{{short description|Chilean footballer (born 1960)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2022}} {{family name hatnote|Abascal|Barria|lang=Spanish}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Marco Abascal | image = | fullname = Marco Antonio Abascal Barria | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1960|2|15}} | birth_place = Santiago | height = {{height|ft=5|in=6}} | position = Forward | youthyears1= |youthclubs1 = Everton de Viña del Mar | youthyears2= |youthclubs2 = Club Uruguay Toronto | years1 = 1980 |clubs1 = Toronto Panhellenic |caps1= |goals1= | years2 = |clubs2 = Cruz Azul |caps2= |goals2= | years3 = |clubs3 = Morelia |caps3= |goals3= | years4 = 1981–1982 |clubs4 = Kansas City Comets (indoor) |caps4=6 |goals4=1 | years5 = 1982 |clubs5 = Nacional Latino |caps5= |goals5= | years6 = 1983 |clubs6 = Hamilton Steelers |caps6= |goals6= | years7 = 1984–1985 |clubs7 = Nacional Latino |caps7= |goals7= | years8 = 1986 |clubs8 = Toronto Blizzard |caps8= |goals8= | years9 = 1987 |clubs9 = Toronto Blizzard |caps9=11 |goals9=1 | years10= 1988–1989 |clubs10= Everton de Viña del Mar |caps10= |goals10= | years11= 1990 |clubs11= Coquimbo Unido |caps11= |goals11= | years12= 1991–1992 |clubs12= Toronto Blizzard |caps12=29|goals12=9 | years13= 1993 |clubs13= Unión San Felipe |caps13= |goals13= }}
'''Marco Antonio Abascal Barria''' (born 15 February 1960) is a Chilean former professional footballer.
==Early life== Abascal began playing football in Viña del Mar in Chile, eventually joining the youth side of Chilean club Everton de Viña del Mar.<ref name=thecnsl>{{cite web|url=https://thecnsl.com/2020/10/28/leading-goalscorers-marco-abascal/|title=Marco Abascal|date=October 28, 2020|first=Christian|last=Hesle|work=TheCNSL}}</ref> He later moved to Canada and began playing for Club Uruguay Toronto, winning the Toronto & District Soccer League championship in 1979.<ref name=thecnsl />
==Career== In 1980, he began his professional career with Toronto Panhellenic in the Canadian National Soccer League, where they won the league playoff championship that season.<ref name=thecnsl /> He then had short spells in Mexico with Cruz Azul and Morelia.<ref name=thecnsl /><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|date=December 11, 2012|title=Marcos Abascal sería el nuevo director técnico de San Luis para el apertura 2013|trans-title=Marcos Abascal would be the new technical director of San Luis for the 2013 opening|url=https://www.soychile.cl/Quillota/Deportes/2012/12/11/140624/Marcos-Abascal-seria-el-nuevo-director-tecnico-de-San-Luis-para-el-apertura-2013.aspx|access-date=7 January 2022|website=Soy Chile|language=es}}</ref>
In 1981, he joined the Kansas City Comets of the Major Indoor Soccer League, initially being cut in preseason, before rejoining the team that season.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1981/11/29/Comets-5-Wings-4/3804375858000/|title=Comets 5, Wings 4|date=November 29, 1981|work=United Press International}}</ref> He scored his first and only goal for the Comets on November 29 against the Wichita Wings, scoring the winning goal in overtime.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://hollandscomet.blogspot.com/search?q=abascal|date=October 23, 2010|title="Hot Winter Nights" - Chapter 4--An Abridged History|first=Brian|last=Holland|work=Holland's Comet}}</ref>
In 1982, he returned to the NSL with Nacional Latino.<ref name=thecnsl /> In 1983, he joined the Hamilton Steelers of the Canadian Professional Soccer League.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nasljerseys.com/MISL/Players/A/Abascal.Marco.htm|title=Marco Abascal|work=NASL Jerseys}}</ref> Afterwards, he returned to Dinamo Latino, finishing as leading goalscorer in the 1985 season.<ref name=thecnsl /> In 1985, he attended preseason with MISL club Chicago Sting.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1985-10-02-8503060931-story.html|title=Pirate 'Supplier' Gets 12 Year Term|work=Chicago Tribune|date=October 2, 1985|first=Steve|last=Nidetz}}</ref> In 1986, Dinamo was purchased and became the Toronto Blizzard, with whom he won the 1986 NSL title.<ref name=thecnsl/><ref>{{Cite news|date=June 16, 1986|title=Marco Abascal sparks the Blizzard|page=B6|work=Toronto Star}}</ref> In 1987, the Blizzard moved to the Canadian Soccer League, where he played the 1987 season, scoring once in 11 appearances.<ref name=statscrew>{{cite web|url=https://www.statscrew.com/minorsoccer/stats/p-abascmar001|title=Marco Abascal Stats|work=Stats Crew}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Koep|first=Bob|date=March 31, 1987|title=Blizzard conference major disappointment|page=B6|work=Toronto Star}}</ref>
He then returned to Chile, spending time with Everton de Viña del Mar and Coquimbo Unido,<ref name=":0"/><ref name=cero>{{cite web|url=https://www.ceroacero.es/player.php?id=304775|work=Cero a Ceros|title=Marco Abascal}}</ref> before returning to the Blizzard in 1991.<ref name=statscrew/><ref>{{Cite news|last=Keating|first=Jack|date=June 5, 1991|title=Familiar friend now fierce foe|work=The Province}}</ref> In 1993, he again returned to Chile and joined Unión San Felipe.<ref name=cero />
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Abascal, Marco}} Category:1960 births Category:Living people Category:Footballers from Santiago, Chile Category:Men's association football forwards Category:Chilean men's footballers Category:Cruz Azul footballers Category:Atlético Morelia players Category:Kansas City Comets (1979–1991) players Category:Hamilton Steelers (1981–1992) players Category:Toronto Blizzard (1986–1993) players Category:Everton de Viña del Mar footballers Category:Coquimbo Unido footballers Category:Unión San Felipe footballers Category:Liga MX players Category:Canadian Professional Soccer League (original) players Category:Canadian National Soccer League players Category:Major Indoor Soccer League (1978–1992) players Category:Canadian Soccer League (1987–1992) players Category:Chilean Primera División players Category:Primera B de Chile players Category:Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Canada Category:Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Mexico Category:Chilean expatriate sportspeople in the United States Category:Expatriate men's soccer players in Canada Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Mexico Category:Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States Category:20th-century Chilean sportsmen