# Mark Semioli > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Mark_Semioli > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Mark_Semioli.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Semioli > Source revision: 1333289016 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|American soccer player}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Mark Semioli | image = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1968|3|20}} | birth_place = [Brooklyn](/source/Brooklyn%2C_New_York), New York, [United States](/source/United_States) | height = {{height|ft=6|in=0}} | position = [Defender](/source/Defender_(association_football)) | youthyears1 = 1986–1989 | youthclubs1 = [Stanford](/source/Stanford_Cardinal) | years1 = 1989–1992 | years2 = 1993 | years3 = 1993 | years4 = 1994 | years5 = 1994 | years6 = 1995 | years7 = 1996–1997 | years8 = 1997–2001 | clubs1 = [San Francisco Bay Blackhawks](/source/San_Francisco_Bay_Blackhawks) | clubs2 = [San Jose Hawks](/source/San_Jose_Hawks){{cite news |author= |title=Shields, Wozniak star but Falcons drop pair |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/132765358/ |work=The Star News |location=Chula Vista |date=1993-06-16 |access-date=2021-08-24 }} | clubs3 = [Palo Alto Firebirds](/source/Palo_Alto_Firebirds) | clubs4 = → [Silicon Valley Firebirds](/source/Silicon_Valley_Firebirds) | clubs5 = [San Francisco Greek-Americans](/source/Greek-American_A.C.) | clubs6 = [Monterey Bay Jaguars](/source/Monterey_Bay_Jaguars) | clubs7 = [Los Angeles Galaxy](/source/Los_Angeles_Galaxy) | clubs8 = [MetroStars](/source/MetroStars) | caps1 = | caps2 = | caps3 = | caps4 = | caps5 = | caps6 = | caps7 = 40 | caps8 = 81 | goals1 = | goals2 = | goals3 = | goals4 = | goals5 = | goals6 = | goals7 = 0 | goals8 = 4 | manageryears1 = 1995 | managerclubs1 = [Monterey Bay Jaguars](/source/Monterey_Bay_Jaguars) | managerclubs2 = New York Athletic Club }} '''Mark Semioli''' (born March 20, 1968, in [Brooklyn](/source/Brooklyn%2C_New_York), New York) is a retired American [soccer](/source/soccer) [defender](/source/Defender_(association_football)) who played six seasons in [Major Soccer League](/source/Major_Soccer_League), four in [American Professional Soccer League](/source/American_Professional_Soccer_League) and three in [USISL](/source/USISL). He won the [1994 U.S. Open Cup](/source/1994_U.S._Open_Cup) with the San Francisco [Greek Americans](/source/Greek_Americans). ==College== Semioli attended [Stanford University](/source/Stanford_University), playing on the men's soccer team from 1986 to 1989. He was a 1987 Third Team All American.{{Cite web |url=http://www.nscaa.com/awards-detail.php?it=I&yr=1987 |title=1987 All Americans |access-date=2011-04-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110614233809/http://www.nscaa.com/awards-detail.php?it=I&yr=1987 |archive-date=2011-06-14 |url-status=dead }} ==Professional== In 1989, Semioli played as an amateur with the professional [San Francisco Bay Blackhawks](/source/San_Francisco_Bay_Blackhawks) of the [Western Soccer League](/source/Western_Soccer_League) during the collegiate off season. Following the completion of his collegiate eligibility in the fall of 1989, Semioli signed a professional contract with the Blackhawks. In 1990, the WSL merged with the [American Soccer League](/source/American_Soccer_League_(1988-1989)) to form the [American Professional Soccer League](/source/American_Professional_Soccer_League) (APSL). The Blackhawks won the 1991 APSL championship. Despite its success, the team lost money and in 1993 moved to the lower division [USISL](/source/USISL). Semioli moved to the [Palo Alto Firebirds](/source/Palo_Alto_Firebirds) of USISL that year. The Firebirds were sold and moved to [San Jose](/source/San_Jose%2C_California), California, becoming the Silicon Valley Firebirds for the 1994 USISL season. Semioli was the team captain and a first team All Star. He also spent part of the season with the San Francisco Greek-Americans, winning the [U.S. Open Cup](/source/U.S._Open_Cup) with them.