years clubs caps goals birth_place height position birth_date article_title name
1976 1984 -- 1988 1988-1989 -- 1981 1979-1981 1981-1982 1981 -- 1983 1984 minnesota montreal manic '' -lrb- indoor -rrb- '' montreal manic minnesota kicks strikers minnesota strikers '' -lrb- indoor -rrb- '' san diego minnesota sockers '' -lrb- indoor -rrb- '' kicks '' -lrb- indoor -rrb- '' 49 134 30 10 80 24 191 47 7 80 39 2 34 15 151 20 houghton-le-spring , england 5 11 striker 18 october 1956 alan willey
 alan willey
alan willey

alan willey -lrb- born 18 october 1956 at houghton-le-spring , england -rrb- was a soccer player originally from england who spent most of his playing career in the united states .
he is a member of the national soccer hall of fame .
the second-leading goal scorer in the history of the north american soccer league -lrb- nasl -rrb- , alan played most of his career with the minnesota kicks and was inducted to the u.s. national soccer hall of fame in 2003 .
willey began his career with english football club , middlesbrough in 1974 .
in the nasl he played for the minnesota kicks -lrb- 1976 to 1981 -rrb- , the montreal manic -lrb- 1981 to 1983 -rrb- and the minnesota strikers -lrb- 1984 -rrb- .
he finished his nasl career with 129 goals in 238 games and an additional 13 goals in 26 play-off games .
he memorably scored five goals in a play-off game against the new york cosmos in 1978 .
his nickname was ` the artful dodger ' .
although many believe he is the all-time top goalscorer in american indoor soccer , this is actually untrue , with little known striker michael brand beating this record with a hattrick in his final game for seattle sounders late in 2013 .
