# Mike Heald

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{{short description|American soccer player}}
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| youthclubs1    = [University of Tampa](/source/University_of_Tampa)
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'''Mike Heald''' is an American retired [soccer](/source/soccer) [midfielder](/source/midfielder) who spent most of his career with professional teams in Florida.

==Youth==
In 1990, Heald graduated from [Bloomingdale High School](/source/Bloomingdale_High_School) where he was named All-State in each of his 3 years in high school.  In 1990, Heald was named by Gatorade as the Player of the Year in Florida.   He was also honored as the 1990 Jose A. Alvarez Hillsborough County Outstanding High School Soccer Player of the Year.<ref>[http://www.alvarezcpa.com/alvarez-hs-soccer-award/ Jose A. Alvarez Hillsborough County Outstanding High School Soccer Player of the Year] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100628051946/http://www.alvarezcpa.com/alvarez-hs-soccer-award/ |date=2010-06-28 }}</ref>

He attended the [University of Tampa](/source/University_of_Tampa) where he played on the men's soccer team from 1990 to 1993.  While at UT, Heald was named to the U-20 National Soccer team in 1991.   He also was selected to attend the U.S. Olympic Festival for the South Region in 1991.  In 1992, University of Tampa were the NCAA National Runners-up.

==Professional==
In 1994, Heald played for the [New Orleans Riverboat Gamblers](/source/New_Orleans_Riverboat_Gamblers) of the [USISL](/source/USISL).  In both 1993 and 1994, Heald played for the U.S. men's national 'B' team.<ref>''2 GAMBLERS PICKED FOR NATIONAL B TEAM'' Times-Picayune, The (New Orleans, LA) - Thursday, July 28, 1994</ref>  In the fall of 1994, Heald joined the [Brandon Braves](/source/Brandon_Braves) for the USISL indoor season.<ref>''Players find indoor league has fast pace'' The Tampa Tribune - Friday, February 10, 1995</ref>  He would return for the 1995-1996 indoor season as well.  In May 1995, he signed with the [Tampa Bay Cyclones](/source/Tampa_Bay_Cyclones).<ref>''Cyclones' roster full of Bay area standouts'' The Tampa Tribune - Wednesday, May 10, 1995</ref>  He played for them both in 1995 and in 1996.  On February 2, 1997, the [Tampa Bay Mutiny](/source/Tampa_Bay_Mutiny) selected Heald in the third round (twenty-seventh overall) of the [1997 MLS Supplemental Draft](/source/1997_MLS_Supplemental_Draft).<ref>''Mutiny select pair of Cyclones in supplemental draft'' The Tampa Tribune - Monday, February 3, 1997</ref>

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Category:A-League (1995–2004) players
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Category:Men's association football midfielders
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