Mark Watson
Bio
Mark Stewart Watson... soccer family (father Keith)... he was six years old when he started playing soccer for the Glenmore Gunners... grew up playing soccer and basketball... favourites have included Glasgow Celtic... other favourites have included Michael Jordan... growing up, his father was a season ticket holder to Vancouver Whitecaps FC...
honoured by the Canada Soccer Hall of Fame as part of the Class of 2012... honoured by the Soccer Hall of Fame of British Columbia... part of the Canadian team that won the 2000 Concacaf Gold Cup, recognised as a Canada Soccer Team of Distinction... Canada Soccer Player of the Year in 1997...
Concacaf champion (2000)... represented Canada at the FIFA Confederations Cup Korea/Japan 2001... represented Canada in four cycles of FIFA World Cup Qualifiers and three editions of the Concacaf Gold Cup, including the inaugural edition in 1991... career 78 international "A" appearances across 15 years from 1991 to 2005 with Canada Soccer's Men's National Team… when he left international football in 2005, he ranked tied for third all-time with 78 international appearances...
club career in Canada, England, USA and Sweden... with Charleston Battery, a USL A-League winner (Commissioner's Cup in 2003)... at the University of British Columbia, a two-time CIAU Championship winner (Sam Davidson Memorial Trophy in 1990 and 1991)...
Honours
Individual Awards
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2012Canada Soccer Hall of Fame Honoured Player / Joueur honoré
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2012Canada Soccer Centennial Timeline Top 100 Men's Footballers
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1997Canada Soccer Players of the Year Men's / Masculin
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