Brian Quinn (soccer)
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| Date of birth | 24 May 1960 | |||||||||||
| Place of birth | Belfast, Northern Ireland | |||||||||||
| Playing position | Midfielder | |||||||||||
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||
| 1978–1979 | Larne | ? | (?) | |||||||||
| 1979–1981 | Everton | 0 | (0) | |||||||||
| 1981 | Los Angeles Aztecs | 21 | (2) | |||||||||
| 1982–1983 | Montreal Manic | 55 | (6) | |||||||||
| 1983–1984 | San Diego Sockers (indoor) | 32 | (25) | |||||||||
| 1984 | San Diego Sockers | 20 | (3) | |||||||||
| 1984–1991 | San Diego Sockers (indoor) | 255 | (155) | |||||||||
| 1987 | Hamilton Steelers | ? | (?) | |||||||||
| 1991–1994 | USSF | |||||||||||
| 1991–1992 | → San Diego Sockers (loan) | 16 | (5) | |||||||||
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| 1991–1994 | United States | 48 | (1) | |||||||||
| Teams managed | ||||||||||||
| 1995–1996 | San Diego Sockers | |||||||||||
| 1997–1999 | San Jose Clash | |||||||||||
| 2001–2004 | San Diego Sockers | |||||||||||
| 2008– | University of San Diego (assistant) | |||||||||||
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| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Brian Quinn (born 24 May 1960 in Belfast, Northern Ireland) is a retired Irish-American soccer player and coach. He spent most of his professional career in North America where he played in the North American Soccer League and Major Indoor Soccer League. He later coached in the Continental Indoor Soccer League and Major League Soccer.
As a youth, Quinn had preferred Gaelic football and hurling to soccer. It was not until he was fourteen that he began to play the game regularly in the Down & Connor League with Corpus Christi Youth Club and Blessed Oliver Plunkett Youth Club (Now St. Oliver Plunkett FC). In 1978, he began his playing career with Larne F.C. In 1979, he signed with Everton F.C. between 1979 and 1981, but spent his entire time on the reserve squad. In 1981, Quinn moved to the USA to join the Los Angeles Aztecs of the North American Soccer League. When the Aztecs folded at the end of the season, he moved to the Montreal Manic for 1982 and 1983 outdoor seasons. The Manic folded at the end of the 1983 season, and Quinn signed with the San Diego Sockers as they prepared for the 1983–1984 NASL indoor season. In 1984, he played the last NASL season with the Sockers. In the fall of 1984, the Sockers jumped to the Major Indoor Soccer League as the NASL collapsed. He also played a season in the Canadian Soccer League in the late '80s with the Hamilton Steelers. Brian played seven MISL seasons Sockers winning six championships. In 1987, he played one outdoor season with the Hamilton Steelers of the Canadian Soccer League. In August 1991, he announced that he was leaving the team to sign with the US national team. In October 1991, the national team sent Quinn on loan back to the Sockers until January 1992.
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