Bill Harte is a retired American

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defender who played one season in

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. Harte attended

Loyola University Maryland Loyola University Maryland is a private Jesuit university in Baltimore, Maryland. Established as Loyola College in Maryland by John Early and eight other members of the Society of Jesus in 1852, it is the ninth-oldest Jesuit college in the ...

where he played on the men's soccer team from 1991 to 1993. In the summer of 1994, Harte played for the

Washington Warthogs The Washington Warthogs were a professional indoor soccer team in the Continental Indoor Soccer League (CISL) from 1994 to 1997. They played their home games in the USAir Arena in Landover, Maryland, an arena they shared with the Washington Bulle ...

in the

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. In October 1994, Harte signed with the

Baltimore Bays The Baltimore Bays were a professional soccer team based in Baltimore, Maryland founded in 1967 as one of the ten charter members of the National Professional Soccer League (NPSL). When the NPSL and the rival United Soccer Association (USA) me ...

of the

USISL United Soccer League (USL), formerly known as United Soccer Leagues, is a soccer league in the United States and Canada. It organizes several men's and women's leagues, both professional and amateur. Men's leagues currently organized are the ...

. In the fall of 1996, he signed with the

Baltimore Spirit The Baltimore Blast is an American professional indoor soccer team based in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. The team is a part of the Major Arena Soccer League. The team has won 10 championships since it was founded in 1980. Beginning with ...

of the National Professional Soccer League. He played nine games for the Spirit before being waived on December 26, 1996. On February 1, 1997, the

New England Revolution The New England Revolution is an American professional soccer club based in the Greater Boston area that competes in Major League Soccer (MLS), in the Eastern Conference of the league. It is one of the ten charter clubs of MLS, having compet ...

selected Harte in the first round (third pick overall) of the

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. On July 10, 1997, the Revolution sent Harte to the

Tampa Bay Mutiny Tampa Bay Mutiny was a professional soccer team based in Tampa, Florida. They were a charter member of Major League Soccer (MLS) and played from 1996 to 2001. They played their home games at Tampa Stadium and then at Raymond James Stadium. The ...

in exchange for Evans Wise. The Mutiny waived Harte in November 1997. Harte later worked for Adidas America.Adidas America Announces Community Soccer Partnership

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Harte, Bill 1971 births Living people American soccer players Baltimore Bays (1993–1998) players Baltimore Spirit players Continental Indoor Soccer League players Loyola Greyhounds men's soccer players Major League Soccer players National Professional Soccer League (1984–2001) players New England Revolution players Tampa Bay Mutiny players USISL players Washington Warthogs players Worcester Wildfire players USL Second Division players A-League (1995–2004) players New England Revolution draft picks Association football defenders