Dave MacWilliams 1979; 1979 (id)

Dave MacWilliams was born May 20th, 1957 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His college career goals totalled 67 with 48 assists in four years on the varsity squad at Philadelphia Textile. He played on the varsity squad of Franklin High School for three years. He was selected to All State and All American high school teams in both junior and senior years.

The Rowdies drafted Dave in the first round of the 1979 draft. He was no stranger to the Bay Area, he appeared first in Tampa Stadium, with the Philadelphia Textile Rams in the quarter finals of the NCAA and then in Orlando in the Senior Bowl, where he tallied an assist for the East squad. He was the Ram's second leading scorer in 1978, he drove home 22 goals and 16 assists. Was named second team All American.

Dave appeared in 5 indoor games during the 1979 season, but managed to apear in 7 outdoor games, scoring 1 goal.

In 1980, Dave signed for his home club, the Philadelphia Fury, he would go onto make 21 appearances and score 4 goals.

Dave was a prominent indoor soccer player, starring in the original Major Indoor Soccer League with the Philadelphia Fever, Baltimore Blast, and Chicago Sting. With the Fever, "Mac Attack" was the league's 14th leading scorer in the 1979-80 season, 10th best in 1980-81, and 12th for 1981-82. With the Blast, Dave was the 22nd best scoring in 1982-83 and 13th best for 1983-84. The Blast won the '83-'84 league championship with Dave as captain. He holds the Blast record for play-off games (47) played and play-off points scored (73).
Dave MacWilliams has been head coach of the Penn-Jersey Spirit, Baltimore Spirit, and Philadelphia Kixx. He was inducted into the Philadelphia Soccer Hall of Fame in 1998. He is in his seventh year as head coach of the Temple University men's soccer team. He is also Director of Soccer of the Montgomery United S.C. youth soccer club and head coach of the elite U-17 team of the Eastern Pennsylvania Youth Soccer Association.