{{Cite web|url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/inside_game/michael_lewis/news/1999/08/13/open_cup/|title=CNN/SI - Inside Game - Michael Lewis - CNN/SI's Michael Lewis: Upsets help U.S. Open Cup earn spotlight - Tuesday August 17, 1999 08:26 AM|date=September 15, 2000|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000915100814/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/inside_game/michael_lewis/news/1999/08/13/open_cup/ |archive-date=15 September 2000 }} In 1995, Semioli left the Firebirds and moved to the [Monterey Bay Jaguars](/source/Monterey_Bay_Jaguars). In addition to playing for the Jaguars, Semioli also coached the Jaguars for part of the season. He was named the USISL Western Division Defender of the Year as the Jaguars won the Western Division Conference. In February 1996, the [Los Angeles Galaxy](/source/Los_Angeles_Galaxy) picked Semioli in the fifth round (44th overall) in the [Inaugural MLS Draft](/source/1996_MLS_Inaugural_Player_Draft). He played twenty-eight games that season, then began the 1997 season in Los Angeles before being traded to the [MetroStars](/source/MetroStars) on June 17, 1997, in exchange for a second-round pick in the [1998 MLS Supplemental Draft](/source/1998_MLS_Supplemental_Draft). The Galaxy made this move to make room to sign [Paul Caligiuri](/source/Paul_Caligiuri). Semioli remained with the MetroStars until November 17, 2001, when the team waived him. He subsequently retired from playing professionally.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/17/sports/plus-soccer-metrostars-waive-walsh-and-semioli.html|title=PLUS: SOCCER; MetroStars Waive Walsh and Semioli|agency=Associated Press|work=The New York Times |date=November 17, 2001|via=NYTimes.com}} Semioli continues to play, and coach, in the [Cosmopolitan Soccer League](/source/Cosmopolitan_Soccer_League) with the New York Athletic Club.{{Cite web|url=http://www.firsttouchonline.com/cosmo/cosmo3_16_06.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071025173256/http://www.firsttouchonline.com/cosmo/cosmo3_16_06.html|url-status=dead|title=March 16, 2006 CSL Preview|archivedate=October 25, 2007}} Since his retirement, Semioli has been working as a middle school World Cultures/Religions and History teacher for 6th and 7th graders at Kent Place School in New Jersey and for high school students in Scarsdale, NY. He is the department chair of history in Kent Place School. He is also one of the lead teachers for the social committee at Kent Place.{{citation needed|date=December 2017}}He was inducted into the [Suffolk Sports Hall of Fame](/source/Suffolk_Sports_Hall_of_Fame) on [Long Island](/source/Long_Island) in the Soccer Category with the Class of 2017. ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== * [http://graphics.fansonly.com/photos/schools/stan/sports/m-soccer/auto_pdf/msoc-05-media-guide.pdf Stanford soccer media guide] * [http://metrofanatic.com/team/player.jsp?ID=49 MetroStars profile] {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Semioli, Mark}} Category:1968 births Category:Living people Category:American Professional Soccer League players Category:American soccer coaches Category:American men's soccer players Category:LA Galaxy players Category:Major League Soccer players Category:New York Red Bulls players Category:California Jaguars players Category:Palo Alto Firebirds players Category:San Francisco Bay Blackhawks players Category:Greek-American A.C. players Category:Silicon Valley Firebirds players Category:Stanford Cardinal men's soccer players Category:USISL coaches Category:USISL players Category:Western Soccer Alliance players Category:Men's association football defenders Category:20th-century American sportsmen --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Mark Semioli](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Semioli) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Semioli?action=history)). 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