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{{short description|American soccer player|bot=PearBOT 5}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name                = Chance Myers
| image               = Chance Myers cropped.jpg
| image_size          = 180
| fullname            = Chance Russell Myers
| birth_date          = {{birth date and age|1987|12|7}}
| birth_place         = [[Thousand Oaks, California]], United States
| height              = {{height|ft=6|in=0}}
| position            = [[Defender (association football)|Full Back]]
| currentclub         = 
| clubnumber          = 
| youthyears1         = 1998–2004
| youthclubs1         = Real So Cal
| youthyears2         = 2004–2006
| youthclubs2         = Pateadores
| youthyears3         = 2006–2007
| youthclubs3         = [[UCLA Bruins men's soccer|UCLA Bruins]]
| years1              = 2007
| clubs1              = [[Ventura County Fusion]]
| caps1               = 12
| goals1              = 0
| years2              = 2008–2016
| clubs2              = [[Sporting Kansas City]]<ref>Team was known as ''Kansas City Wizards'' 2008-2010</ref>
| caps2               = 147
| goals2              = 2
| years3              = 2016
| clubs3              = → [[Swope Park Rangers]] (loan)
| caps3               = 1
| goals3              = 0
| years4              = 2017
| clubs4              = [[Portland Timbers]]
| caps4               = 1
| goals4              = 0
| years5              = 2017
| clubs5              = → [[Portland Timbers 2]] (loan)
| caps5               = 2
| goals5              = 0
| totalcaps           = 163
| totalgoals          = 2
| nationalyears1      = 2007
| nationalteam1       = [[United States men's national under-18 soccer team|United States U18]]
| nationalcaps1       = 3
| nationalgoals1      = 0
| nationalyears2      = 2006–2008
| nationalteam2       = [[United States men's national under-20 soccer team|United States U20]]
| nationalcaps2       = 3
| nationalgoals2      = 0
| nationalyears3      = 2008
| nationalteam3       = [[United States men's national under-23 soccer team|United States U23]]
| nationalcaps3       = 1
| nationalgoals3      = 0
| medaltemplates      =
| club-update         = October 25, 2017
| nationalteam-update = October 26, 2012
}}

'''Chance Russell Myers''' (born December 7, 1987, in [[Thousand Oaks, California]]) is an American former [[association football|soccer]] player.

==Career==

===College and amateur===
[[File:MacoumbaKandji vs ChanceMyers 07JUL2012.jpg|thumb|left|150px|Chance Myers pushes up the wing versus Houston on July 7th, 2012 at Livestrong Sporting Park]]Myers attended [[Thousand Oaks High School]], and played [[College soccer in the United States|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.<ref>{{cite news|title=Wizards take UCLA's Myers with top pick in MLS draft - USATODAY.com|url=https://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/soccer/mls/2008-01-18-draft_N.htm|work=USA Today|agency=Associated Press}}</ref><ref>{{Citation |last=Bowers |first=Dave |title=There are no better MLS Fantasy brains to pick! |url=http://msn.foxsports.com/soccer/story/8063694/There-are-no-better-MLS-Fantasy-brains-to-pick! |work=[[Fox Sports (USA)|Fox Sports]] |date=2008-04-23 |access-date=2008-04-23 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080505024723/http://msn.foxsports.com/soccer/story/8063694/There-are-no-better-MLS-Fantasy-brains-to-pick%21 |archive-date=May 5, 2008 }}</ref> 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 and 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.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Borg|first1=Simon|title=Generation adidas players to graduate at season's end {{!}} Major League Soccer|url=http://www.mlssoccer.com/news/article/generation-adidas-players-graduate-seasons-end|website=MLSsoccer.com|url-status=bot: unknown|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101121171700/http://www.mlssoccer.com/news/article/generation-adidas-players-graduate-seasons-end|archive-date=21 November 2010|date=2010-11-18}}</ref> 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]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mlssoccer.com/news/article/2011/05/25/usoc-sporting-stomp-new-england-5-0-round-16|title=USOC: Sporting stomp New England 5-0, to round of 16|date=25 May 2011}}</ref>

After his release from Kansas City at the end of 2016 season, Myers signed with [[Portland Timbers]] as a free agent on January 23, 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.timbers.com/news/portland-timbers-sign-free-agent-defender-chance-myers|title=Portland Timbers sign free-agent defender Chance Myers|date=23 January 2017}}</ref>

Myers was waived by the Timbers on February 28, 2018.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.timbers.com/news/timbers-waive-defender-chance-myers | title=Timbers waive defender Chance Myers| date=March 2018}}</ref>

==Post-retirement==

In 2019, Myers joined [[Nashville SC]] as the team's chief scout.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Boehm |first1=Charles |title=Nashville add assistant GM, add Chance Myers as chief scout |url=https://www.mlssoccer.com/post/2019/02/12/nashville-add-assistant-gm-add-chance-myers-chief-scout |website=mlssoccer.com |access-date=22 July 2020 |date=12 February 2019}}</ref>

==Honors==

===Sporting Kansas City===
* '''[[Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup]]:''' [[2012 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup|2012]]
*'''[[Major League Soccer]] MLS Cup Champion (1):''' [[MLS Cup 2013|2013]]

==References==
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==External links==
* {{MLS player|chance-myers}}

{{MLS Draft Number One Picks}}
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{{2008 MLS SuperDraft}}

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[[Category:UCLA Bruins men's soccer players]]
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[[Category:Sportspeople from Thousand Oaks, California]]
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[[Category:Footballers at the 2007 Pan American Games]]
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