Doug Wark

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Doug Wark
Personal information
Date of birth (1951-12-24) December 24, 1951 (age 71)
Place of birth Glasgow, Scotland
Position(s) Forward
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1970–1971 Mitchell Mariners
1972–1973 Hartwick Hawks
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1974 Rochester Lancers 6 (1)
1975–1976 Tampa Bay Rowdies 17 (0)
1976 San Diego Jaws 4 (1)
1977 Las Vegas Quicksilvers 17 (2)
1978 San Diego Sockers 2 (0)
1978 San Jose Earthquakes 8 (0)
1978 Chicago Sting 2 (0)
1978–1979 Cincinnati Kids (indoor) 22 (29)
1979–1980 Tampa Bay Rowdies (indoor) 8 (6)
1980 Baltimore Blast (indoor) 2 (2)
1980–1981 San Francisco Fog (indoor) 15 (4)
Total103(45)
International career
1975 United States 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Doug Wark (born December 24, 1951) is a former Scottish-American soccer forward who spent five seasons in the North American Soccer League and three in the Major Indoor Soccer League. He earned one cap with the U.S. national team in 1975.

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Wark grew up in Teaneck, New Jersey [1] where he attended Teaneck High School, graduating in 1970. [2]

College

Wark attended Mitchell College and then transferred to Hartwick College where he played two seasons of soccer in 1972 and 1973. He earned second-team All-American recognition in 1973 as Hartwick went to the NCAA quarterfinals. Inducted into the Hartwick Athletic Hall of Fame on September 30, 1995. [3]

Professional

Wark left Hartwick after his sophomore season to sign with the Rochester Lancers of the North American Soccer League (NASL). He spent only one season in Rochester before being traded to the Tampa Bay Rowdies before the 1975 indoor season. The Rowdies then traded him to the San Diego Jaws four games into the 1976 season. In 1977, the Jaws moved to Las Vegas where they were renamed the Las Vegas Quicksilvers. After the 1977 season, the team was back in San Diego, now known as the San Diego Sockers. He again began the season with one team only to be traded by the Sockers to the San Jose Earthquakes during the 1978 season. After only eight games in San Jose, he was again traded, this time to the Chicago Sting. He finished the 1978 NASL season in Chicago, then left the league. [4] During the NASL's 1975 indoor tournament Wark scored three goals in the Regionals, and seven goals in the Championship rounds, making him the tournament's second leading scorer behind Paul Child. Wark was selected to the 1975 indoor all-tournament team.

When Wark left the NASL following the 1978 season, he signed with the Cincinnati Kids of Major Indoor Soccer League for the inaugural MISL season. He scored twenty-nine goals in twenty-two games. [5] He returned to the Rowdies to play in the 1979–80 indoor season. He began the 1980–81 season with the Baltimore Blast but moved to the San Francisco Fog after two games.

National team

Wark earned one cap with the U.S. national team in a June 24, 1975 loss to Poland. He started the game, then came off in the 84th minute for Kevin Welsh. [6]

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References

  1. ↑ Staff. "Warr Picked on 2nd Team" Archived 2016-05-14 at the Wayback Machine , The Day (New London) , December 15, 1971. Accessed August 18, 2015. "Wark, a Scotsman whose home is in Teaneck, N.J., was the only Mitchell player recognized."
  2. ↑ Hi-Way 1970 Yearbook, p. 89.
  3. ↑ "Doug Wark (1995) - Hartwick Athletics Hall of Fame". Hartwick College Athletics. Archived from the original on 16 November 2017. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
  4. ↑ "The NASL Archive". www.ussoccerstats.50megs.com. Archived from the original on 30 March 2009. Retrieved 20 August 2007.
  5. ↑ "1978-79 Major Indoor Soccer League Season - MISL (Major Indoor Soccer League)". www.justsportsstats.com. Archived from the original on 27 January 2021. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
  6. ↑ "USA - Details of International Matches 1970-1979". RSSSF . Archived from the original on 5 February 2010.
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