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

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with the U.S. national team in 1975. Wark grew up in

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where he attended

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, graduating in 1970.

College

Wark attended Mitchell College and then transferred to

Hartwick College Hartwick College is a private liberal arts college in Oneonta, New York. The institution's origin is rooted in the founding of Hartwick Seminary in 1797 through the will of John Christopher Hartwick. In 1927, the Seminary moved to expand into a ...

where he played two seasons of soccer in 1972 and 1973. He earned second-team

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n recognition in 1973 as Hartwick went to the NCAA quarterfinals. Inducted into the Hartwick Athletic Hall of Fame on September 30, 1995.

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

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before the 1975 indoor season. The Rowdies then traded him to the

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four games into the 1976 season. In 1977, the Jaws moved to

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where they were renamed the

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. After the 1977 season, the team was back in San Diego, now known as the

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. 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, and he was again traded, this time to the

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. He finished the 1978 NASL season in Chicago, then left the league. 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. He returned to the Rowdies to play in the 1979–80 indoor season. He began the 1980–81 season with the

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but moved to the

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after two games.

National team

Wark earned one

with the U.S. national team in a June 24, 1975 loss to

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. He started the game, then came off in the 84th minute for Kevin Welsh.

External links

NASL/MISL Stats

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Wark, Doug 1951 births American soccer players Baltimore Blast (1980–1992) players Chicago Sting (NASL) players Cincinnati Kids players Hartwick Hawks men's soccer players Las Vegas Quicksilver players Major Indoor Soccer League (1978–1992) players North American Soccer League (1968–1984) indoor players North American Soccer League (1968–1984) players Rochester Lancers (1967–1980) players San Diego Jaws players San Francisco Fog (MISL) players San Jose Earthquakes (1974–1988) players San Diego Sockers (NASL) players Scottish emigrants to the United States Tampa Bay Rowdies (1975–1993) players United States men's international soccer players Living people Footballers from Glasgow Soccer players from New Jersey Sportspeople from Bergen County, New Jersey Teaneck High School alumni Association football forwards

College

Professional

National team

See also

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