Paul Dougherty

Tampa Bay Mutiny

 

PAUL D WINS MVP.JPG (13216 bytes) Position: Midfielder/Forward

Ht: 5-3

Wt: 135

Birth Place: Leamington Spa, England

D.O.B: 5/12/66

Hometown: Escondido, CA

Citizenship: USA

Paul at announcement of 1997 CISL MVP Award
 

Professional Career

 
One of the most respected players in professional soccer, indoor and out, as a creative, high scoring midfielder

 

Tampa Bay Mutiny traded with NY/NJ Metro Stars for Paul in July, 1998 to improve their dismal scoring.  Was key contributor to team resurgence in second half of the season

 

Signed with Major League Soccer's NY/NJ Metro Stars on February 3, 1998 to bolster their offensive play

 

MVP of the Continental Indoor Soccer League in 1997

 

Scored 50 goals and notched 42 assists for the Houston Hotshots in 1997 in their last season

 

Played 11 years indoors with the Buffalo Blizzard (NPSL), San Diego Sockers (MISL), and Houston Hotshots (CISL)

 

Three-time All-Star in the NPSL

 

Won four championship rings with the San Diego Sockers

 

Played in the A-League with the Montreal Impact, and was selected to the A-League All-Star team that beat UNAM Pumas of the Mexican First Division, 2-0

 

Spent three years with the Wolverhampton Wanderers of the English First Division

 

Began playing professional soccer with Wolverhampton at age 16

 

The latest news about the Mutiny and Paul can be found in the Tampa Tribune soccer page and Sporting News