Mark Forrest

{{about||the British radio presenter and newsreader|Mark Forrest (radio presenter)}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Mark Forrest

| image =

| fullname =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1996|12|3}}

| birth_place = London, England

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| position = Forward

| currentclub =

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| youthyears1 =

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| collegeyears1 = 2015–2018

| college1 = Lehigh Mountain Hawks

| collegecaps1 = 73

| collegegoals1 = 41

| years1 = 2017

| clubs1 = Lehigh Valley United

| caps1 = 7

| goals1 = 3

| years2 = 2018

| clubs2 = Reading United

| caps2 = 5

| goals2 = 0

| years3 = 2019–2020

| clubs3 = Pittsburgh Riverhounds

| caps3 = 18

| goals3 = 2

| club-update = 6 October 2020

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Mark Forrest (born 3 December 1996) is an English{{cite web|url=https://www.brotherlygame.com/2019/1/15/18182469/mark-forrest-lehigh-mens-soccer-mls-superdraft-chicago-fire|title=Mark Forrest drafted in fourth round of MLS SuperDraft by the Chicago Fire|first=Matthew|last=Ralph|date=15 January 2019|website=Brotherly Game}} professional footballer who plays as a forward.

Career

=College and amateur=

Forrest played four years of college soccer at Lehigh University between 2015 and 2018, making 73 appearances, scoring 41 goals and tallying 21 assists.{{cite web|url=https://lehighsports.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=13049|title=Mark Forrest - Men's Soccer|website=Lehigh University Athletics}}

Forrest also played with Premier Development League side Lehigh Valley United in 2017{{cite web|url=https://www.uslleaguetwo.com/roster_players/18319360|title=Lehigh Valley United - 2017 Regular Season - Roster - #9 - Mark Forrest -|website=www.uslleaguetwo.com}} and Reading United AC in 2018.{{cite web|url=https://www.uslleaguetwo.com/roster_players/24379204|title=Reading United AC - 2018 Regular Season - Roster - # - Mark Forrest - F|website=www.uslleaguetwo.com}}

=Professional=

On 14 January 2019, Forrest was selected 77th overall in the 2019 MLS SuperDraft by Chicago Fire.{{cite web | url=https://www.chicagofirefc.com/post/2019/01/14/chicago-fire-soccer-club-selects-three-players-final-rounds-2019-mls-superdraft | title=Chicago Fire Soccer Club Selects Three Players in Final Rounds of 2019 MLS SuperDraft | date=14 January 2019 | publisher=Chicago Fire FC | accessdate=4 January 2020}}

Forrest signed his first professional deal with USL Championship club Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC on 29 March 2019.{{cite web|url=https://www.riverhounds.com/news_article/show/1008050-hounds-sign-3-players-to-2019-roster|title=Hounds sign 3 players to 2019 roster|first=Riverhounds|last=Staff|date=29 March 2019|website=Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC - USL}}

Personal

Forrest was born in England, before his family moved to Douglassville, Pennsylvania when he was 5 years old.{{cite web|url=https://thebrownandwhite.com/2018/09/26/lehigh-mens-soccer-mark-forrest-class-award/|title=Soccer's Mark Forrest nominated for senior CLASS award|date=27 September 2018|publisher=}} He is a 2015 graduate of The Hill School{{Cite web|url=https://papreplive.com/2015/02/17/the-hill-schools-mark-forrest-lands-with-lehigh/|title = The Hill School's Mark Forrest lands with Lehigh|date = 17 February 2015}}