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Dave MacKenzie (soccer)

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Dave MacKenzie
Personal information
Date of birth (1956-03-10) March 10, 1956 (age 68)
Place of birth Inverness, Scotland
Position(s) Defender
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1974–1977 Colgate Raiders
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1978–1980 Pittsburgh Spirit (indoor) 50 (14)
1980–1981 Hartford Hellions (indoor) 39 (12)
1981–1986 Pittsburgh Spirit (indoor) 218 (37)
1986–1988 Baltimore Blast (indoor) 103 (27)
1988–1989 Fort Wayne Flames (indoor) 27 (4)
1989 Pittsburgh Beadling
International career
1974 Canada U-20 4 (0)
1979 Canadian Olympic 1 (0)
Managerial career
1988–1989 Fort Wayne Flames
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Dave MacKenzie is a retired Scottish-Canadian soccer defender who played professionally in the Major Indoor Soccer League.

Professional

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MacKenzie attended Colgate University where he played both hockey and soccer. He was inducted into the school's Athletic Hall of Fame.[1] In 1978, he began his professional career with the Pittsburgh Spirit of the Major Indoor Soccer League. In 1980, he moved to the Hartford Hellions for one season before rejoining the Spirit in 1981. He remained with the Spirit until 1985 when he signed with the Baltimore Blast. In 1988, he was hired to coach the Fort Wayne Flames of the American Indoor Soccer Association. After his retirement from professional soccer in 1989, MacKenzie remained in the Pittsburgh area where he played for the amateur Pittsburgh Beadling.[2]

National team

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In 1974, MacKenzie played four games for the Canadian U-20 soccer team. In 1974, he played one qualification game with the Canadian Olympic soccer team IN 1979.

References

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  1. ^ Colgate Athletic Hall of Fame
  2. ^ "Former Spirit Players Lead Blues into Finals". Archived from the original on 2016-03-22. Retrieved 2016-10-07.
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