| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1965-08-08)August 8, 1965 (age 59) | ||
| Place of birth | Dublin, Ireland | ||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1983–1986 | Campbell Fighting Camels | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1987–1991 | Kansas City Comets (indoor) | 132 | (79) |
| 1991–2004 | Dallas Sidekicks (indoor) | 313 | (410) |
| 1992–1994 | St. Louis Ambush (indoor) | 61 | (125) |
| 1997–1998 | Wichita Wings (indoor) | 14 | (23) |
| Total | 520 | (637) | |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
David Doyle (born August 8, 1965) is an Irishsoccerforward who spent seventeen seasons playing indoor soccer in the United States. He was the 1987–1988Major Indoor Soccer League Rookie of the Year, was the 1996 and 1999 indoor soccer scoring champion and a six time first team All Star.
Doyle attendedCampbell University where he played on the men's soccer team from 1983 to 1986.[1] He led the country in scoring, with 34 goals, as a senior. He finished his career 72 goals and 19 assists for a school record 286 points. He was a 1986 second team All American and was inducted into the Campbell Hall of Fame in 2006.[2][3][4]
TheKansas City Comets ofMajor Indoor Soccer League drafted Doyle in the first round (third overall) in the 1987 MISL College Draft. He was the 1987–1988 MISL Rookie of the Year.[5] When the Comets folded in 1991, Doyle signed as a free agent with theDallas Sidekicks. He went on to play twelve seasons with the Sidekicks. Following the 1991–1992 season, the league collapsed and the Sidekicks moved to theContinental Indoor Soccer League (CISL), a summer indoor league. The Sidekicks won the first CISL championship but finished runner-up in 1992. That fall, Doyle signed with theSt. Louis Ambush which played winter soccer in theNational Professional Soccer League. He alternated between the Sidekicks and the Ambush for the next two years. In 1996, he was the leading U.S. indoor soccer player with 47 goals. He repeated as scoring champion in 1999 with 29 goals. Doyle also spent the 1997–1998 NPSL season with theWichita Wings. In 1998, the Sidekicks spent the season in thePremier Soccer Alliance then moved to theWorld Indoor Soccer League for three seasons (1999–2001). In 2002, they moved to the newly establishedMajor Indoor Soccer League. The team folded two seasons later and Doyle retired from playing professionally. Doyle is one of a select 4 players to have won 3 or more championships with theDallas Sidekicks.[6]
Doyle currently serves as the head soccer coach of theFlower Mound High School boys' soccer team inFlower Mound, Texas. David led the FMHS Jaguars to the Texas High School 6A Division State Championship in 2019.[4][7] He is also a coach with theRenegades Soccer Club.[8]
Doyle was inducted into theCampbell University Hall of Fame in 2005 for his time as an All-American varsity soccer player. In April 2015, theBig South Conference announced that Doyle would be among the Class of 2015 inducted into the Big South Conference Hall of Fame in recognition of his collegiate soccer career.[1]
His sonConor plays professional soccer in England forDerby County as aforward and is currently on loan atD.C. United inMajor League Soccer.[9]