American soccer player
Chance Russell Myers (born December 7, 1987, in Thousand Oaks, California ) is an American former soccer player.
Career
College and amateur
Chance Myers pushes up the wing versus Houston on July 7th, 2012 at Livestrong Sporting Park 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
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
In 2019, Myers joined Nashville SC as the team's chief scout.[ 8]
Honors
Sporting Kansas City
References
^ 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 }}
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^ "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 .
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