youthclubs years clubs caps goals birth_place height position manageryears birth_date managerclubs article_title name
gelria n.e.c. 1979-1982 1979 1982-1984 1984-1986 1986-1991 1991-1992 gelria city comets dallas sidekicks n.e.c. heracles golden bay earthquakes minnesota strikers kansas 13 139 15 96 93 227 29 0 92 7 64 71 221 19 velp , netherlands 1.84 striker 1999-2002 2004-2008 18 december 1958 s.c. veluwezoom gazelle nieuwland jan goossens
 jan goossens
jan goossens

jan goossens -lrb- born december 18 , 1958 in velp , gelderland -rrb- is a former star american indoor soccer player .
he was the original major soccer league 's sixth all-time leading scorer with 682 points during his seven years in the league .
goossens began playing club football for n.e.c. nijmegen in the dutch eredivisie .
in 1980 , goosens moved to canada and signed with the edmonton drillers of the north american soccer league -lrb- nasl -rrb- .
he played three seasons with the drillers before moving to the golden bay earthquakes in time for the 1982 -- 1983 indoor season .
that year , the earthquakes , normally an nasl team , spent the indoor season playing in the major indoor soccer league -lrb- misl -rrb- .
the earthquakes returned to the nasl for the 1983 summer season and goosens remained with the team into the 1984 season .
he was hindered by a knee injury in 1984 and was sent to the minnesota strikers late in the season .
when the nasl collapsed at the end of the season , the strikers moved to the misl .
he finished as the nasl 's 31st-leading scorer with 48 goals in 148 games played over six seasons .
he was the league 's tenth-leading scorer in 1984 -- 85 .
in 1986 , the strikers sent goosens to the kansas city comets , where he would play until that team folded in 1991 .
he then played one season with the dallas sidekicks .
in july 1992 with the league on verge of collapsing , goosens announced his retirement .
