Chance Russell Myers (born December 7, 1987, in Thousand Oaks, California) is an American former soccer player.
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Chance Russell Myers | ||
| Date of birth | December 7, 1987 | ||
| Place of birth | Thousand Oaks, California, United States | ||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||
| Position(s) | Full Back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1998–2004 | Real So Cal | ||
| 2004–2006 | Pateadores | ||
| 2006–2007 | UCLA Bruins | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2007 | Ventura County Fusion | 12 | (0) |
| 2008–2016 | Sporting Kansas City[1] | 147 | (2) |
| 2016 | → Swope Park Rangers (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| 2017 | Portland Timbers | 1 | (0) |
| 2017 | → Portland Timbers 2 (loan) | 2 | (0) |
| Total | 163 | (2) | |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2007 | United States U18 | 3 | (0) |
| 2006–2008 | United States U20 | 3 | (0) |
| 2008 | United States U23 | 1 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of October 25, 2017 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of October 26, 2012 | |||
Career
editCollege and amateur
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Myers attended Thousand Oaks High School, and played college soccer at UCLA from 2006 to 2007. Over two years he started in 26 of his 42 appearances and managed 4 goals and 4 assists. During his college years he also played in the USL Premier Development League with Ventura County Fusion.
Professional
editLeaving school early, Myers was drafted with the first overall pick of the 2008 MLS SuperDraft by Kansas City Wizards and signed for $130,000.[2][3] He made his MLS debut on April 9, 2008, against the New England Revolution, but struggled to maintain a consistent place in the starting lineup due to a series of injuries and a new diagnosis of asthma.
It was announced on November 18, 2010, that Myers would graduate from the MLS Generation Adidas program at the end of the 2010 season.[4] He scored his first two professional goals on May 25, 2011, in a 5–0 win over New England Revolution in the 2011 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup.[5]
After his release from Kansas City at the end of 2016 season, Myers signed with Portland Timbers as a free agent on January 23, 2017.[6]
Myers was waived by the Timbers on February 28, 2018.[7]
Post-retirement
editIn 2019, Myers joined Nashville SC as the team's chief scout.[8]
Honors
editSporting Kansas City
edit- Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup: 2012
- Major League Soccer MLS Cup Champion (1): 2013
References
edit- ^ Team was known as Kansas City Wizards 2008-2010
- ^ "Wizards take UCLA's Myers with top pick in MLS draft - USATODAY.com". USA Today. Associated Press.
- ^ Bowers, Dave (2008-04-23), "There are no better MLS Fantasy brains to pick!", Fox Sports, archived from the original on May 5, 2008, retrieved 2008-04-23
- ^ Borg, Simon (2010-11-18). "Generation adidas players to graduate at season's end | Major League Soccer". MLSsoccer.com. Archived from the original on 21 November 2010.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "USOC: Sporting stomp New England 5-0, to round of 16". 25 May 2011.
- ^ "Portland Timbers sign free-agent defender Chance Myers". 23 January 2017.
- ^ "Timbers waive defender Chance Myers". March 2018.
- ^ Boehm, Charles (12 February 2019). "Nashville add assistant GM, add Chance Myers as chief scout". mlssoccer.com. Retrieved 22 July 2020.