Biography:Bret Myers
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | April 1, 1980 | ||
| Place of birth | Richmond, Virginia, US | ||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||
| Playing 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) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||
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
- ↑ 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". https://www.statscrew.com/minorsoccer/stats/p-myersbre001.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.8 Staff, Times-Dispatch (11 January 2008). "Myers kicks up heels at Maccabi Games". https://richmond.com/sports/myers-kicks-up-heels-at-maccabi-games/article_d83c1177-7f38-5995-8ea0-c57ea6586668.html.
- ↑ 5.00 5.01 5.02 5.03 5.04 5.05 5.06 5.07 5.08 5.09 5.10 "Kristen Samuhel and Bret Myers Earn Academic All-Conference". 29 December 2001. https://richmondspiders.com/news/2001/12/29/205204105.
- ↑ "Spark Winter 2013 by Collegiate School - Issuu". 8 June 2013. https://issuu.com/collegiateva/docs/sparks13final.
- ↑ "Kickers Re-Sign Two, Release One/Fox, Myers Return, Munthali Released". February 19, 2003. https://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/kickers-re-sign-two-release-one-fox-myers-return-munthali-released/n-1985936.
- ↑ "Bret Myers: From the Sidelines to MLS Data Analyst | Columbia University School of Professional Studies". https://sps.columbia.edu/news/bret-myers-sidelines-mls-data-analyst.
- ↑ "BRIEFS - UNDER 15 WIZARDS WIN STATE CUP TITLE". 8 November 1994. https://www.dailypress.com/news/dp-xpm-19941108-1994-11-08-9411080340-story.html.
- ↑ https://static.atlantic10.com/custompages/pdfs/menssoccerrecords.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 "Spider Assistant Jill Murphy And Former Spider Bret Myers Tie The Knot". https://richmondspiders.com/news/2006/6/14/205201687.
- ↑ Steven Goff (2021-11-28). "The beautiful game discovers that algorithms can be beautiful, too". The Washington Post (Washington, D.C.). ISSN 0190-8286. OCLC 1330888409. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/soccer-insider/wp/2018/03/01/the-beautiful-game-discovers-that-algorithms-can-be-beautiful-too/.[please check these dates]
- ↑ "World Class Faculty | Villanova University". https://www1.villanova.edu/university/business/academics/graduate-programs/msba/faculty.html.
- ↑ "Find Your Seat, Expand Your Perspective". https://www1.villanova.edu/vu/magazine/summer-2021/features/find-your-seat-expand-your-perspective.html.
- ↑ https://www.qtsdatacenters.com/resources/episodes/9-2-20
External links
- 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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