John Dugan (soccer)

John Dugan
Personal information
Playing positionForward / Midfielder
Youth career
1986-1990VCU Rams
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1992-1993Canton Invaders (indoor)38(22)
1993-1994Richmond Kickers
1993-1994Richmond Kickers (indoor)7(24)
1994-1995Canton Invaders (indoor)16(11)
1998Richmond Kickers
1999Raleigh Express16(2)
Teams managed
1999Raleigh Express (assistant)
1999-2000Raleigh Express
2001Atlanta Silverbacks
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

John Dugan is a retired American soccer player and coach who both played and coached professionally in the USL A-League.

Player

Dugan attended Virginia Commonwealth University, playing on the men’s soccer team from 1986 to 1990.[1] In 1992, he joined the Canton Invaders of the National Professional Soccer League. In 1993, he moved to the Richmond Kickers in the USISL. During the 1993–94 USISL indoor season, Dugan scored twenty-four goals in seven games, putting him second on the league’s points chart.[2] In the fall of 1994, Dugan returned to the Canton Invaders for a single season. In 1998, he again played for the Kickers before finishing his playing career with the Raleigh Express in 1999.

Coach

In 1999, the Raleigh Capital Express hired Dugan as a player-assistant coach. Midway through the season, he became head coach. In 2001, he move to the Atlanta Silverbacks as head coach.[3] In 2003, he was the General Manager of the Richmond Kickers youth clubs.

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