Randy Phillips (born

Dallas, Texas Dallas () is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the most populous city in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, the List of Texas metropolitan areas, most populous metropolitan area in Texas and the Metropolitan statistical area, fourth-most ...

) is a retired U.S.

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who spent two seasons in the

North American Soccer League The North American Soccer League (NASL) was the top-level major professional soccer league in the United States and Canada that operated from 1968 to 1984. It is considered the first soccer league to be successful on a national scale in the ...

, one in the American Soccer League and two in the

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. He was also a two-time first team All American goalkeeper at

Southern Methodist University Southern Methodist University (SMU) is a Private university, private research university in Dallas, Texas, United States, with a satellite campus in Taos County, New Mexico. SMU was founded on April 17, 1911, by the Methodist Episcopal Church, ...

. Phillips grew up in

and attended

where he played on the men's soccer team from 1977 to 1980. He was a three-time All American, being selected to the second team in 1978 and the

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in 1979 and 1980. In 1980, Phillips signed with the

Minnesota Kicks The Minnesota Kicks was a professional soccer team that played at Metropolitan Stadium in the Minneapolis suburb of Bloomington, Minnesota, from 1976 to 1981. The team was a member of the now defunct North American Soccer League (1968–84), No ...

of the

. He played in ten games, but the Kicks folded at the end of the season and on December 8, 1981, the

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acquired Phillips in the Dispersal Draft. He was a backup player for Tulsa during the 1982 season. In 1983, he moved to the

Dallas Americans Dallas Americans was an American professional soccer club based in Dallas, Texas. The team played in the American Soccer League in 1983 and the United Soccer League in 1984 and 1985. Both leagues unofficially served as the second division of pr ...

in the American Soccer League. The ASL collapsed at the end of the season and the American players moved to the newly established

. Phillips was the Americans' starting goalkeeper for the 1984 and 1985 USL seasons.The Year in American Soccer – 1984
/ref> The USL also collapsed after only half the season was played. Phillips does not appear to have played professionally after that.

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1959 births Living people All-American college men's soccer players American men's soccer players American Soccer League (1933–1983) players Dallas Americans players Men's association football goalkeepers Minnesota Kicks players North American Soccer League (1968–1984) players SMU Mustangs men's soccer players Tulsa Roughnecks (1978–1984) players United Soccer League (1984–85) players 20th-century American sportsmen {{US-footy-goalkeeper-stub