Tony DiCicco

E161058

American soccer player association football coach human soccer coach

Tony DiCicco was an American soccer coach best known for leading the U.S. women’s national team to victory in the 1996 Olympics and the 1999 FIFA Women’s World Cup.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
DiCicco	2
Tony DiCicco canonical	2
Anthony DiCicco	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1172033 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Tony DiCicco
Context triple: [United States women's national soccer team, notableCoach, Tony DiCicco]

A. Tony Gaudio
Tony Gaudio was an Italian-American cinematographer and early Hollywood pioneer known for his innovative camera work and Academy Award–winning contributions to classic films.
B. Rico Petrocelli
Rico Petrocelli is a former Major League Baseball shortstop and third baseman best known for his long tenure with the Boston Red Sox, including multiple All-Star selections and a standout power-hitting season in 1969.
C. Eric Mangini
Eric Mangini is an American football coach best known for serving as head coach of the New York Jets and Cleveland Browns in the NFL.
D. Bill Vinovich
Bill Vinovich is an American NFL official best known for serving as the head referee in multiple Super Bowls, including Super Bowl XLIX.
E. Joe Rinaldi
Joe Rinaldi was an American screenwriter and story artist best known for his work on classic Walt Disney animated films in the mid-20th century.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Tony DiCicco
Target entity description: Tony DiCicco was an American soccer coach best known for leading the U.S. women’s national team to victory in the 1996 Olympics and the 1999 FIFA Women’s World Cup.

A. Tony Gaudio
Tony Gaudio was an Italian-American cinematographer and early Hollywood pioneer known for his innovative camera work and Academy Award–winning contributions to classic films.
B. Rico Petrocelli
Rico Petrocelli is a former Major League Baseball shortstop and third baseman best known for his long tenure with the Boston Red Sox, including multiple All-Star selections and a standout power-hitting season in 1969.
C. Eric Mangini
Eric Mangini is an American football coach best known for serving as head coach of the New York Jets and Cleveland Browns in the NFL.
D. Bill Vinovich
Bill Vinovich is an American NFL official best known for serving as the head referee in multiple Super Bowls, including Super Bowl XLIX.
E. Joe Rinaldi
Joe Rinaldi was an American screenwriter and story artist best known for his work on classic Walt Disney animated films in the mid-20th century.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American soccer player ⓘ association football coach ⓘ human ⓘ soccer coach ⓘ
achievement	won 1991 FIFA Women’s World Cup as assistant coach of United States women’s national team ⓘ won 1996 Olympic women’s soccer gold medal as head coach of United States women’s national team ⓘ won 1999 FIFA Women’s World Cup as head coach of United States women’s national team ⓘ
causeOfDeath	cancer ⓘ
coachOf	Boston Breakers ⓘ United States women's national soccer team ⓘ surface form: United States women’s national soccer team
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
countryRepresented	United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1948-08-05 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	2017-06-19 ⓘ
educatedAt	Springfield College ⓘ
employer	Boston Breakers ⓘ United States Soccer Federation ⓘ surface form: U.S. Soccer Federation United States women's national soccer team ⓘ surface form: United States women’s national soccer team
endTime	1999 ⓘ
familyName	Tony DiCicco self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: DiCicco
fieldOfWork	women’s soccer development ⓘ
fullName	Tony DiCicco self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Anthony DiCicco
genre	women’s association football coaching ⓘ
givenName	Anthony ⓘ
hallOfFameInduction	National Soccer Hall of Fame ⓘ
languageSpoken	English ⓘ
leaguePlayedIn	American Soccer League ⓘ
memberOfSportsTeam	New Jersey Wildcats ⓘ surface form: Connecticut Wildcats Rhode Island Oceaneers ⓘ
notableEvent	1996 Summer Olympics women's football tournament ⓘ surface form: 1996 Summer Olympics women’s football tournament 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup ⓘ surface form: 1999 FIFA Women’s World Cup final at the Rose Bowl
notableWork	coaching United States women’s national team to 1996 Olympic gold medal ⓘ coaching United States women’s national team to 1999 FIFA Women’s World Cup title ⓘ
occupation	football player ⓘ soccer coach ⓘ sports commentator ⓘ sports executive ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Wethersfield, Connecticut ⓘ surface form: Wethersfield, Connecticut, United States
placeOfDeath	Connecticut ⓘ surface form: Connecticut, United States
positionHeld	commissioner of Women’s United Soccer Association ⓘ head coach of Boston Breakers ⓘ head coach of United States women’s national soccer team ⓘ
positionPlayedOnTeam	goalkeeper ⓘ
residence	Wethersfield, Connecticut ⓘ surface form: Wethersfield, Connecticut, United States
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
sport	association football ⓘ soccer ⓘ
startTime	1994 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

United States women's national soccer team → notableCoach → Tony DiCicco ⓘ

Boston Breakers → notableCoach → Tony DiCicco ⓘ

Tony DiCicco → fullName → Tony DiCicco self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Anthony DiCicco

Tony DiCicco → familyName → Tony DiCicco self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: DiCicco

Pat DiCicco → familyName → Tony DiCicco ⓘ