Background
Wark grew up in Teaneck, New Jersey where he attended Teaneck High School, graduating in 1970.
Wark grew up in Teaneck, New Jersey where he attended Teaneck High School, graduating in 1970.
Wark attended Mitchell and then transferred to Hartwick where he played two seasons of soccer in 1972 and 1973. He earned second-team All American recognition in 1973 as Hartwick went to the National Collegiate Athletic Association quarterfinals. Inducted into the Hartwick Athletic Hall of Fame on September 30, 1995.
He earned one cap with the United States. national team in 1975. Wark left Hartwick after his sophomore season to sign with the Rochester Lancers of the North American Soccer League (NASL). He spent only one season in Rochester before being traded to the Tampa Bay Rowdies.
The Rowdies then traded him to the San Diego Jaws four games into the 1976 season.
In 1977, the Jaws moved to Las Vegas where they were renamed the Las Vegas Quicksilvers. After the 1977 season, the team was back in San Diego, now known as the San Diego Sockers.
He again began the season with one team only to be traded by the Sockers to the San Jose Earthquakes during the 1978 season. After only eight games in San Jose, and he was again traded, this time to the Chicago Sting.
He finished the 1978 NASL season in Chicago, then left the league.
In 1975, the NASL ran an indoor tournament. Wark scored seven goals in two games with the Tampa Bay Rowdies making him the tournament’s second leading scorer behind Paul Child. Wark was selected to the all tournament team
When Wark left the NASL following the 1978 season, he signed with the Cincinnati Kids of Major Indoor Soccer League for the inaugural MISL season.
He scored twenty-nine goals in twenty-two games. He began the 1980-1981 season with the Baltimore Blast but moved to the San Francisco Fog after two games.
Wark earned one cap with the United States. national team in a June 24, 1975 loss to Poland. He started the game, then came off in the 84th minute for Kevin Welsh.
