Dave Huson
Dave Huson is a retired Channel Island footballer who played professionally in the North American Soccer League and Major Indoor Soccer League.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 5 January 1951 | ||
| Place of birth | Jersey | ||
| Playing position(s) | Forward / Defender | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1970–1973 | First Tower United | ||
| 1973 | Cape Town City | ||
| 1973–1977 | Hellenic | ||
| 1977–1978 | Weymouth | ||
| 1978–1979 | FC Twente | ||
| 1979–1980 | California Surf | 41 | (1) |
| 1980 | Memphis Rogues | 11 | (2) |
| 1980–1981 | Calgary Boomers (indoor) | ||
| 1981 | Chicago Sting | 31 | (4) |
| 1981–1982 | Chicago Sting (indoor) | 15 | (2) |
| 1982 | Tulsa Roughnecks | 28 | (2) |
| 1983–1984 | Chicago Sting | 48 | (3) |
| 1983–1984 | Chicago Sting (NASL indoor) | ||
| 1984–1985 | Chicago Sting (MISL indoor) | 17 | (6) |
| 1985 | Cape Town Spurs | ||
| 1985–1986 | Chicago Shoccers (indoor) | ||
| Teams managed | |||
| 1986 | Chicago Shoccers | ||
| 1999–2000 | Rockford Raptors | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||
In 1979, Huson signed with the California Surf of the North American Soccer League. In 1980, the Surf sent Huson to the Memphis Rogues. At the end of the season, Nelson Skalbania purchased the Rogues and moved them to Calgary renaming the team the Calgary Boomers. Huson then played the 1980–81 NASL indoor season with the Boomers before being traded to the Chicago Sting. On 20 March 1982, the Sting traded Huson, John Tyma and a 1983 third-round draft pick to the Tulsa Roughnecks in exchange for Duncan McKenzie.[1] He was back in Chicago for the 1983 season and would remain there until he was released by the team in May 1985. He then moved to the Chicago Shoccers of the American Indoor Soccer Association.[2] In February 1986, Huson took over as head coach of the Shoccers. In the fall of 1986, he returned to the Sting as head of community relations. In 1999, he became the head coach of the Rockford Raptors of the Premier Development League. He also coached the Deerfield High School boys' soccer team. He was inducted into the Illinois State Soccer Hall of Fame in 2002.[3]
References
- Tulsa Trades Top Scorer The Daily Oklahoman – Wednesday, 31 March 1982
- "New Chicago Team Has Some Old Faces". tribunedigital-chicagotribune. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
- Illinois Soccer Hall of Fame Archived 22 February 2010 at the Wayback Machine