Career
McDonald earned four caps for the Canada men"s national soccer team in 1973 and 1974. He also played for the Canadian Pan American Games soccer team in Mexico and McDonald also earned 3 caps with the Canada U-20 men"s national soccer team at the 1973 CONCACAF Under-20 Championship in Mexico. McDonald played one season in the North American Soccer League, 1973 with the Toronto Metros.
He also played three games for the Cleveland Force during the 1979-1980 Major Indoor Soccer League season.
McDonald played for Toronto Hungaria, Toronto Macedonia and London City Football Club of the Canadian National Soccer League. After retiring as a player, McDonald entered into coaching.
He became the Director of ing for the Maple Leaf Soccer Club in Scarborough, Ontario from 1985 to 1988. He then moved to the United States to become the Senior State for Indiana from 1988 to 1991.
In 1992 McDonald became the first Director of ing for the Center Grove Soccer Club in Greenwood, Indiana and held that position until 2008.
He also served as the Region 2 Senior Head of twelve states in the Midwest from 1992 to 1994. In 1993 he was the Assistant at the United States Olympic Sports Festival. That year, he also successfully coached the Indianapolis Inferno to the 1992 United States. Open Cup Semifinal.
He was the Director of ing for the Inferno from 1989 to 1994.
In 1994 McDonald was appointed the Head for the United States Olympic Sports Festival but club commitments kept him from the post. In 2003 as a guest of Sir Alex Ferguson, McDonald was brought in to observe and discuss the Manchester United training sessions for the First Team, Reserve and Youth squads at the Carrington Training Center.
In that same year, McDonald was also a guest of John Greig of the Glasgow Rangers to observe and discuss the training of their First Team, Reserve and Youth squads. The following year he also was a guest of the Glasgow Celtic for three weeks participating with the First Team, Reserve and Youth squads.
He also observed Hibernian and Motherwell of the Scottish Premier League and Southampton of the English Premier League the following year.
He was also hired by Terry Butcher from Motherwell as the North American scout. In 2008 McDonald became the current director of coaching at a youth club in Belleair/Seminole, Florida called Gulf Coast United Soccer Club (now called Celtic Football Club Florida).
