Chance Myers

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Chance Myers
Personal information

Full name	Chance Russell Myers
Date of birth	(1987-12-07) December 7, 1987
Place of birth	Thousand Oaks, California, United States
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Playing position	Wing Back, Winger
Club information
Current club	Sporting Kansas City
Number	7
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–	Sporting Kansas City^[1]	115	(2)
National team^‡
2007	United States U18	3	(0)
2006–2008	United States U20	3	(0)
2008	United States U23	1	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of October 23, 2013. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ 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 soccer player who currently plays for Sporting Kansas City in Major League Soccer.

Career

College and amateur

Macoumba Kandji, a midfield-forward for the Houston Dynamo's defends against Chance Myers of the Sporting KC 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 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]

Honors

Sporting Kansas City

Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup: 2012
Major League Soccer MLS Cup Champion (1): 2013

References

↑ Team was known as Kansas City Wizards 2008-2010
↑ Wizards Take UCLA's Myers With Top Pick, ABC News, 2008-01-19, retrieved 2008-04-23
↑ Bowers, Dave (2008-04-23), There are no better MLS Fantasy brains to pick!, Fox Sports, retrieved 2008-04-23
↑ http://www.mlssoccer.com/news/article/generation-adidas-players-graduate-seasons-end Generation adidas players to graduate at season's end
↑ Sporting stomp New England 5-0, to round of 16

External links

MLS player profile

v t e United States squad – 2007 Pan American Games

1 Klasila 2 Berry 3 Alston 4 Eckhardt 5 Gonzalez 6 Warshaw 7 Stephens 8 McCarthy 9 Hall 10 Marošević 11 Barrera 12 Cruz 13 Folk 14 Myers 15 Kelly 16 Anibaba 17 Cyrus 18 Gross Coach: Jenkins

Sporting Kansas City – current squad

1 Kronberg
2 Palmer-Brown
3 Opara
4 Ellis
5 Besler
6 Nagamura
7 Myers
8 Zusi
9 Bunbury
10 Feilhaber
11 Zizzo
12 Lopez
13 Olum
14 Dwyer
15 Sinovic
16 Bieler
17 Sapong
18 Gabeljic
19 Joseph
20 Uri
21 Kempin
22 Saad
24 Jérôme
25 Duke
30 Gruenebaum
31 Gardner
37 Peterson
78 Collin

Head Coach & General Manager: Vermes
Assistant Coach: Zavagnin
Assistant Coach: Savic
Goalkeeper Coach: Pascarella

Persondata
Name	Myers, Chance
Alternative names
Short description	American soccer player
Date of birth	December 7, 1987
Place of birth	Thousand Oaks, California, United States
Date of death
Place of death

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