Geoff Wall
Personal information
Date of birth (1964-09-14) September 14, 1964
Place of birth Tacoma, Washington, United States
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1983 Seattle Sounders 7 (0)
1983–1986 Tacoma Stars (indoor) 74 (8)
1984 Fort Lauderdale Sun
1985–1988 F.C. Seattle ? (10)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Geoff Wall is a retired American soccer midfielder who played professionally in the North American Soccer League, Major Indoor Soccer League and Western Soccer Alliance.

Wall graduated from Ballard High School in 1982. He was a 1981 Parade Magazine High School All American soccer player. On December 15, 1981, the Portland Timbers selected Wall in the second round of the NASL draft.[1] However, the Timbers folded in 1982. and Wall went on trial with AFC Bournemouth for four months. Wall also played for the U.S. U-19 national soccer team during this time. On April 29, 1983, he signed with the Seattle Sounders of the North American Soccer League.[2] He played seven games with the Sounders which folded at the end of the season. In the fall of 1983, he joined the Tacoma Stars of the Major Indoor Soccer League and played three seasons with them. In the summer of 1984, Wall played for the Fort Lauderdale Sun in the United Soccer League.[3] In 1985, he signed with F.C. Seattle of the Western Soccer Alliance and played with them through the 1988 season.[4][5][6][7]

Wall continued to play amateur indoor and outdoor soccer in Seattle and coached youth soccer. In 1991, he joined the Seattle Fire Department.

References

  1. ↑ Timbers take preps in pro soccer draft
  2. ↑ UNSOUND SOUNDERS FACE STRIKERS TONIGHT Miami Herald, The (FL) - Saturday, April 30, 1983
  3. ↑ "The Year in American Soccer - 1984". Archived from the original on 2013-07-13. Retrieved 2010-02-23.
  4. ↑ F.C. Seattle: 1985 Recap
  5. ↑ 1986 F.C. Seattle
  6. ↑ 1987 F.C. Seattle Storm
  7. ↑ 1988 F.C. Seattle Storm
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