Alan Willey

Alan Willey scored five goals for the Minnesota Kicks in a 9–2 playoff win over the Cosmos on August 14, 1978. It counted for little: the Cosmos won the second game 4–0, took the tie-breaking mini-game, and went on to the title.

born Oct. 18, 1956 (age 69), Houghton-le-Spring, England

games
506
goals
339
assists
135

first recorded game April 24, 1976 · last recorded game Sept. 14, 1984

Career totals and dates are as recorded here.

Honors

Career totals by team

team gp g a
Minnesota Strikers 215 166 66
Minnesota Kicks 164 119 39
Montreal Manic 80 34 21
San Diego Sockers 47 20 9
New York Cosmos 0 0 0

Career totals by competition

competition gp g a
NASL 238 129 48
MISL 238 171 71
NASLi 30 39 16

Goals by season

top flight 0 5 10 15 20 25 1976, top flight: 16 goals 16 1976 1977, top flight: 14 goals 14 1977 1978, top flight: 21 goals 21 1978 1979, top flight: 21 goals 21 1979 1980, top flight: 7 goals 7 1980 1981, top flight: 7 goals 7 1981 1982, top flight: 15 goals 15 1982 1983, top flight: 13 goals 13 1983 1984, top flight: 15 goals 15 1984

Season by season, clubs

team competition season gp g a
Minnesota Kicks NASL 1976 23 16 7
Minnesota Kicks NASL 1977 20 14 1
Minnesota Kicks NASL 1978 30 21 3
New York Cosmos NASL 1978 0 0 0
Minnesota Kicks NASL 1979 29 21 7
Minnesota Kicks NASLi 1979-1980 12 15 6
Minnesota Kicks NASL 1980 26 7 5
Minnesota Kicks NASLi 1980-1981 18 24 10
Montreal Manic NASL 1981 21 6 2
Minnesota Kicks NASL 1981 6 1 0
Montreal Manic NASL 1982 29 15 7
Montreal Manic NASL 1983 30 13 12
Minnesota Strikers NASL 1984 24 15 4
Minnesota Strikers MISL 1984-1985 38 31 13
Minnesota Strikers MISL 1985-1986 48 43 12
Minnesota Strikers MISL 1986-1987 49 32 18
Minnesota Strikers MISL 1987-1988 56 45 19
San Diego Sockers MISL 1988-1989 47 20 9

Most recent games

cmp date team r score vs g a minutes venue
NASL Sept. 14, 1984 Minnesota Strikers   0 - 4 San Diego Sockers 0 — 90 Metrodome
NASL Sept. 8, 1984 Minnesota Strikers   2 - 1 Vancouver Whitecaps 0 — 90 BC Place
NASL Sept. 3, 1984 Minnesota Strikers   0 - 2 Toronto Blizzard 0 — 90 Varsity Stadium
NASL Sept. 1, 1984 Minnesota Strikers   1 - 2 Golden Bay Earthquakes 1 — 90 Metrodome
NASL Aug. 25, 1984 Minnesota Strikers   1 - 0 Tulsa Roughnecks 1 — 90 Skelly Field at H. A. Chapman…
NASL Aug. 22, 1984 Minnesota Strikers   1 - 0 Tulsa Roughnecks 1 — 90 Metrodome
NASL Aug. 19, 1984 Minnesota Strikers   4 - 3 New York Cosmos 2 — 90 Giants Stadium
NASL Aug. 17, 1984 Minnesota Strikers   1 - 2 Toronto Blizzard 0 — 90 Metrodome
NASL Aug. 10, 1984 Minnesota Strikers   3 - 2 New York Cosmos 2 — 90 Metrodome
NASL July 28, 1984 Minnesota Strikers   1 - 4 Tulsa Roughnecks 0 — 90 Skelly Field at H. A. Chapman…
game log: 264 of 506 recorded games →

Most often alongside

Players who appeared in the most games alongside Alan Willey
player together share
Ace Ntsoelengoe 140 53%
Steve Litt 133 51%
Ron Futcher 111 42%
Alan Merrick 104 40%
Tino Lettieri 88 33%
Tony Want 88 33%
Alan West 82 31%
Tony Towers 81 31%
Tim Twellman 80 30%
John McGrane 79 30%
Carmine Marcantonio 78 30%
Ian Hamilton 78 30%

The 12 most frequent, of the 263 games Alan Willey has an appearance on record for. Two players count as teammates in a game when both have an appearance in it for the same club, so this is drawn from lineups rather than from rosters — and it is only as complete as the lineups are. Whole leagues here recorded none.

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