Bret Myers
Personal information
Date of birth (1980-04-01) April 1, 1980
Place of birth Richmond, Virginia, US
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Williamsburg Wizards
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
University of Richmond
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2003 Richmond Kickers[1] 7 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Bret Myers (born April 1, 1980) is an American former soccer player and current professor.[2][3] Myers played with the Williamsburg Wizards youth travel team, with the University of Richmond, and with the Richmond Kickers. He won a gold medal with Team USA at the 11th Pan American Maccabi Games in 2008. He is a professor at Villanova University, and an analytics consultant for Major League Soccer's Columbus Crew.

Early life and education

Myers, a native of Richmond, Virginia, is the son of Dr. Thomas and Carolyn Myers, and is Jewish.[4][5] Myers grew up attending the Beth Ahabah Temple, in Richmond.[4][5] He attended Collegiate School in Richmond ('02).[6][7]

He attended the University of Richmond (Robins School of Business, BS, Business Administration, Management and Operations '98).[4][5] Myers also attended the University of Virginia (MS, Systems Engineering, '06) and Drexel University's Bennett S. LeBow College of Business (PhD, Decision Sciences, '09).[8]

Soccer career

Myers played with the Williamsburg Wizards soccer travel club, coached by Al Albert, before enrolling in college.[4][5][9]

He played forward in soccer at the University of Richmond.[4][5] Myers was honored as a 2000 National Soccer Coaches Association of America scholar-athlete regional honoree, and was named Atlantic 10 Academic All-Conference.[5][10] As of 2006, he was 6th on the Spider men's soccer career assist list, with 21, as he also scored 15 goals.[11][5]

Myers played soccer for two seasons with the Richmond Kickers, from 2002-03.[4][5][12]

He won a gold medal with Team USA at the 11th Pan American Maccabi Games in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in 2008.[4][5]

Later life

Myers is a professor at Villanova University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he teaches business statistics.[4][5][13] He is also an analytics consultant for Major League Soccer's Columbus Crew.[14][15]

His wife Jill is a former field hockey player, and coach at the University of Richmond.[11][4][5]

References

  1. ↑ The beautiful game discovers that algorithms can be beautiful, too washingtonpost.com
  2. ↑ Down At Halftime In A Soccer Game? Use Your Subs fivethirtyeight.com
  3. ↑ "Bret Myers soccer Statistics on StatsCrew.com". www.statscrew.com.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Staff, Times-Dispatch (11 January 2008). "Myers kicks up heels at Maccabi Games". Richmond Times-Dispatch.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "Kristen Samuhel and Bret Myers Earn Academic All-Conference". University of Richmond Athletics. 29 December 2001.
  6. ↑ "Spark Winter 2013 by Collegiate School - Issuu". issuu.com. 8 June 2013.
  7. ↑ "Kickers Re-Sign Two, Release One/Fox, Myers Return, Munthali Released". OurSports Central. February 19, 2003.
  8. ↑ "Bret Myers: From the Sidelines to MLS Data Analyst | Columbia University School of Professional Studies". sps.columbia.edu.
  9. ↑ "BRIEFS - UNDER 15 WIZARDS WIN STATE CUP TITLE". Daily Press. 8 November 1994.
  10. ↑ https://static.atlantic10.com/custompages/pdfs/menssoccerrecords.pdf
  11. 1 2 "Spider Assistant Jill Murphy And Former Spider Bret Myers Tie The Knot". University of Richmond Athletics.
  12. ↑ Steven Goff (2021-11-28) [2018-03-01]. "The beautiful game discovers that algorithms can be beautiful, too". The Washington Post. Washington, D.C. ISSN 0190-8286. OCLC 1330888409.
  13. ↑ "World Class Faculty | Villanova University". www1.villanova.edu.
  14. ↑ "Find Your Seat, Expand Your Perspective". www1.villanova.edu.
  15. ↑ https://www.qtsdatacenters.com/resources/episodes/9-2-20


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