andrew andy chapman born 18 september 1959 in london england is a retired englishamerican soccer player who saw his greatest success as an indoor player in the united states he spent six seasons in the american soccer league ten in the major indoor soccer league four in the national professional soccer league and two in the continental indoor soccer leagueandy chapman was born in london england on 18 september 1959 an arsenal fc signee at age 16 he turned pro the following year chapman went to the united states in the summer of 1978 to play outdoors for the california sunshine of the american soccer league for two seasons in 1980 he moved to the cleveland cobras spending two seasons with them in 1982 he moved to the detroit express the express won the championship in 1982 as chapman led the league with 23 goals his last outdoor season came in 1983 with the express the league collapsed at the end of the season and chapman dedicated himself to indoor soccer he had already established himself as an indoor player signing in 1979 with the wichita wings of the major indoor soccer league misl in 1984 he was a first team all star as a forward he began the 19841985 season in wichita but on 1 march 1985 the cleveland force purchased chapmans contract he finished the season in cleveland then played the 19851986 season with the force before being released on 10 may 1986 as part a salary reduction effort he then moved to the baltimore blast before moving to the wings for at least the 19881989 season chapman known as one of the best natural goalscorers to ever play the indoor game was a fan favourite in every city he finished with 307 misl goals a tally which ranks 8th all time his best season was 198384 when he finished second in goal scoring seventh in league overall scoring and was named to the leagues allmisl teamin 1990 chapman became a playercoach of the national professional soccer leagues detroit rockers he led the league in scoring during the 19901991 season with 77 goals and 37 assists in 40 games he was selected as both the npsl mvp and a first team all star that season in 1992 the rockers won the npsl championship in 1994 the detroit neon of the continental indoor soccer league hired chapman away from the rockers in 2000 he came out of retirement to play for the detroit rockers in their last three games of the season making him one of only two players goalkeeper victor nogueira to play in four different decadesinvolved in youth coaching since 1978 chapman started the birmingham united football club in 1997 a youth soccer club in birmingham michigan the club currently has 50 teams both boys and girls from u9 to u18 there is also a kickstart program for children from 68 years old and a little league rec program that has 500 boys and girls from ages 39