1. Mark Chung's family moved from Toronto to Pembroke Pines, Florida, when Chung was twelve.
14 Facts About Mark Chung
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Mark Chung played on the men's soccer team from 1988 to 1992, finishing his collegiate soccer career with twenty-five assists.
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Mark Chung is the cousin of the Jamaican international footballer Craig Ziadie.
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In 1995, Mark Chung played with the San Diego Sockers of the Continental Indoor Soccer League.
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Mark Chung scored twenty-nine goals en route to being named the league's Rookie of the Year.
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Mark Chung was drafted in the first round by the Kansas City Wizards in the MLS Inaugural Draft, and finished 1996 with eight goals and nine assists.
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Mark 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.
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Mark Chung called the role he played with the Metros an "idiot left wing".
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Mark Chung was traded again before the 2002 season, this time to the Colorado Rapids in exchange for a draft pick.
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Mark Chung was very successful with the Rapids, making MLS Best XI's in both 2002 and 2003.
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The wish was granted, as Mark Chung was sent to San Jose for an allocation.
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Mark Chung retired after the Quakes moved to Houston after the 2006 season.
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Mark Chung made his first appearance April 4,1992 against his ancestral country, China, but in total made only 24 appearances, and scored only two goals.
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Mark Chung was the first of two Chinese-American players to play for the US, the second being Brian Ching.