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{{Short description|American soccer player}}
{{For|the German musician|Mark Chung (musician)}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name           = Mark Chung
| fullname = Mark Chung
| image = MarkChung.jpg
| caption = Chung with the [[Colorado Rapids]] in 2007
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1970|6|18}}
| birth_place = [[Toronto]], Ontario, Canada
| height = {{height|ft=5|in=7}}
| position = [[Midfielder]]
| collegeyears1 = 1988–1992
| college1 = [[South Florida Bulls men's soccer|South Florida Bulls]]
| years1 = 1995
| years2 = 1996–1998
| years3 = 1999–2001
| years4 = 2002–2005
| years5 = 2005
| years6 = 2008
|  clubs1 = [[San Diego Sockers (1978–96)|San Diego Sockers]] ''(indoor)''
| clubs2 = [[Kansas City Wizards]]
| clubs3 = [[MetroStars]]
| clubs4 = [[Colorado Rapids]]
| clubs5 = [[San Jose Earthquakes]]
| clubs6 = Treasure Coast Galleons
| caps1 = 28
| caps2 = 101
| caps3 = 90
| caps4 = 93
| caps5 = 26
| caps6 = 1
| goals1 = 29
| goals2 = 21
| goals3 = 11
| goals4 = 27
| goals5 = 6
| goals6 = 0
| totalcaps  = 339
| totalgoals = 94
| nationalyears1 = 1992–1998
| nationalteam1  = [[United States men's national soccer team|United States]]
| nationalcaps1  = 24
| nationalgoals1 = 2
}}

'''Mark Chung''' (born June 18, 1970) is a former professional [[Association football|soccer]] player who played ten seasons in [[Major League Soccer]]. Born in Canada, he earned twenty-four [[cap (sports)|caps]], scoring two goals, with the [[United States men's national soccer team|US national team]].

==Youth==
Chung was born in Toronto to [[Hakka people|Hakka]] [[Chinese Jamaicans|Chinese Jamaican]] parents.  His family moved from Toronto to [[Pembroke Pines, Florida]], when Chung was twelve.  These moves created a choice for Chung when he received invitations to play from three national teams, the [[United States men's national soccer team|United States]], [[Canada men's national soccer team|Canada]] and [[Jamaica national football team|Jamaica]].  He ultimately elected to play for the US.<ref>{{cite news |last=Kluepfel |first=Brian |date=November 29, 2002 |title=Mark Chung: American Soccer's Coolest Man |url=http://www.asianweek.com/2002_11_29/sports_soccer.html |work=[[AsianWeek]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071016191733/http://www.asianweek.com/2002_11_29/sports_soccer.html |archive-date=October 16, 2007 |accessdate=March 20, 2021}}</ref> After graduating from [[Cooper City High School]], Chung attended the [[University of South Florida]] where he studied finance.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20140505234408/http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1992-01-15/news/9201030361_1_mark-chung-pine-crest-camp Mark Chung Turning Heads At Soccer Camp]</ref>  He also played on the men's soccer team from 1988 to 1992, finishing his collegiate soccer career with twenty-five assists. Chung is the cousin of the Jamaican international footballer [[Craig Ziadie]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/feb/27/which-defenders-have-scored-hat-tricks-from-open-play-football-the-knowledge|title=The Knowledge: Which defenders have scored hat-tricks from open play?|date=27 February 2019|website=The Guardian|accessdate=28 August 2019}}</ref>

