Mark Kerlin
Birth dateFebruary 1, 1962 (age 64)
Birth placePhoenix, Arizona, United States
Height6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
PositionForward
Years 11981–1983
Years 21982–1983
Years 31983–1984
Years 41984–1985
Years 51985–1986
Years 61986–1988
Years 71989–1990
Years 81989–1990
Years 91991
Years 101992–1993
Years 111993
Years 121994–1995
Years 131996–1997
Years 141997
Years 151998–2000
Clubs 1Phoenix Inferno (indoor)
Clubs 2Oklahoma City Slickers
Clubs 3Phoenix Pride (indoor)
Clubs 4Dallas Sidekicks (indoor)
Clubs 5Baltimore Blast (indoor)
Clubs 6Wichita Wings (indoor)
Clubs 7Arizona Condors
Clubs 8Tacoma Stars (indoor)
Clubs 9San Francisco Bay Blackhawks
Clubs 10Cleveland Crunch (indoor)
Clubs 11Arizona Sandsharks (indoor)
Clubs 12Las Vegas Dustdevils (indoor)
Clubs 13Columbus Invaders (indoor)
Clubs 14Arizona Sandsharks (indoor)
Clubs 15Arizona Thunder (indoor)
Caps 159
Caps 348
Caps 448
Caps 543
Caps 6102
Caps 844
Caps 95
Caps 1012
Caps 1245
Caps 1326
Caps 1426
Goals 129
Goals 332
Goals 425
Goals 512
Goals 631
Goals 813
Goals 90
Goals 100
Goals 1225
Goals 1313
Goals 1431
Manageryears 12001
Managerclubs 1Arizona Heatwave

Mark Kerlin (born February 1, 1962) is a retired U.S. soccer forward who spent most of his career in indoor leagues. He also played one season in the Western Soccer League and two in the American Professional Soccer League.

Kerlin, brother of Scott Kerlin, uncle of Drake Zane Kerlin, was born in Phoenix, Arizona, where he attended Moon Valley High School, graduating in 1980. In 1981, he signed with the Phoenix Inferno of the Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL). He played each of the last fourteen games of the 1981–1982 season, scoring ten goals. In 1982, he moved outdoors with the Oklahoma City Slickers of the American Soccer League.[1] In 1983, the team changed its name to the Phoenix Pride. July 19, 1984, the expansion Dallas Sidekicks purchased Kerlin's contract from the Pride. He spent one season in Dallas before being traded to the Baltimore Blast on June 19, 1985. He spent one season in Baltimore before moving to the Wichita Wings in 1986. He played with the Wings for two seasons. In 1989, he signed with the Tacoma Stars. In 1989, Kerlin joined the Arizona Condors, an expansion team in the outdoor Western Soccer League (WSL). He was a first team All Star and one of the league's leading scorers.[2] However, he broke his leg at some point in the fall of 1990 and missed the 1990–1991 indoor season.[3] In 1990, the WSL merged with the American Soccer League to form the American Professional Soccer League (APSL) and Kerlin and his teammates made the move to the APSL for the 1990 season. The team folded at the end of the season and Kerlin played with the San Francisco Bay Blackhawks in 1991. In 1992, Kerlin was with the Cleveland Crunch of the National Professional Soccer League (NPSL).[4] In 1993, the Continental Indoor Soccer League introduced summer indoor soccer. Rather than playing another outdoor season, he signed with the Arizona Sandsharks of the CISL. In 1994 and 1995, he played for the Las Vegas Dustdevils, winning the CISL championship in 1994. In 1996, he moved to the Columbus Invaders of the NPSL but was back with the Sandsharks in 1997. The Sandsharks ceased operations at the end of the season and in 1998, Kerlin joined the Arizona Thunder of the World Indoor Soccer League. He played through the 1999–2000 season.

Following his retirement from professional soccer, Kerlin coached the Arizona Heatwave in the United Soccer League W-League during the 2001 season.

References

  1. ^ Goal Gives Kerlin Big Lift The Daily Oklahoman – Sunday, August 8, 1982
  2. ^ "The Year in American Soccer – 1989". Archived from the original on March 3, 2009. Retrieved July 12, 2008.
  3. ^ Stars Open '90 Season Vs. Dallas
  4. ^ NATIONAL PROFESSIONAL SOCCER LEAGUE FINAL OFFICIAL STATISTICS – 1992–1993 Archived September 27, 2007 at the Wayback Machine