Tiarnan King is a Canadian

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forward who played professionally in the

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, National Professional Soccer League and Ireland. He earned five

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with the Canadian National Futsal Team in 2004.

Club

King attended

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, playing on the men's soccer team. In 1999, he played for the Vancouver Explorers in the

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. That fall, he moved to Burbaby Canadians of the Vancouver Metro League. In February 2000, the

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selected King in the A-League Draft. he began the 2000 season with Vancouver's reserve team, the Abbotsford 86ers, but joined the first team on June 15, 2000. King would play each summer, outdoor season with Vancouver (renamed the Whitecaps in 2001) until 2003. In the fall of 2000, King went indoors with the Edmonton Drillers of the National Professional Soccer League. When the Drillers folded in December 2000, King was not selected in the dispersal draft.Dispersal draft draws final curtain on Drillers
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in Ireland, but played only for the team's reserve squad.

International

In 2004, King earned five

with the Canadian National Futsal Team. All came in the CONCACAF Futsal championship.

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:King, Tiarnan Living people 1976 births Canadian men's futsal players Canadian men's soccer players Canadian expatriate men's soccer players Edmonton Drillers (1996–2000) players Fraser Valley Mariners players National Professional Soccer League (1984–2001) players Simon Fraser Red Leafs men's soccer players Soccer people from British Columbia Soccer players from New Westminster Vancouver Whitecaps (1986–2010) players USL First Division players Men's association football forwards Bray Wanderers F.C. players