Tom McDonald (soccer)
Appearance
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 1959 (age 64–65) | ||
Place of birth | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Youth career | |||
1977–1981 | Philadelphia Textile | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1982 | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | 0 | (0) |
1982–1983 | Pittsburgh Spirit (indoor) | 10 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Tom McDonald (born 1959) is a retired American soccer defender who played in the North American Soccer League and Major Indoor Soccer League.
McDonald, younger brother of Ken McDonald, graduated from William Tennent High School where he was a 1977 All State soccer player.[1] He then attended Philadelphia Textile where he was a 1980 Second Team and 1981 First Team All American soccer player.[2][3] In January 1982, the Fort Lauderdale Strikers selected McDonald in the first round (tenth overall) of the North American Soccer League draft.[4] The Strikers released him in March 1982.[5] He played the 1982-1983 Major Indoor Soccer League season with the Pittsburgh Spirit.
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- Living people
- American men's soccer players
- Fort Lauderdale Strikers (1977–1983) players
- Major Indoor Soccer League (1978–1992) players
- North American Soccer League (1968–1984) players
- Jefferson Rams men's soccer players
- Pittsburgh Spirit players
- Soccer players from Philadelphia
- 1959 births
- All-American college men's soccer players
- Men's association football defenders
- 20th-century American sportsmen