Sidekicks Sign Mark Rowland
Published on October 15, 2003 under Major Indoor Soccer League 2 (MISL 2)
Dallas Sidekicks News Release
DALLAS - The Dallas Sidekicks signed forward Mark Rowland to a one-year plus option agreement. The Sidekicks were also involved in a trade with the Monterrey Fury, giving up the rights to defender Brad Flanagan in exchange for the rights to defender Joe Mattachione, an undisclosed amount of cash and future considerations.
Rowland has practiced with the team for three weeks. He played the 2000-01 NPSL season with the Wichita Wings, his only season of indoor soccer experience. In 27 games, he scored 13 goals and had three assists. Rowland spent the summer with the Montreal Impact, his fourth season in the A-League. He spent the previous three seasons in El Paso (2000-01) and Hampton Road (2002). Rowland played 26 games for the Impact this summer, scoring two goals and adding one assist. Rowland and current Sidekick Martin Nash both played for the Montreal Impact this summer.
MARK ROWLAND
POSITION: Forward
HEIGHT: 5-7
WEIGHT: 160
BORN: April 17, 1978 CITIZENSHIP: United States
COLLEGE/PREVIOUS CLUB: Northeastern State University/Wichita Wings (NPSL)
SEASONS PRO/WITH SIDEKICKS: 2nd/1st
ACQUIRED: D4-2003 (30th overall) in the Harrisburg dispersal draft July 28, 2003
2000-01: Played 27 of 40 regular season games for the Wichita Wings...scored 13 goals and added three assists...took 53 shots and made 12 blocks.
Other Pro Info: Played four seasons in the A-League, two with the El Paso Patriots, and two with the Montreal Impact...in 2000, was his team's leading scorer (8G, 4A, 20P) and was picked as El Paso's Offensive Player of the Year...in 2001, scored seven goals, 10 assists and 24 points in 26 games and 1,896 minutes of play, taking 31 shots on net.
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