In May 2010, van de Haar signed a two-and-a-half-year contract[1] to play for the new American team Dayton Dutch Lions in the USL Premier Development League. Van de Haar made his first appearance for the Dutch Lions on May 15, 2010 against the Cleveland Internationals, and scored his team's second goal in a 3–0 victory.[2]
He returned to the Netherlands to play for SV Spakenburg following the conclusion of the 2010 PDL season in August.[3][4]
Managerial career
In the summer of 2013, Van de Haar became manager of Topklasse side FC Lienden. In 2016, he moved to SV Spakenburg to become the head coach of the team in the newly formed Tweede Divisie, where he was a fired on January 7, 2017.[5] On May 8, 2018 he was added to FC Lienden's staff for the remainder of the 2017–2018 season.[6] He was also an assistant-coach at FC Utrecht.
In February 2020, it was announced that Van de Haar left would leave Lienden after the 2019–20 season, to join Tweede Divisie club TEC as their new manager.[7]