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Bruce Wilson (born June 20, 1951 in Vancouver) was
a North American Soccer League|NASL and Canada
men's national soccer team|Canadian International
soccer player.  He played the second most games of
any player in the former league, 299 (276 regular
season and 23 playoff).  He also captained the
Canadian team at the Wc|1986 finals, the sole time
Canada has appeared.

Wilson was a 'stay-at-home' style of defender,
scoring just 7 goals in eleven NASL seasons.  He
played for the Vancouver Whitecaps from 1974 to
1977, the Chicago Sting in 1978 and 1979, the New
York Cosmos in 1980, and the Toronto Blizzard from
1981 to 1984.  He was a six-time all-star
selection, including three first-team selections
(Vancouver in '77, Chicago in '79, Toronto in '84)
  

Wilson earned 51 caps for Canada.  In 1998, he was
selected to a CONCACAF "team of the century", the
only Canadian to receive the honour.  Wilson also
represented Canada at the 1984 Los Angeles
Olympics at a time when lower-ranked countries
were allowed to field professional players.  The
Canadian team reached the quarter-final stage,
losing to a Brazil national football team|Brazil B
side.

Wilson became player-coach of the post-NASL
Blizzard from 1985 when they were known as the
Toronto Inex and to 1987 when as the Blizzard they
became one of the founding clubs of the Canadian
Soccer League.  Wilson has been head coach of the
University of Victoria men's soccer team since
1987.   
 

==External link==
*http://www.soccer.on.ca/OSN.nsf/c1bfa845a2dec3bf8
5256b0b005d4116/fd8406bb81c0024785256b0d006e6f21?O
penDocument The Ontario Soccer Association's
Soccer Hall of Fame's induction page
*http://www.soccerhall.org/famers/Bruce_Wilson.htm
National Soccer Hall of Fame (in America) with
summary of Wilson's NASL career and career
statistics
*http://web.uvic.ca/atrsweb/vikes/MensSoccer/Coach
/CoachMensSoccer.htm Profile of Coach Wilson at
UVic