{{Short description|Northern Irish footballer (born 1957)}} {{Use British English|date=May 2024}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2024}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Vic Moreland | image = | full_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1957|6|15}} | birth_place = [[Belfast]], Northern Ireland | height = | position = [[Midfielder]], [[defender (association football)|defender]] | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = | years1 = 1973–1978 | clubs1 = [[Glentoran F.C.|Glentoran]] | caps1 = 159 | goals1 = 27 | years2 = 1978 | clubs2 = → [[Tulsa Roughnecks (1978–84)|Tulsa Roughnecks]] (loan) | caps2 = 28 | goals2 = 0 | years3 = 1978–1980 | clubs3 = [[Derby County F.C.|Derby County]] | caps3 = 42 | goals3 = 1 | years4 = 1980–1984 | clubs4 = [[Tulsa Roughnecks (1978–84)|Tulsa Roughnecks]] | caps4 = 136 | goals4 = 14 | years5 = 1980–1981 | clubs5 = [[Tulsa Roughnecks (1978–84)|Tulsa Roughnecks]] (indoor) | caps5 = 18 | goals5 = 7 | years6 = 1984–1985 | clubs6 = [[Chicago Sting]] (indoor) | caps6 = 38 | goals6 = 11 | years7 = 1985–1988 | clubs7 = [[Dallas Sidekicks (1984–2004)|Dallas Sidekicks]] (indoor) | caps7 = 144 | goals7 = 27 | years8 = 1988–1991 | clubs8 = [[Wichita Wings]] (indoor) | caps8 = 125 | goals8 = 20 | years9 = 1989–1991 | clubs9 = [[Fort Lauderdale Strikers (1988–94)|Fort Lauderdale Strikers]] | years10 = 1991–1992 | clubs10 = [[Tulsa Ambush]] (indoor) | years11 = 1994–1996 | clubs11 = [[Tulsa Roughnecks (1993–2000)|Tulsa Roughnecks]] | nationalyears1 = 1978 | nationalteam1 = Northern Ireland U21 | nationalcaps1 = 1 | nationalgoals1 = 0 | nationalyears2 = 1978–1979 | nationalteam2 = [[Northern Ireland national football team|Northern Ireland]] | nationalcaps2 = 6 | nationalgoals2 = 1 | manageryears1 = 1990–1991 | managerclubs1 = [[Fort Lauderdale Strikers (1988–94)|Fort Lauderdale Strikers]] (assistant) | manageryears2 = 1991–1992 | managerclubs2 = [[Tulsa Ambush]] | manageryears3 = 1995–1996 | managerclubs3 = [[Tulsa Roughnecks (1993–2000)|Tulsa Roughnecks]] }} '''Victor "Vic" Moreland''' (born 15 June 1957) is a retired professional footballer from Northern Ireland who began his career in Northern Ireland, spent two seasons in [[the Football League]] before moving to the United States. He then played six seasons in the [[North American Soccer League (1968–84)|North American Soccer League]], seven in the [[Major Soccer League|Major Indoor Soccer League]] as well as several seasons in several lower division indoor and outdoor leagues.
==Club career== Born in [[Belfast]], Moreland began his career as a [[midfielder]] with [[Glentoran F.C.|Glentoran]] in 1973. In 1978, Glentoran sent him on loan to the [[Tulsa Roughnecks (1978–84)|Tulsa Roughnecks]] of the [[North American Soccer League (1968–84)|North American Soccer League]].<ref name="tbcn140130">{{cite news |first=Jeff |last=Brucculeri |newspaper=[[Tulsa Beacon]] |title=Soccer great Victor Moreland liked what he discovered in Tulsa in 1978 |url=http://tulsabeacon.com/soccer-great-victor-mooreland-liked-what-he-discovered-in-tulsa-in-1978/ |date=30 January 2014 |access-date=3 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222140431/http://tulsabeacon.com/soccer-great-victor-mooreland-liked-what-he-discovered-in-tulsa-in-1978/ |archive-date=22 February 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref> He returned to Ireland and began the 1978–79 season with them before Glentoran sold him and [[Billy Caskey]] to [[Derby County F.C.|Derby County]] for £90,000 in September 1978. He played two seasons with Derby before the team sold his contract, along with Caskey's to the Tulsa Roughnecks for $100,000 in 1980.
