Geoff Wall is a retired American

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who played professionally in the

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, Major Indoor Soccer League and Western Soccer Alliance. Wall graduated from Ballard High School in 1982. He was a 1981

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High School All American soccer player. On December 15, 1981, the

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selected Wall in the second round of the NASL draft. However, the Timbers folded in 1982. and Wall went on trial with

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for four months. Wall also played for the U.S. U-19 national soccer team during this time. On April 29, 1983, he signed with the Seattle Sounders of the

. He played seven games with the Sounders which folded at the end of the season. In the fall of 1983, he joined the Tacoma Stars of the Major Indoor Soccer League and played three seasons with them. In the summer of 1984, Wall played for the Fort Lauderdale Sun in the

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. In 1985, he signed with

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of the Western Soccer Alliance and played with them through the 1988 season.1988 F.C. Seattle Storm
/ref> Wall continued to play amateur indoor and outdoor soccer in Seattle and coached youth soccer. In 1991, he joined the Seattle Fire Department.

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