Geoff Aunger

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::summary Canadian soccer player ::

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Field	Value
name	Geoff Aunger
full_name	Geoffrey Edward Ramer Aunger
birth_date
birth_place	Red Deer, Alberta, Canada
height
position	Midfielder, defender, striker
years1	1987
years2	1988–1989
years3	1990
years4	1991
years5	1992
years6	1993
years7	1993–1994
years8	1994
years9	1995–1996
years10	1995
years11	1996
years12	1996–1997
years13	1997
years14	1998–2000
years15	2001
clubs1	Vancouver 86ers
clubs2	Winnipeg Fury
clubs3	Victoria Vistas
clubs4	Hamilton Steelers
clubs5	London Lasers
clubs6	Vancouver 86ers
clubs7	Luton Town
clubs8	Chester City
clubs9	Milwaukee Wave (indoor)
clubs10	Vancouver 86ers
clubs11	New England Revolution
clubs12	Stockport County
clubs13	Seattle Sounders
clubs14	D.C. United
clubs15	Colorado Rapids
caps1	5
caps2	52
caps3	23
caps4	27
caps5	17
caps6	11
caps7	6
caps8	5
caps9	22
caps10	18
caps11	29
caps12	1
caps13	24
caps14	74
caps15	1
goals1	0
goals2	19
goals3	8
goals4	10
goals5	8
goals6	3
goals7	1
goals8	0
goals9	10
goals10	7
goals11	3
goals12	0
goals13	8
goals14	4
goals15	0
nationalteam1	Canada
nationalyears1	1992–1997
nationalcaps1	44
nationalgoals1	4
medaltemplates
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Geoffrey "Geoff" Edward Ramer Aunger (born 4 February 1968) is a Canadian former soccer player. He played in various Canadian leagues and the lower tiers of the English leagues system before playing in the United States in the A-League and Major League Soccer. Aunger was also a member of the Canadian national soccer team member who play for striker and defensive midfielder.

Club career

Aunger was born in Red Deer, Alberta. A striker and defensive midfielder later converted into a defender, playing both full-back and centre half, Aunger played youth soccer with the Coquitlam Metro-Ford Soccer Club. He began his professional career in 1987 in the Canadian Soccer League and played all six years of the league's existence and with five different teams. He started with the Vancouver 86ers and went on to play with the Winnipeg Fury, Victoria Vistas, Hamilton Steelers, London Lasers, and once more with the 86ers. He was the league's 7th leading scorer in 1988 with the Fury, 4th in 1991 with the Steelers and named a league All-Star in 1992, the final year of the league. He continued with the 86ers as they joined the APSL for the 1993 season, scoring 3 goals in 11 appearances. He was also a 1990 and 1991 All Canada soccer player with the British Columbia Institute of Technology.

Europe

Aunger tried out for Brentford but signed with Luton Town for the 1993–94 season for two years contract. Aunger scored two minutes into his debut match. He played 6 times for the Hatters first-team, having been dropped to the reserves after playing only 3 games, Aunger did not feature in Luton Town brave FA Cup run. He was not re-signed at the end of the season and later had a brief stint with Third Division Chester City.

In November 1994 he was given a trial at SK Brann in Norway.

United States

He rejoined the 86ers of the A-League and also played for the Milwaukee Wave of the indoor National Professional Soccer League. Aunger had 7 goals in 18 games with the 86ers in 1995.

Aunger played in the MLS for the New England Revolution in 1996, when he led the team in games and minutes played, while scoring 3 goals, all on penalties. He converted the first penalty kick in Revolution history on April 27, 1996, in the Revolution's home opener against D.C. United. The goal was the first ever scored by the Revolution at Foxboro Stadium. He tried his luck once more in England, this time with Stockport County but made but one appearance, as a substitute the day after signing. He then joined the A-League's Seattle Sounders.

A second chance in MLS in 1998 with D.C. United, as Aunger won in training camp the right-back position. After 6 matches he lost his starting position and spent rest the season in and out of the line-up. 1999 saw him however start 24 games for the team however as a midfielder, and won the 1999 MLS Championship with United. He was also the first Canadian to play in the MLS Cup final. In 2000, Geoff made 26 appearances for United. He was traded to the Colorado Rapids in 2001, and appeared in one game. In total, Aunger played 104 regular season MLS games and 9 Cup play-off contests.

International career

He made his debut for Canada in a March 1991 North American Championship match against Mexico, but since this game was not regarded official he won his first senior cap coming on as a sub in an April 1992 friendly match against China. He earned a total of 44 caps, scoring 4 goals. He has represented Canada in 13 FIFA World Cup qualification matches. His final international was a November 1997 World Cup qualification match against Costa Rica, a game after which Alex Bunbury, Frank Yallop and Colin Miller also said farewell to the national team.

Career statistics

:Scores and results list Canada's goal tally first. ::data[format=table]

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	15 November 1992	Swangard Stadium, Burnaby, Canada		4–2	4–2	1994 FIFA World Cup qualification
2	15 July 1993	Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico		1–0	2–2	1993 CONCACAF Gold Cup
3	1 August 1995	Varsity Stadium, Toronto, Canada		3–1	3–1	Caribana Cup
4	30 August 1996	Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton, Canada		1–0	3–1	1998 FIFA World Cup qualification
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Honours

D.C. United

• Major League Soccer MLS Cup (1): 1999

Canada

• North American Nations Cup: 3rd place, 1991

Individual

• MLS All-Star, 1998

References

References

1. "Canada Soccer".
2. Tri-City News: [http://www.bclocalnews.com/tri_city_maple_ridge/tricitynews/sports/57036122.html Coquitlam Metro-Ford Soccer motors into 25th year] {{webarchive. link. (6 September 2009 3 September 2009)
3. "All Canada".
4. Overvik, Jostein. (23 November 1994). "Hallvars nye menn?". Bergensavisen.
5. [http://www.howesportsdata.com/howesportsdata/stats/soccer/misl/misl96.txt NATIONAL PROFESSIONAL SOCCER LEAGUE FINAL OFFICIAL STATISTICS – 1995–1996] {{webarchive. link. (27 September 2007)
6. "2024 Media Guide". New England Revolution.
7. [http://soundercentral.com/gallery/albums/1998SeattleSoundersMediaGuide/1997recap_2.jpg 1997 Sounders' Stats]
8. [https://web.archive.org/web/20121106052316/http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/statisticsandrecords/players/player=94510/index.html Record at FIFA Tournaments] – FIFA
9. "North American Championship 1991 (Los Angeles, USA)-Squads".
10. (2 August 1998). "1998 MLS All-Star Game". MLSsoccer.com.

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