John Young is a Scottish retired

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who played professionally in the Major Indoor Soccer League and in the

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. Young played his youth football with Links Boys Club in Edinhurgh, playing for Scotland at under-16 level, before joining up with Meadowbank Thistle. He played 26 games, scoring seven goals, before he was offered a scholarship at

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, where he played from 1977 to 1979. In his freshman season, he was part of the Hawks' NCAA Men's Division I Soccer Championship and Young was selected as the Final Four's Offensive MVP. He was a 1979 First Team All American. He played for the Denver Avalanche of the Major Indoor Soccer League during the 1980–1981 season.

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