Joey Kirk

Football player infobox
playername= Joey Kirk
fullname = Joey Kirk
nickname =


dateofbirth = birth date and age|1966|8|21
cityofbirth = Granada Hills, California
countryofbirth = United States
height = height|ft=5|in=10
currentclub =
clubnumber =
position = Forward
youthyears = 1983-1987
youthclubs = Cal-State Northridge
years = 1987
1988-1990
1989
1990-1993
1993-1995
1994-1995
1995-1996
1996
1996
1997
1997-1999
1999-
clubs = California Kickers
Wichita Wings "(indoor)"
Los Angeles Heat
Milwaukee Wave "(indoor)"
Detroit Rockers "(indoor)"
Milwaukee Rampage
Chicago Power "(indoor)"
St. Louis Ambush "(indoor)"
Sacramento Knights "(indoor)"
Detroit Safari "(indoor)"
Philadelphia KiXX "(indoor)"
Wichita Wings "(indoor)"
caps(goals) =
77 (80)
19 (18)
21 (11)
nationalyears = 1987-1988
nationalteam = United States
nationalcaps(goals) = 07 0(0)
pcupdate = 3 June, 2007
ntupdate = 3 December, 2006

Joey Kirk (born August 21, 1966 in Granada Hills, California) is a former U.S. soccer forward who spent most of his career playing indoor soccer. He earned seven caps with the U.S. national team in 1987 and 1988.

College

Kirk attended Cal-State Northridge where he starred on the men’s soccer team from 1983 to 1987. In 1987, he received Division II first team All American recognition and finished his career with 59 goals, a school record. ^{[http://www.ncaa.org/library/records/soccer/soccer_records_book/2001/065-078.pdf]}

Professional career

In 1987, Kirk joined the California Kickers of the Western Soccer Alliance (WSA) during the collegiate off season. ^{[http://a-leaguearchive.tripod.com/1987/stats87.htm]} The Kickers finished the season in last place with a 4-6 record.

In 1988, the Wichita Wings of Major Indoor Soccer League drafted Kirk and he spent the next two seasons (1988-1990) with the team. In 1989, he spent the summer with the Los Angeles Heat of the WSA, now known as the Western Soccer League. ^{[http://a-leaguearchive.tripod.com/1989/statswsa89.htm]}

In 1990, Kirk moved from the Wings to the Milwaukee Wave of the National Professional Soccer League (NPSL). In the 1991-1992 season, he scored fifty goals in forty games for the Wave. Kirk began the 1993-1994 season with Milwaukee before being traded to the Detroit Rockers during the season. He remained in Detroit through the 1994-1995 season.

While Kirk had concentrated on indoor soccer for several years, in 1994, he joined the expansion Milwaukee Rampage of USISL for the 1994 and 1995 outdoor seasons. In 1994, he scored twenty-four goals in eighteen games with the Rampage.

In 1995, Kirk moved to the Chicago Power of the NPSL. He was with them through at least February 1996. However, some time before the playoffs, the Power traded Kirk to the St. Louis Ambush.

In February 1996, Kirk was drafted by the Los Angeles Galaxy of Major League Soccer (MLS) in the sixth round (54th overall) of the Inagaural MLS Draft. However, he did not join the Galaxy until May because he was with the Ambush in the NPSL playoffs. ^{[http://www.thefreelibrary.com/GALAXY+PUTTING+L.A.+TO+THE+TEST-a083946244]} Kirk was then injured in the playoffs and reported to the Galaxy unable to play. The Galaxy waived Kirk on May 6, 1996 without him seeing time in a game. ^{[http://www.thefreelibrary.com/GALAXY+NOTEBOOK+:+FOR+D.C.+UNITED+COACH,+THE+BAD+NEWS+JUST+KEEPS...-a083961932]}

In August, Kirk signed with the Sacramento Knights of the Continental Indoor Soccer League (CISL). In 1997, he moved to the Detroit Safari of CISL, but the team and the league folded at the end of the season. That fall, Kirk moved to the Philadelphia KiXX of the NPSL. In the 1999 off season, the Wings purchased Kirk’s contract from the KiXX. ^{[http://www.thekansan.com/stories/030399/spo_0303990018.shtml]}

National team

Kirk earned his first cap with the U.S. national team in a June 12, 1987 loss to South Korea in Pusan. At the time Kirk had just finished college. His next game came in another loss, this time to Guatemala on January 10, 1988. Kirk’s last game with the national team came in a scoreless tie with Ecuador on June 12, 1988.

In 1997, Kirk traveled with the U.S. Futsal team to the 1997 FIFUSA World Futsal Championship where the U.S. finished 20 out of 20 teams.

Coaching

Since retiring from playing, Kirk has coached youth soccer with several clubs in California.