Kirk Wilson is a retired American

soccer Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 Football player, players who almost exclusively use their feet to propel a Ball (association football), ball around a rectangular f ...

player who played professionally in

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and the

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Youth

Wilson's family moved from California to El Paso, Texas when he was a child. He graduated from Coronado High School where he was part of the 1996 Texas State High School soccer championship team. During the summer of 1997, Wilson played for the

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of the USISL Premier Development Soccer League. Wilson attended

Drake University Drake University is a private university in Des Moines, Iowa, United States. The University offers over 140 undergraduate and graduate programs, including professional programs in business, education, Legal education, law, and pharmacy. Drake U ...

, playing on the men's soccer team 1996 and 1997.

Professional

In 1998, Wilson left Drake soon after and moved to Germany where he spent time training with various teams. In the spring of 1998, he returned to the United States and signed with the

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of the

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for the 1998 A-League season. He was fourth in the league's points chart, finished runner-up in the Rookie of the Year, and was Second Team All League. In February 1999, the

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selected Wilson in the first round (seventh overall) of the 1999 MLS Supplemental Draft. He played five games for the Burn that season, going on loan to the Patriots in June and the

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team, which also competed in the USISL A-League, from June through the playoffs. In 2000, Wilson began the MLS season with the Burn, playing one game. On April 2, 2000, the Burn waived Wilson. He quickly signed with the El Paso Patriots where he played the rest of the season. In 2001, Wilson moved to the

Rochester Rhinos Rochester Rhinos, formerly known as the Rochester Raging Rhinos, was an American soccer team based in Rochester, New York, United States. The club won the 1999 U.S. Open Cup, marking the only time a non-MLS team has won the U.S. Open Cup sinc ...

where he was part of the Rhinos 2001 championship squad. He spent five seasons in Rochester. In 2005, his last season with the Rhinos, Wilson was first team All League. In December 2005, Wilson signed as a free agent with the Montreal Impact. Wilson retired at the end of the season and moved his family back to

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where he founded a company focused on training soccer players.

International

In 1998 and 1999, Wilson played for the

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Wilson, Kirk Living people 1977 births American men's soccer players American expatriate men's soccer players Austin Lone Stars players FC Dallas players Des Moines Menace players Drake Bulldogs men's soccer players El Paso Patriots players Major League Soccer players Montreal Impact (1992–2011) players Rochester Rhinos players USL First Division players MLS Pro-40 players Expatriate men's soccer players in Canada Soccer players from California United States men's under-23 international soccer players USL League Two players A-League (1995–2004) players FC Dallas draft picks Men's association football forwards Men's association football midfielders