Dave Power is an English-born, American retired professional footballer.

Career

Power was born and Liverpool, and played on the Everton F.C. youth squad. He began his professional career in Ireland with Waterford F.C. In 1975 while the club was touring the U.S., Waterford struck an on-loan deal for his services with

New York Apollo The New York Greeks was an American soccer club based in New York City that was a member of the American Soccer League. The team began as the amateur Greek-Americans. The club played lower Premier Division of the German American Soccer League w ...

during the summer months. After the 1977 season, he decided to move to the U.S. permanently and signed with the Apollo, winning the ASL title in 1978. In 1981 he followed former Apollo's head coach,

Rodney Marsh Rodney William Marsh (born 11 October 1944) is an English former footballer and football coach; he later worked as a broadcaster. A forward, he won nine caps for England between 1971 and 1973, scoring one international goal. Brought up in the ...

to the

Carolina Lightnin' The Carolina Lightnin' was an American soccer club based in Charlotte, North Carolina that was a member of the American Soccer League. The Lightnin' played home matches at American Legion Memorial Stadium. Attendance at home games averaged 6,000 ...

for three seasons and won his second ASL title. In 1984 he again followed Marsh, this time to the

Tampa Bay Rowdies The Tampa Bay Rowdies are an American professional soccer team based in St. Petersburg, Florida. The club was founded in 2008 and first took the pitch in 2010. Since 2017, the Rowdies have been members of the USL Championship in the second tie ...

of the NASL, but a broken leg in a friendly against

Stoke City F.C. Stoke City Football Club is a professional football club based in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England, which competes in the . Founded as Stoke Ramblers in 1863, it changed its name to Stoke in 1878 and then to Stoke City in 1925 after Stoke ...

abruptly ended his season after making only one league appearance. Power played two indoor seasons in the

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; one for the

Columbus Capitals The Columbus Capitals were an indoor soccer club based in Columbus, Ohio that competed in the American Indoor Soccer Association. The club played its home games at the Columbus Convention Center from 1984–1986, then known as the Battelle Hall. ...

and one back with Marsh and the Rowdies. He remained with Tampa Bay as they transitioned back to outdoors in the ASL/ APSL before retiring in 1990. Power was a three-time ASL all-star and a two-time ASL champion. He served as team captain in New York for two years, at Carolina for three years and with Tampa Bay for four years. At one time he also served as director of the Rowdies' summer camp youth program, ''Camp Kickinthegrass''.

Honors

* ASL Champion: ** 1978 **

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* ASL All-Stars: **

1979 Events January * January 1 ** United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim heralds the start of the '' International Year of the Child''. Many musicians donate to the '' Music for UNICEF Concert'' fund, among them ABBA, who write the so ...

** 1982 **

1983 The year 1983 saw both the official beginning of the Internet and the first mobile cellular telephone call. Events January * January 1 – The migration of the ARPANET to TCP/IP is officially completed (this is considered to be the beginning ...

References

External links

Dave Power's NASL/AISA/ASL/APSL stats
{{DEFAULTSORT:Power, Dave 1954 births Living people National Professional Soccer League (1984–2001) players American Professional Soccer League players American Soccer League (1933–1983) players American Soccer League (1988–89) players Carolina Lightnin' players Columbus Capitals players English expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States League of Ireland players New York Apollo players North American Soccer League (1968–1984) players Tampa Bay Rowdies (1975–1993) players Tampa Bay Rowdies executives Waterford F.C. players Men's association football defenders English expatriate sportspeople in the United States English men's footballers Footballers from Liverpool