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.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Stephen Martin Myers | ||
| Date of birth | July 6, 1963 | ||
| Place of birth | Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1984 | Tulsa Roughnecks | 1 | (0) |
| 1986–1992 | Oklahoma City Warriors | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Biography
editIn 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.[4][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.[4][7]
External links
editReferences
edit- ^ "Blizzard Cools Roughnecks". NewsOK.com. 1984-05-20. Retrieved 2018-03-19.
- ^ "Lakeland Ledger - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com. Retrieved 2018-03-19.
- ^ "The Year in American Soccer - 1987". homepages.sover.net. Retrieved 2018-03-19.
- ^ a b c "Littleton coach gets 24-year prison term for sex with girl". The Denver Post. 2009-11-06. Retrieved 2018-03-19.
- ^ "Littleton soccer coach faces child sex-assault charge". The Denver Post. 2008-10-27. Retrieved 2018-03-19.
- ^ "Coach admits assault on teen, police say". The Denver Post. 2008-10-28. Retrieved 2018-03-19.
- ^ Littleton Soccer Coach Sentenced For Sex Assault | HuffPost