The NASL ran an indoor season during the 1980–81 winter. Up to this time, Moreland had played as a defensive midfielder, but beginning with the 1981 NASL outdoor season, he moved permanently to the backline. In 1984, he was named to the All League Second Team.<ref>[http://national.soccerhall.org/history/NASL%20All-League%20Teams.htm NASL All Star Teams] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150811214750/http://national.soccerhall.org/history/NASL%20All-League%20Teams.htm |date=11 August 2015 }}</ref> In the fall of 1984, he moved to the [[Chicago Sting]] of the [[Major Soccer League|Major Indoor Soccer League]]. On 18 September 1985, the Sting sold his contract to the [[Dallas Sidekicks (1984–2004)|Dallas Sidekicks]]. On 15 June 1988, the Sidekicks released him to reduce the team's player salaries. He signed with the [[Wichita Wings]] on 1 July 1988.<ref name="tbcn140130"/>
In June 1989, he returned to outdoor soccer with the [[Fort Lauderdale Strikers (1988–94)|Fort Lauderdale Strikers]] of the [[American Soccer League (1988–89)|American Soccer League]].<ref>"STRIKERS SIGN MORELAND ON EVE OF 2-GAME TRIP" ''Miami Herald'' Saturday, 10 June 1989</ref> That year, the Strikers won the league title, then defeated the [[San Diego Nomads]] of the [[Western Soccer League]] for the first national outdoor championship since the demise of the NASL in 1984.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://goalseattle.com/more_wsa_press_releases.htm |title=Fort Lauderdale rallies to defeat San Diego Nomads |access-date=13 July 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080905220653/http://goalseattle.com/more_wsa_press_releases.htm |archive-date=5 September 2008 |url-status=dead}}</ref> On 18 June 1989, the [[Cleveland Crunch]] selected Moreland in the MISL expansion draft. However, he refused to sign with Cleveland and the Crunch allowed him to sign with the Wings in September 1989 in return for an undisclosed amount of cash and the Wing's first round selection in the 1990 MISL Draft.<ref>"MORELAND RETURNS TO WINGS' FOLD WICHITA GIVES UP CASH, '90 DRAFT PICK" '' Wichita Eagle, The (KS)'' Friday, 29 September 1989</ref> He remained with the Wings until the spring of 1991. In the summer of 1990 and 1991, he played for the Strikers, this time also adding duties as an assistant coach.
In August 1991, he was named as a player-coach with the [[Tulsa Ambush]] in the [[NPSL II|National Professional Soccer League]].<ref>"Former Roughneck Moreland to Be Player-Coach for Tulsa" '' Tulsa World'' Friday, 2 August 1991</ref> Moreland retired in 1992. He came out of retirement in November 1994, to play for the [[Tulsa Roughnecks (1993–2000)|Tulsa Roughnecks]] in the 1994–95 [[USISL]] indoor season.<ref>"Mooreland, Roughnecks Play Wichita" ''Tulsa World'' Saturday, 19 November 1994</ref> He continued to play for the Roughnecks during the 1995 USISL outdoor season, then became the head coach of the Roughnecks for the 1995–96 indoor season.<ref>"Moreland Will Coach Roughnecks" ''Tulsa World'' Wednesday, 27 September 1995</ref> He remained with the team until the start of the 1996 outdoor season, when he stepped down as coach. He continued to play sporadically for the Roughnecks into the 1997–98 indoor season, filling in whenever injuries caught the team shorthanded. He founded, and continues to run, the Tulsa Nationals Soccer Academy in 1995.<ref>[http://www.tulsaworld.com/site/printerfriendlystory.aspx?articleID=070403_9_ZS1_hForm45720 Former pro soccer player organizes children's program]</ref>
==International career== In March 1978, Moreland played one game with the Northern Ireland U-21 team. On 29 November 1978, he earned his first of six [[cap (sports)|caps]] with the [[Northern Ireland national football team|Northern Ireland national team]] against [[Bulgaria national football team|Bulgaria]]. He scored his only goal with the national team in a 5–1 loss to [[England national football team|England]] on 17 October 1979. His last international game came a month later when Northern Ireland defeated Ireland on 21 November 1979.
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[http://www.nasljerseys.com/Players/M/Moreland.Victor.htm NASL Stats] *[https://nifootball.blogspot.com/2007/09/vic-moreland.html Career overview] *[http://www.kicksfan.com/players/moreland/ Dallas Sidekicks player profile]
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