- Mark Watson (Canadian soccer)
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Mark Watson Personal information Full name Mark Stewart Watson Date of birth September 8, 1970 Place of birth Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Playing position Defender (retired) Youth career UBC Thunderbirds Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 1990 Ottawa Intrepid 22 (0) 1991 Hamilton Steelers 24 (1) 1992 Montreal Supra 20 (1) 1993–1994 Vancouver 86ers 10 (0) 1993–1995 Watford 18 (0) 1996 Columbus Crew 14 (0) 1996 New England Revolution 4 (1) 1997 Seattle Sounders 21 (1) 1997–1999 Östers IF 24 (0) 1998–2000 Oxford United 58 (0) 2000–2001 Oldham Athletic 2 (0) 2001 DC United 11 (0) 2002–2004 Charleston Battery 70 (3) 2005 Vancouver Whitecaps 17 (0) 2006–2007 Charleston Battery 20 (0) National team‡ 1991–2004 Canada 78 (3) Teams managed 2004–2008 Canada (Assistant Coach) 2006–2009 Charleston Battery (Assistant Coach) 2007– Canada U-20 (Assistant Coach) 2010– San Jose Earthquakes (Assistant Coach) * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17:47, 24 February 2007 (UTC).
† Appearances (Goals).
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 7 December 2006Mark Stewart Watson (born September 8, 1970 in Vancouver, British Columbia) is a professional soccer player who has earned the second most caps in the history of the Canadian national team.[1]
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Playing career
Watson most recently played for the Charleston Battery of the USL First Division. He joined the Battery in 2006, after his third stint with the Vancouver Whitecaps, having played 10 games for the 86ers in the summer of 1993 when he was named an APSL First Team All Star, and 9 games in 1994.
Having played for the University of British Columbia, Watson was named a Canadian Soccer League All Star in his rookie professional season, with the Hamilton Steelers in 1991. He went on to play for Watford in the Football League First Division in 1993-94 and 1994-95 seasons. In 1996, he played for the Columbus Crew and New England Revolution of MLS. In 1997, he played for the Seattle Sounders of the A-League and was named league First Team.
Watson played for Östers IF in Swedish First Division for the 1997-98 and 1998-99 seasons. He then played the next three seasons in the Football League's Second Division, 1998–99 and 1999-00 with Oxford United and the 2000-01 season with Oldham Athletic. He then returned to North America to play the 2001 MLS season with DC United. He then played the 2002, 2003, and 2004 seasons with the Charleston Battery of the A-League. He was named the league's Defender of the Year and to its First Team in 2002, and to the league's second team in 2004.
National team
For Canada, Watson has appeared 78 times for the 'A' national team during a 14-year span. He has played in four World Cup qualifying campaigns.[2] and on the 2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup side that won the tournament. Watson scored the winning goal for Canada in the semi-final of the 2000 Gold Cup, a match Canada won 1-0 over Trinidad and Tobago.
Watson emerged as one of Canada's more quotable players.[citation needed] Before a 2001 FIFA Confederations Cup match in Japan, he implied that Canada would be willing to employ their physical style by noting that the Japanese players "don't run so fast when they're lying on the ground."[citation needed] He also once referred to English born-and-bred teammate Marc Bircham as a "plastic Canadian" in jest.[citation needed]
International goals
- Scores and results list Canada's goal tally first.
# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition 1 31 July 1993 Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton, Canada Australia
1-1 2-1 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification 2 15 December 1996 Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador, El Salvador El Salvador
1-0 2-0 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification 3 24 February 2000 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, United States Trinidad and Tobago
1-0 1-0 CONCACAF Gold Cup Coaching career
Watson served as assistant coach for Canada at the 2004 CONCACAF Men’s Olympic Qualification Tournament, served as one of Canada's assistant coaches when the team finished third at the 2008 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualification Tournament.[3] Watson returned to the Charleston Battery in 2006 in a player / assistant coach role; his fifth season with the Club.[4] He was later hired as an assistant coach with the San Jose Earthquakes.[5]
Honours
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- 2000
References
- ^ Appearances for Canada National Team - RSSSF
- ^ Record at FIFA Tournaments - FIFA
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- ^ [2]
- ^ [3]
Canada squads External links
- Profile of Mark Watson
- Player profile at CanadaSoccer.com
- Career stats - National Football Teams
Categories:- 1970 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Vancouver
- 2001 FIFA Confederations Cup players
- CONCACAF Gold Cup-winning players
- Soccer people from British Columbia
- Expatriate footballers in England
- Canadian expatriate soccer people in the United States
- Canadian men's international soccer players
- Canadian Soccer League (original) players
- Canadian soccer players
- Canadian people of Scottish descent
- Charleston Battery players
- Columbus Crew players
- D.C. United players
- Association football defenders
- Hamilton Steelers (CSL) players
- Montreal Supra players
- New England Revolution players
- Östers IF players
- Oxford United F.C. players
- Oldham Athletic A.F.C. players
- Seattle Sounders (USL) players
- USL First Division players
- Vancouver 86ers (APSL) players
- Vancouver Whitecaps (USL First Division) players
- Walsall F.C. players
- Watford F.C. players
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