Bret Myers
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 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) |
| Richmond Spiders | |||
| 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
[edit]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
[edit]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 to 2003.[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
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ The beautiful game discovers that algorithms can be beautiful, too washingtonpost.com
- ^ Down At Halftime In A Soccer Game? Use Your Subs fivethirtyeight.com
- ^ "Bret Myers soccer Statistics on StatsCrew.com". www.statscrew.com.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Staff, Times-Dispatch (11 January 2008). "Myers kicks up heels at Maccabi Games". Richmond Times-Dispatch.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Kristen Samuhel and Bret Myers Earn Academic All-Conference". University of Richmond Athletics. 29 December 2001.
- ^ "Spark Winter 2013 by Collegiate School - Issuu". issuu.com. 8 June 2013.
- ^ "Kickers Re-Sign Two, Release One/Fox, Myers Return, Munthali Released". OurSports Central. February 19, 2003.
- ^ "Bret Myers: From the Sidelines to MLS Data Analyst | Columbia University School of Professional Studies". sps.columbia.edu.
- ^ "BRIEFS - UNDER 15 WIZARDS WIN STATE CUP TITLE". Daily Press. 8 November 1994.
- ^ Atlantic 10 Conference Men's Soccer Record Book Through 2017 Season
- ^ a b "Spider Assistant Jill Murphy And Former Spider Bret Myers Tie The Knot". University of Richmond Athletics.
- ^ 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.[please check these dates]
- ^ "World Class Faculty | Villanova University". www1.villanova.edu.
- ^ "Find Your Seat, Expand Your Perspective". www1.villanova.edu.
- ^ https://www.qtsdatacenters.com/resources/episodes/9-2-20
External links
[edit]- Bret R. Myers, Ph.D., Michael Burns, Brian Q. Coughlin, Edward Bolte (September 17, 2021). "On the Development and Application of an Expected Goals Model for Lacrosse," The Sport Journal.
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