Mike Sweeney (soccer)

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Mike Sweeney
Personal information
Full name Michael Sweeney
Date of birth December 25, 1959 (1959-12-25) (age 48)
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
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 31 May 2006.
2 National team caps and goals correct
as of 22 June 2006.
* Appearances (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]

[edit] External links

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