 Di Pede won MISL Goalkeeper of the Year honors in 1981 as a member of the Chicago Horizons and later played for the Kansas City Comets.On October 7, 1986, the Minnesota Strikers signed Di Pede, but he spent the season as a backup.Di Pede played with the Canada men's national under-23 soccer team, and made his debut on April 1, 1979 against Bermuda.