Mike Sweeney (soccer)
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Mike Sweeney | ||
Personal information | ||
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Full name | Michael Sweeney | |
Date of birth | December 25, 1959 | |
Place of birth | Duncan, British Columbia, Canada | |
Playing position | Midfielder / Defender | |
Club information | ||
Current club | Retired | |
Senior clubs1 | ||
Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
1980-1982 1983-1984 1984 1984-1986 1987-1988 1988 1988-1989 1989-1992 1988-1990 |
Edmonton Drillers Vancouver Whitecaps Golden Bay Earthquakes Cleveland Force (indoor) Minnesota Strikers (indoor) Baltimore Blast (indoor) Toronto Blizzard Cleveland Crunch (indoor) Boston Bolts |
86 (2) 22 (0) 21 (2) |
National team2 | ||
Canada | 61 (0) | |
1 Senior club appearances and goals |
Mike Sweeney (born December 25, 1959 in Duncan, British Columbia) is a former Canadian soccer player.
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[edit] National team and Olympics
Sweeney was a member of the Canadian soccer team at the 1984 Summer Olympics.
Sweeney was capped 61 times for his country and played for Canada at the 1986 FIFA World Cup.
[edit] NASL
In 1980, the Edmonton Drillers of the North American Soccer League signed Sweeney. He spent three seasons with the Drillers before moving to the Vancouver Whitecaps for the 1983 season. While he began the 1984 season with the Whitecaps, he was traded to the Golden Bay Earthquakes. The NASL folded at the end of the 1984 season.
[edit] MISL
Sweeney was also a long-time Cleveland Force MISL player. He then moved to the Minnesota Strikers for the 1987-1988 season.[1] He then moved to the Baltimore Blast. In 1989, the Cleveland Crunch selected Sweeney in the Expansion Draft. On June 30, 1989, he signed with the Crunch and remained with the team through at least the 1991-1992 season.[2]
[edit] Toronto Blizzard
In 1988, Sweeney spent time with the Toronto Blizzard of the Canadian Soccer League (CSL).
[edit] Boston Bolts
In 1988, he signed with the Boston Bolts of the American Soccer League (ASL). In 1990, the ASL merged with the Western Soccer League to form the American Professional Soccer League (APSL). The Bolts spent one season, 1990, in the APSL before folding.
The Canadian Soccer Hall of Fame inducted Sweeney in 2002.[3]
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