William Thompson (born May 5, 1968) is a retired U.S. soccer player who is currently the club director for Los Gatos United.
He earned one cap with the U.S. national team and played three seasons in Major League Soccer with the Columbus Crew.
[1] Thompson, born in Cupertino, California, attended UCLA where he played as a forward on the men's soccer team from 1986 to 1990.
While playing with UCLA, Thompson spent the 1988 and 1989 collegiate offseason with the Los Angeles Heat of the Western Soccer Alliance.
As a Member of the US Men's national team, Thompson played in the 1991 President's Cup in Seoul Korea where he was named the league's Offensive MVP.
The Columbus Crew selected Thompson in the third round (21st overall) ahead of fellow Bruins Eddie Lewis, Frankie Hejduk, and Ante Razov.
In 2008 Worthington United partnered with the Columbus Crew where Thompson became the Director of Coaching and Player Development, and Academy Director for the Crew Soccer Academy of the newly formed Major League Soccer Youth Development Initiative.