Chance Myers
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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 | |||
Chance Russell Myers (born December 7, 1987, in Thousand Oaks, California) is an American former soccer player.
Career
[edit]College and amateur
[edit]
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
[edit]Leaving 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
[edit]In 2019, Myers joined Nashville SC as the team's chief scout.[8]
Honors
[edit]Sporting 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.
External links
[edit]- 1987 births
- Living people
- American men's soccer players
- UCLA Bruins men's soccer players
- Ventura County Fusion players
- Sporting Kansas City players
- Sporting Kansas City II players
- Sportspeople from Thousand Oaks, California
- Soccer players from Ventura County, California
- Portland Timbers players
- Portland Timbers 2 players
- Footballers at the 2007 Pan American Games
- Sporting Kansas City draft picks
- USL League Two players
- First overall MLS draft picks
- Major League Soccer players
- USL Championship players
- United States men's youth international soccer players
- United States men's under-20 international soccer players
- United States men's under-23 international soccer players
- Men's association football defenders
- Pan American Games competitors for the United States
- Thousand Oaks High School alumni