John Michael Stollmeyer (born October 25, 1962 in

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) is an American retired

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player. He played two seasons in Major Indoor Soccer League and one each in both the American Soccer League and the

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. He also earned thirty-one

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s with the U.S. national team from 1986 to 1990 and was a member of the U.S. team at the

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High school and college

Stollmeyer, a native of

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, attended Thomas Jefferson High School in Annandale,

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. In 1981, he was the National Amateur Soccer Athlete of the Year. In December 1980, he was selected by the

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in the first round of the

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draft. Instead of signing with the Rowdies he chose to attend

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from 1982 to 1986. While at Indiana, he was a member of the school's

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teams of 1982 and 1983, as well as the 1984 second-place team. He was selected as a second-team

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n in 1982 and 1985 and a third-team All-American in 1984. In 1982, he was the

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Defender of the Year. In 1999, he was elected to the Indiana University Hall of Fame.

U.S. Olympic Sports Festival

In the early 1980s, the U.S. Olympic organization initiated the Olympic Sports Festival as a means of identifying and training prospective Olympians. In soccer, the organization divided prominent amateur players into four teams, north, south, east and west. Stollmeyer was a member of the East Regional Team for the 1982, 1983 and 1985 Olympic Sports Festivals.

Cleveland Force

In 1985, Stollmeyer was drafted by the Cleveland Force of the Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL). He was the MISL rookie of the year in 1986-1987. Stollmeyer's second season with the team, 1987–1988, was his last as the team folded at the end of the season.

WSL/APSL

When the Cleveland Force closed in 1988, he moved to the

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of the outdoor

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. Stollmeyer played with the Condors for one season in 1990. Once again, Stollmeyer was left without a team when the Condors folded at the end of the 1990 season. He was briefly associated with the

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, but that team also folded in 1990.

National teams

While in high school, he played on the U.S. team at the 1981 FIFA World Youth Championship in Australia. Stollmayer also was on the U.S. team at the

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. During his time with the Force, Stollmeyer was a member of the

1987 Pan American Games The 1987 Pan American Games, officially known as the X Pan American Games, was a major international multi-sport event held in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States, on August 7–23, 1987. Over 4,300 athletes from 38 countries in the America ...

U.S. team. In

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, the U.S. defeated Trinidad and Tobago 3-0, tied El Salvador 0-0, but lost to Argentina 0-2. The 1-1-1 record gave the U.S. 2nd place in its pool, but not enough to advance out of group play. That year he was also a member of the U.S.

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soccer team in

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, Croatia. The following year Stollmeyer played for the U.S. team at the

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. That team tied

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and

, then lost to the

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. Once again, Stollmeyer's team failed to exit group play. Despite the professional disappointments, Stollmeyer still made the U.S. team for the

in Italy. However, in this last major international tournament of his career, Stollmeyer's team again failed to exit group play, losing to

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and

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Coaching

After he retired from playing professionally, Stollmeyer spent time as an assistant coach with Notre Dame.

Post-soccer career

Stollmeyer is a Vice President of investments for Raymond James in

References

External links

SoccerAmerica article
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