Youth Marinaro is the son of
Hector Marinaro, Sr., a native of Argentina who both played and coached extensively in Canada.
Indoor career Marinaro returned to Cleveland because of the excellent memories he had of playing his rookie year there. On June 23, 2004, the Chicago Storm drafted Marinaro with the 16th pick in the MISL expansion draft. However, he made his intentions to retire known to the Storm and on October 11, 2004, the team traded Marinaro to the
Cleveland Force in exchange for cash. The Storm did this in order to allow him to retire with the Force, the team with which he began his career.During his 19-year indoor career, Marinaro scored 1,233 goals and added 702 assists for 1,935 points in just 685 games. In the playoffs, he scored another 224 goals and added 96 assists for 320 points in 104 games. Marinaro is the all-time leading in goals (1,457) and points (2,255) in professional
indoor soccer. He scored his 1,000th point against his brother
Rob, a goalkeeper for the
Chicago Power. Hector was a seven-time league MVP the most in any professional sport in the United States. In May 2005, the MISL announced that it would name its annual MVP award the Marinaro Award.
Outdoor career In addition to his extensive indoor career, Marinaro spent several seasons playing outdoor soccer. In 1986, he played for the
Toronto Blizzard of the
National Soccer League while his father was an assistant coach with the team. Marinaro remained with the Blizzard for the 1987
Canadian Soccer League season then returned to the Blizzard for the 1993
American Professional Soccer League season. He also had one season with
Rochester Raging Rhinos of the
A-League in 1996. Marinaro scored seven goals, as the Rhinos fell to the
Seattle Sounders in the championship game. ==International career==