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Full name | Mark Dodd | |||||||||||
Date of birth | September 14, 1965 | |||||||||||
Place of birth | Dallas, Texas, United States | |||||||||||
Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | |||||||||||
Playing position | Goalkeeper | |||||||||||
Youth career | ||||||||||||
1986–1987 | Duke | |||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||
1989–1990 | Dallas Sidekicks (indoor) | 0 | (0) | |||||||||
1990–1995 | Colorado Foxes | |||||||||||
1996–1999 | Dallas Burn | 92 | (0) | |||||||||
National team | ||||||||||||
1990–1997 | United States | 15 | (0) | |||||||||
Honours
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
Mark Dodd (born September 14, 1965) is a former U.S. soccer goalkeeper. He spent one season in the Major Indoor Soccer League, six in the American Professional Soccer League and four in Major League Soccer with the Dallas Burn. He also earned fifteen caps with the U.S. national team.
Dodd attended Richardson High School, graduating in 1984. He then attended Duke University where he played college soccer. He became first team goalkeeper in 1986 and backstopped them to the NCAA Championship. It was Duke's first National Championship in any sport.[1]
Following the completion of his collegiate career, Dodd signed with the Dallas Sidekicks of the MISL.
In 1990, Dodd signed with the Colorado Foxes of the American Professional Soccer League. This was the first year of the APSL which was formed by the merger of the Western Soccer League and the American Soccer League. Dodd was named APSL West, Player of the Year and the first team All Star goalkeeper.[2] In both 1992 and 1993, the Foxes won back to back APSL championships.