Personal information | |||
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Full name | Victor "the legend" Moreland | ||
Date of birth | 15 June 1957 | ||
Place of birth | Belfast, Northern Ireland | ||
Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||
Playing position | Midfielder / Defender | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1973–1978 | Glentoran | 159 | (27) |
1978 | → Tulsa Roughnecks (loan) | 28 | (0) |
1978–1980 | Derby County | 42 | (1) |
1980–1984 | Tulsa Roughnecks | 136 | (14) |
1980–1981 | Tulsa Roughnecks (indoor) | 18 | (7) |
1984–1985 | Chicago Sting (indoor) | 38 | (11) |
1985–1988 | Dallas Sidekicks (indoor) | 144 | (27) |
1988–1991 | Wichita Wings (indoor) | 125 | (20) |
1989–1991 | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | ||
1991–1992 | Tulsa Ambush (indoor) | ||
1994–1996 | Tulsa Roughnecks | ||
National team | |||
1978 | Northern Ireland U-21 | 1 | (0) |
1978–1979 | Northern Ireland | 6 | (1) |
Teams managed | |||
1990–1991 | Fort Lauderdale Strikers (assistant) | ||
1991–1992 | Tulas Ambush | ||
1995–1996 | Tulsa Roughnecks | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
Victor "Vic" Moreland (born 15 June 1957 in Belfast) is a retired professional footballer from Northern Ireland who began his career in Northern Ireland, spent two seasons in the Football League before moving to the United States. He then played six seasons in the North American Soccer League, seven in the Major Indoor Soccer League as well as several seasons in several lower division indoor and outdoor leagues.
Moreland began his career as a midfielder with Glentoran in 1973. In 1978, Glentoran sent him on loan to the Tulsa Roughnecks of the North American Soccer League. He returned to Ireland and began the 1978–1979 season with them before Glentoran sold him and Billy Caskey to Derby County for £90,000 in September 1978. He played two seasons with Derby before the team sold his contract, along with Caskey's to the Tulsa Roughnecks for $100,000 in 1980.
The NASL ran an indoor season during the 1980–1981 winter. Up to this time, Moreland had played as a defensive midfielder, but beginning with the 1981 NASL outdoor season, he moved permanently to the backline. In 1984, he was named to the All League Second Team. In the fall of 1984, he moved to the Chicago Sting of the Major Indoor Soccer League. On 18 September 1985, the Sting sold his contract to the Dallas Sidekicks. On 15 June 1988, the Sidekicks released him to reduce the team's player salaries. He signed with the Wichita Wings on 1 July 1988.
In June 1989, he returned to outdoor soccer with the Fort Lauderdale Strikers of the American Soccer League. That year, the Strikers won the league title, then defeated the San Diego Nomads of the Western Soccer League for the first national outdoor championship since the demise of the NASL in 1984. On 18 June 1989, the Cleveland Crunch selected Moreland in the MISL expansion draft. However, he refused to sign with Cleveland and the Crunch allowed him to sign with the Wings in September 1989 in return for an undisclosed amount of cash and the Wing's first round selection in the 1990 MISL Draft. He remained with the Wings until the spring of 1991. In the summer of 1990 and 1991, he played for the Strikers, this time also adding duties as an assistant coach.