Steve David

Steve David (born 11 March 1951 in Point Fortin, Trinidad) is a Trinidadian former North American Soccer League and international football player.

Club career David began his professional career with Police in Trinidad and Tobago. In 1974, he signed with the Miami Toros in the North American Soccer League. That season, the Toros had reached the finals, losing the championship games to Los Angeles 4–3. David had a standout second season and was named the 1975 NASL MVP as the Toros reached the league cup play-off semi-final stage. After a poor 1976 season, scoring only one goal in thirteen games, the Toros traded him to the Los Angeles Aztecs. He had a rebound in form, scoring twenty-six goals in twenty-four games. However, he began expressing dissatisfaction with the Aztecs at the beginning of the 1978 season: after a 1–2 start, the Aztecs sent David to the Detroit Express in exchange for a 1979 first-round draft pick and cash on 22 April 1978.

Unhappy in Detroit, David played only eleven games with the Express before they sent him back to Southern California to play for the Anaheim-based California Surf. He finished the 1978 season, then played the entire 1979 season with the Surf before moving down the coast to begin the 1980 season with the San Diego Sockers -- until they sent him back up the coast, to the San Jose Earthquakes. (This made David the only player to appear for four California-based NASL teams.) He remained with the Earthquakes through the 1981 season after which he left the league, finishing his NASL career as the league's eighth all-time leading scorer with 228 points in 175 games. (He also notched an even 100 goals in the NASL, good enough for seventh place.) In the fall of 1981, David moved indoors and signed with the Phoenix Inferno of the Major Indoor Soccer League. He finished the 1981–82 season fourth in scoring with 81 points in 44 games and notched 81 points in 47 games in 1982-83, good enough for ninth place.

International career David scored 16 goals in World Cup qualifiers for T&T between 1972 and 1976. He was inducted into the Trinidad and Tobago Football Hall of Fame in 2008.

Career statistics

International goals Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition 1. 10 November 1972 King George V Park, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago 11–1 Win 1973 CONCACAF Championship qualification 2. 10 November 1972 King George V Park, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago 11–1 Win 1973 CONCACAF Championship qualification 3. 10 November 1972 King George V Park, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago 11–1 Win 1973 CONCACAF Championship qualification 4. 19 November 1972 Antigua Recreation Ground, St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda 1–2 Win 1973 CONCACAF Championship qualification 5. 30 November 1972 Skinner Park, San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago 1–1 Draw 1973 CONCACAF Championship qualification 6. 29 November 1973 Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-Prince, Haiti 2–1 Lost 1973 CONCACAF Championship 7. 4 December 1973 Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-Prince, Haiti 2–1 Lost 1973 CONCACAF Championship 8. 10 December 1973 Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-Prince, Haiti 1–0 Win 1973 CONCACAF Championship 9. 14 December 1973 Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-Prince, Haiti 4–0 Win 1973 CONCACAF Championship 10. 17 December 1973 Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-Prince, Haiti 4–0 Win 1973 CONCACAF Championship 11. 17 December 1973 Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-Prince, Haiti 4–0 Win 1973 CONCACAF Championship 12. 17 December 1973 Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-Prince, Haiti 4–0 Win 1973 CONCACAF Championship 13. 15 August 1976 Barbados National Stadium, Bridgetown, Barbados 2–1 Lost 1977 CONCACAF Championship qualification 14. 14 November 1976 National Stadion, Paramaribo, Suriname 1–1 Draw 1977 CONCACAF Championship qualification 15. 18 December 1976 Stade de Baduel, Cayenne, French Guiana 3–2 Lost 1977 CONCACAF Championship qualification 16. 18 December 1976 Stade de Baduel, Cayenne, French Guiana 3–2 Lost 1977 CONCACAF Championship qualificationCorrect as of 24 July 2011