Alfonso Smith Jr. is a retired American

soccer Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...

defender. Smith grew up in Ellenwood, Georgia where he was a Parade All American soccer player at Cedar Grove High School. He played one game for the United States U-20 men's national soccer team at the

1981 FIFA World Youth Championship The 1981 FIFA World Youth Championship, the third edition of the FIFA World Youth Championship, was held in Australia from 3 to 18 October 1981. The tournament took place in six venues—where a total of 32 matches were played. Adelaide, Brisban ...

. In July 1984, Smith was named to U.S. soccer team at the

1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States. It marked the secon ...

. However, he and several other collegiate players were replaced by professionals before the tournament. On June 19, 1985, the

Wichita Wings The Wichita Wings were a professional indoor soccer franchise based in Wichita, Kansas. The Wings were admitted to the Major Indoor Soccer League as an expansion team on August 21, 1979.

selected Smith in the first round (fourth overall) of the Major Indoor Soccer League draft.

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* Living people 1962 births American men's soccer players Major Indoor Soccer League (1978–1992) players Parade High School All-Americans (boys' soccer) Soccer players from Atlanta Wichita Wings (MISL) players United States men's under-20 international soccer players Men's association football defenders {{US-footy-defender-stub