Club career Parsons played youth football in England with
Huddersfield Town and
Ipswich Town, but he never made a senior league appearance for either team. Parsons returned to Canada to play with the
Vancouver Spartans and
Vancouver Eintracht, winning the
Challenge Cup with Eintracht in 1971. He also played with Vancouver Italia (
Columbus FC) in 1972–1974. He spent one year (1975) studying and playing at
Simon Fraser University, netting 21 goals. Parsons later played in the
North American Soccer League for the
Vancouver Whitecaps between 1976 and 1982, scoring 17 goals in 106 appearances. Parsons started at right back in the 1979 NASL championship game that the Whitecaps won 2–1. Parsons also played indoor soccer during this period for the
Los Angeles Aztecs and the Whitecaps.
International career Between 1972 and 1980, Parsons represented
Canada on 22 occasions, scoring 6 goals in the process. He also represented Canada at the
1971 Pan American Games.
International goals :''Scores and results list Canada's goal tally first.''
Coaching career Parsons was manager of the
Vancouver 86ers and then the
Victoria Vistas of the
Canadian Soccer League. ==Personal life==