John Dugan (soccer)

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John Dugan
Personal information
Position(s) Forward / Midfielder
Youth career
1986–1990 VCU Rams
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1992–1993 Canton Invaders (indoor) 38 (22)
1993–1994 Richmond Kickers
1993–1994 Richmond Kickers (indoor) 7 (24)
1994–1995 Canton Invaders (indoor) 16 (11)
1998 Richmond Kickers
1999 Raleigh Express 16 (2)
Managerial career
1999 Raleigh Express (assistant)
1999–2000 Raleigh Express
2001 Atlanta Silverbacks
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

John Dugan is a retired American soccer player and coach who both played and coached professionally in the USL A-League.

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Player

Dugan attended Virginia Commonwealth University, playing on the men’s soccer team from 1986 to 1990. [1] In 1992, he joined the Canton Invaders of the National Professional Soccer League. In 1993, he moved to the Richmond Kickers in the USISL. During the 1993–94 USISL indoor season, Dugan scored twenty-four goals in seven games, putting him second on the league’s points chart. [2] In the fall of 1994, Dugan returned to the Canton Invaders for a single season. In 1998, he again played for the Kickers before finishing his playing career with the Raleigh Express in 1999.

Coach

In 1999, the Raleigh Capital Express hired Dugan as a player-assistant coach. Midway through the season, he became head coach. In 2001, he move to the Atlanta Silverbacks as head coach. [3] In 2003, he was the General Manager of the Richmond Kickers youth clubs.

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References

  1. VCU men’s soccer records
  2. "The Year in American Soccer – 1994". Archived from the original on 2010-05-04. Retrieved 2013-06-15.
  3. Richmond a former home for Dugan Archived 2005-05-03 at the Wayback Machine