Nicholas Michael Gilbert (born 20 July 1965) is a former Canadian Soccer League high-scoring soccer striker and

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member.

Club career

His first semi-professional experience came as a member of the Victoria Riptides. Gilbert was the Canadian Soccer League's inaugural Most Valuable Player selection as he led the league in goals in 1987 as a member of the

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, with 10. He was the 6th leading goal scoring in 1988 with 11 as he split time between Calgary and the

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. In the league's 7-year existence Gilbert was its 7th all-time highest goal scorer with 36. Gilbert played four games for the

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in 1993, all starts, and scored a goal, on 30 July in a 2–1 win over the Montreal Impact. Gilbert was a long-time member of

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of the

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. He finished tied for third in the league's 2000 goal scoring leaders with 7. He played for the Victoria Athletic Association of the

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in 2000–1, apparently while stay playing for United. Gilbert left United to join PCSL rival Seattle Hibernian Saints in July 2002.

International career

Gilbert first played for the

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in the 1984

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Under-20 Championship, in a tournament in which Canada finished runners-up. He earned his first senior cap as a 22-year-old in a February 1988 friendly played in

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that ended scoreless, and his last one in September 1992 in a 0–2 loss to the

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, a friendly played in

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. Gilbert earned a total of 10 caps and scored once for Canada.

International goals

:''Scores and results list Canada's goal tally first.''

Honours

* Canadian Soccer League: 1 :: 1987 * Canadian Soccer League Top Goalscorer: 1 :: 1987

References

External links

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Western Alliance Challenge Series 1985 Season
* * ttp://members.shaw.ca/jderk/Hylanmvp.html Trophy Case of the Vancouver Island Soccer League* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gilbert, Nick 1965 births Living people Soccer players from Vancouver Association football forwards Canadian soccer players Canada men's youth international soccer players Canada men's international soccer players 1991 CONCACAF Gold Cup players Canadian expatriate soccer players Canadian expatriate sportspeople in the United States Victoria Riptides players Calgary Kickers players Toronto Blizzard (1986–1993) players Vancouver Whitecaps (1986–2010) players Seattle Hibernian players Western Soccer Alliance players Canadian Soccer League (1987–1992) players American Professional Soccer League players Pacific Coast Soccer League players Expatriate soccer players in the United States Edmonton Brick Men players Winnipeg Fury players