==Professional==
In 1995, Chung played with the [[San Diego Sockers (1978–96)|San Diego Sockers]] of the [[Continental Indoor Soccer League]] (CISL).  He scored twenty-nine goals en route to being named the league's Rookie of the Year.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://homepages.sover.net/~spectrum/year/1995.html#CISL |title=The Year in American Soccer - 1995 |access-date=2013-02-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180926181854/http://homepages.sover.net/~spectrum/year/1995.html#CISL |archive-date=2018-09-26 |url-status=dead }}</ref>  Chung was drafted in the first round (sixth overall) by the [[Kansas City Wizards]] in the [[1996 MLS Inaugural Player Draft|MLS Inaugural Draft]],<ref>[https://archive.today/20130411092515/http://m.mlssoccer.com/superdraft/1996inaugural 1996 MLS Inaugural Draft]</ref> and finished 1996 with eight goals and nine assists.  Chung would be a mainstay at Kansas City for the next two years, was named to his first [[MLS Best XI]] in 1997, and would lead all of MLS in games played at the end of its first three seasons, with 97.  After 1998, Kansas City traded Chung to the [[MetroStars]], with [[Mike Ammann]] in exchange for [[Tony Meola]] and [[Alexi Lalas]].<ref>{{cite news |title=SOCCER; MetroStars Landed A Superman of Sorts (Published 1999) |work=The New York Times |date=29 May 1999 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170912162527/https://www.nytimes.com/1999/05/29/sports/soccer-metrostars-landed-a-superman-of-sorts.html |archive-date=2017-09-12 |url-status=live |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/05/29/sports/soccer-metrostars-landed-a-superman-of-sorts.html |last1=Yannis |first1=Alex }}</ref>  He would play with the MetroStars for the next three seasons, but was greatly underused by Metro coach [[Octavio Zambrano]]. Chung called the role he played with the Metros an "idiot left wing". He was traded again before the 2002 season, this time to the [[Colorado Rapids]] in exchange for a draft pick.  Chung was very successful with the Rapids, making [[MLS Best XI]]'s in both 2002 and 2003. However, with a coaching change to [[Fernando Clavijo]] in 2005, he became unhappy, and requested a trade. The wish was granted, as Chung was sent to San Jose for an [[allocation (MLS)|allocation]]. In ten years of MLS league play, he scored 61 goals and added 76 assists.

Chung retired after the Quakes moved to Houston after the 2006 season. Upon his retirement, he had played in 278 league matches.  In 2008, he played one game with the Treasure Coast Galleons of the Florida Elite Soccer League.

==National team==
Despite a significant amount of success in MLS, Chung never had a significant role in the [[United States men's national soccer team|US national team]].  Chung made his first appearance April 4, 1992 against his ancestral country, [[China national football team|China]], but in total made only 24 appearances, and scored only two goals.<ref>[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesu/usa-intres-det90.html USA - Details of International Matches 1990-1994] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120929063026/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesu/usa-intres-det90.html |date=2012-09-29 }}</ref><ref>[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesu/usa-intres-det95.html USA - Details of International Matches 1995-1999]</ref>  He was the first of two{{when|date=March 2018}} Chinese-American players to play for the US, the second being [[Brian Ching]].{{Citation needed|date=March 2018}}

==Honors==
'''Individual'''
*[[MLS All-Star Game|MLS All-Star]]: [[1997 MLS All-Star Game|1997]],<ref>[https://www.mlssoccer.com/news/all-star-game-flashback-1997-valderrama-named-mvp-again All-Star Game flashback, 1997] at MLSsoccer.com</ref> [[1999 Major League Soccer All-Star Game|1999]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=July 17, 1999 |title=1999 MLS All-Star Game |url=https://www.mlssoccer.com/news/1999-mls-all-star-game-373142 |work=MLSsoccer.com |access-date=July 27, 2023}}</ref> [[2000 MLS All-Star Game|2000]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=July 29, 2000 |title=2000 MLS All-Star Game |url=https://www.mlssoccer.com/news/2000-mls-all-star-game-373143 |work=MLSsoccer.com |access-date=July 28, 2023}}</ref>
*[[MLS Best XI]]: [[1997 Major League Soccer season|1997]], [[2002 Major League Soccer season|2002]], [[2003 Major League Soccer season|2003]]
*[[MLS Fair Play Award]]: [[1997 Major League Soccer season|1997]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{MLS player|mark-chung}}
* [http://www.metrofanatic.com/team/player.jsp?ID=70 MetroStars player profile]

{{1997 MLS Best XI}}
{{MLS Fair Play Award}}
{{2002 MLS Best XI}}
{{2003 MLS Best XI}}
{{United States Squad 1993 Copa América}}

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