and scouting positions within the game.
Dalrymple was promoted to the Technical Director of the Vancouver Whitecaps FC Residency in January 2014 after serviing many roles within the MLS club including U15, U16, U18, U23 head coach, head of player development, assistant Technical Director, and head of recruitment.
Prior to joining the Whitecaps FC Darlymple's spent a one-year stint as a youth coach with Portsmouth working with the academy players, and 10 years as technical director of Surrey United Soccer Club in Surrey, British Columbia.
Dalrymple is a fully licensed coach holding several coaching 'badges' include 'A'-level licence certification from the UEFA, the USSF and the CSA. His coaching credentials include 'A'-level licence certification from the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA), United States Soccer Federation (USSF), and the Canadian Soccer Association (CSA). He also holds the Academy Directors Licence from the English FA, and was most recently one of only 20 MLS coaches that completed the French Football Federation Elite Formation Coaching Licence.
In 2007, Dalrymple was also employed in the role of scout for the Canadian U-20 soccer team. Dalrymple began at the Vancouver Whitecaps in May 2010. Dalrymple was the Whitecaps Residency head coach in the 2010 USL Premier Development League campaign, succeeding interim head coach Colin Miller.