| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | John Michael Stollmeyer | ||
| Date of birth | (1962-10-25)October 25, 1962 (age 62) | ||
| Place of birth | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States | ||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder / Defender | ||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1982–1985 | Indiana University | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1986–1988 | Cleveland Force(indoor) | 101 | (29) |
| 1989–1990 | Arizona Condors | ||
| 1990 | Washington Stars | ||
| International career | |||
| 1986–1990 | United States | 31 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| Notre Dame(assistant) | |||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
John Michael Stollmeyer (born October 25, 1962, inPittsburgh) is an American formersoccer player. He played two seasons inMajor Indoor Soccer League and one each in both theAmerican Soccer League and theAmerican Professional Soccer League. He also earned thirty-onecaps with theU.S. national team from 1986 to 1990 and was a member of the U.S. team at the1990 FIFA World Cup.
Stollmeyer, a native ofPennsylvania, attendedThomas Jefferson High School in Annandale,Virginia. In 1981, he was the National Amateur Soccer Athlete of the Year. In December 1980, he was selected by theTampa Bay Rowdies in the first round of theNorth American Soccer League draft.[1] Instead of signing with the Rowdies he chose to attendIndiana University Bloomington from 1982 to 1986. While at Indiana, he was a member of the school'sNCAA Men's Soccer Championship teams of 1982 and 1983, as well as the 1984 second-place team. He was selected as a second-teamAll-American in 1982 and 1985 and a third-team All-American in 1984. In 1982, he was theNCAA Defender of the Year. In 1999, he was elected to the Indiana University Hall of Fame.[2]
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.
In 1985, Stollmeyer was drafted by theCleveland Force of theMajor 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.
When the Cleveland Force closed in 1988, he moved to theArizona Condors of the outdoorWestern Soccer League. 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 theWashington Stars, but that team also folded in 1990.
While in high school, he played on the U.S. team at the1981 FIFA World Youth Championship in Australia. Stollmayer also was on the U.S. team at the1983 Pan American Games.[3]During his time with the Force, Stollmeyer was a member of the1987 Pan American Games U.S. team. InIndianapolis, 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.1987 Summer Universiade soccer team inZagreb, Croatia.
The following year Stollmeyer played for the U.S. team at the1988 Summer Olympics inSeoul,South Korea. That team tiedArgentina andSouth Korea, then lost to theSoviet Union. Once again, Stollmeyer's team failed to exit group play.
Despite the professional disappointments, Stollmeyer still made the U.S. team for the1990 FIFA World Cup in Italy. However, in this last major international tournament of his career, Stollmeyer's team again failed to exit group play, losing toItaly,Czechoslovakia andAustria.
After he retired from playing professionally, Stollmeyer spent time as an assistant coach withNotre Dame.
Stollmeyer is a Vice President of investments for Raymond James inIndianapolis.[4]
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