Steve Myers | |
Fullname: | Stephen Martin Myers |
Birth Date: | 6 July 1963 |
Birth Place: | Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States |
Position: | Goalkeeper |
Years1: | 1984 |
Clubs1: | Tulsa Roughnecks |
Caps1: | 1 |
Goals1: | 0 |
Years2: | 1986–1992 |
Clubs2: | Oklahoma City Warriors |
Stephen Martin Myers (born July 6, 1963) is a retired American soccer goalkeeper who played professionally in the North American Soccer League. In November 2009 he was sentenced to 24 years in prison for kidnapping and sexual assault of a child.
In 1984, Myers signed with the Tulsa Roughnecks of the North American Soccer League. He played his only game with the Roughnecks in a 1–0 loss to the Toronto Blizzard on May 12, 1984,[1] In 1985, a second Roughnecks briefly played an independent exhibition schedule with Myers in goal.[2] In 1986, Myers joined the semi-professional Oklahoma City Warriors of the Southwest Indoor Soccer League. He was the 1986–87 Southwest Indoor Soccer League Goalkeeper of the Year.[3] Myers continued to play for the Warriors through 1992.
He later coached girls youth soccer for the Littleton Soccer Club in Littleton, Colorado.[4] In October 2008 he was arrested, for statutory rape of a 13-year-old girl who was one of his students.[5] He pleaded guilty in August 2009.[6] In November 2009 he was sentenced to 24 years in prison in Jefferson County District Court for kidnapping and sexual assault of a child.[7]