Full name Mark Pulisic Height 1.75 m Years Team | Name Mark Pulisic Role Soccer player | |
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Date of birth (1968-09-20) September 20, 1968 (age 47) Place of birth Long Island, New York, United States 1986-1989 George Mason University 1991-1999 Harrisburg Heat (indoor) | ||
Education George Mason University | ||
Mark pulisic the man who raised taught and molded the new star of the usmnt
Mark Pulisic (Croatian: Pulišić) is a former American soccer forward who now coaches soccer professionally.
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- Mark pulisic the man who raised taught and molded the new star of the usmnt
- College
- Harrisburg Heat
- Coaching
- Personal life
- Championships Honors Awards
- References
College
Pulisic attended George Mason University where he played soccer from 1986 to 1989. He finished with thirty-five career goals.
Harrisburg Heat
In 1991, Pulisic turned professional with the Harrisburg Heat of the National Professional Soccer League (NPSL). He remained with the Heat throughout his career, retiring from playing professionally in 1999. When he retired, the Heat honored him with a Mark Pulisic Night at the Farm Show Arena in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. He was then inducted into the team's Hall of Fame, joining Bob Lilley, Richard Chinapoo, and Todd Smith.
Coaching
In 1993, Lebanon Valley College hired Pulisic to begin a men's soccer team at the school, where he coached until 2005. In 1996, Pulisic began coaching a new women's team program at the school as well. While with Lebanon Valley College, Pulisic also served as an assistant coach for the Harrisburg City Islanders of the USL in 2003 and 2004.
On April 19, 2006, the expansion Detroit Ignition of the Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL) hired Pulisic as the team's first coach. In April 2007, he was named the MISL Coach of the Year. On November 6, 2007, former Heat teammate Bob Lilley replaced Pulisic as head coach of the Ignition, moving Pulisic to the front office as director of soccer operations.
Pulisic relocated to Germany in 2015 after his son Christian was signed by Bundesliga club Borussia Dortmund, and was hired as a coach for Dortmund's U10 academy team. In early 2017, Pulisic returned to the United States, joining second division club Rochester Rhinos as an assistant coach under his former teammate and colleague Bob Lilley.
Personal life
Pulisic's father is originally from the island of Olib in Croatia.
Mark is the father of Borussia Dortmund and US men's national team player Christian Pulisic. His nephew Will Pulisic also plays in Dortmund's youth program.