Dave MacWilliams

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Dave MacWilliams (last name also spelled McWilliams) is a former professional soccer player and head coach.

A forward, MacWilliams played in the North American Soccer League with the Tampa Bay Rowdies in the summer of 1979 and the Philadelphia Fury the following summer. He was also a member of the 1979 United States Pan-American Games team and 1980 Olympic team. He had been an NSCAA All-American selection in 1978 as a player at Philadelphia Textile.

MacWilliams was a prominent indoor soccer player, starring in the original Major Indoor Soccer League with the Philadelphia Fever, Baltimore Blast, and Chicago Sting. With the Fever he was the league's 14th leading scorer in the 1979-80 season, 10th best in 1980-81, and 12th for 1981-82. With the Blast, MacWilliams was the 22nd best scoring in 1982-83 and 13th best for 1983-84. The Blast won the '83-'84 league championship with MacWilliams as captain. He holds the Blast record for play-off games (47) played and play-off points scored (73).

MacWilliams has been head coach of the Penn-Jersey Spirit, Baltimore Spirit, and Philadelphia Kixx. He was inducted into the Philadelphia Soccer Hall of Fame in 1998. He is in his seveth year as head coach of the Temple University men's soccer team. He is also Director of Soccer of the Montgomery United S.C. youth soccer club and head coach of the elite U-17 team of the Eastern Pennsylvania Youth Soccer Association.