Mark Simpson (soccer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | March 18, 1966 | ||
| Place of birth | Schaumburg, Illinois, United States | ||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Eastern Illinois Panthers | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1990 | Orlando Lions | ||
| 1988–1995 | Chicago Power (indoor) | ||
| 1994 | Rockford Raptors | ||
| 1995 | Dayton Dynamo (indoor) | 12 | (1) |
| 1995–1996 | Cincinnati Silverbacks (indoor) | 15 | (0) |
| 1996–2001 | D.C. United | 53 | (0) |
| 1996–1997 | Buffalo Blizzard (indoor) | 13 | (0) |
| 1998 | → MLS Pro-40 (loan) | 2 | (0) |
| National team | |||
| 1999 | U.S. Futsal | 1 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2002 | D.C. United (Goalkeeper coach) | ||
| 2003 | Virginia Beach Mariners (assistant) | ||
| 2004–2010 | D.C. United (assistant) | ||
| 2012–2015 | Virginia Cavalry FC (Director of Soccer Ops.) | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Mark Simpson (born March 18, 1966) is a retired American soccer goalkeeper and former coach who spent six seasons with D.C. United in Major League Soccer. He backstopped the team to the MLS Cup 1996. He also spent one season in the American Professional Soccer League, two in the USISL and six in the National Professional Soccer League. He earned one cap with the U.S. National Futsal Team in 1999. He was the Director of Soccer Operations for the planned North American Soccer League team Virginia Cavalry FC.
Simpson attended Eastern Illinois University where he played on the men's soccer team until 1988.
On June 17, 1988, the Chicago Sting selected Simpson in the third round (25th overall) of the Major Indoor Soccer League draft. The Sting folded a month later and the San Diego Sockers picked up Simpson in the July 1988 dispersal draft. The Sockers did not sign him and Simpson joined the Chicago Power of the American Indoor Soccer Association in October 1988. He played each winter indoor season with the Power until February 1995 when he was traded to the Dayton Dynamo for Jim Adams and future considerations. He finished the 1994-1995 season with Dayton. In 1990, Simpson spent a season outdoors with the Orlando Lions of the American Professional Soccer League. He had also spent the summer of 1994 with the expansion Rockford Raptors of the USISL. In the fall of 1995, Simpson joined the Cincinnati Silverbacks of NPSL.
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