{{short description|American soccer player}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2019}} {{Infobox football biography | name = David Meves | image = | fullname = David Meves | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1990|7|20|df=y}} | birth_place = Arlington Heights, Illinois, United States | height = {{height|ft=6|in=1}} | currentclub = | clubnumber = | position = Goalkeeper | collegeyears1 = 2009–2012 | college1 = Akron Zips | years1 = 2010–2012 | clubs1 = Chicago Fire Premier | caps1 = 24 | goals1 = 0 | years2 = 2013 | clubs2 = Portland Timbers U23s | caps2 = 13 | goals2 = 0 | years3 = 2014 | clubs3 = Des Moines Menace | caps3 = 6 | goals3 = 0 | years4 = 2014–2015 | clubs4 = Fort Lauderdale Strikers | caps4 = 5 | goals4 = 0 | years5 = 2016 | clubs5 = Puerto Rico FC | caps5 = 10 | goals5 = 0 | nationalyears1 = | nationalteam1 = | nationalcaps1 = | nationalgoals1 = | club-update = November 22, 2016 | ntupdate = }} '''David Meves''' (born July 20, 1990) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a goalkeeper, most recently for Puerto Rico FC of the North American Soccer League.
==Career==
===College and Youth=== Meves played four years of college soccer at the University of Akron between 2009 and 2012.<ref>http://www.gozips.com/sports/msoc/2012-13/bios/meves_david_wdaw|title= {{dead link|date=November 2017}}</ref>
While at college, Meves also appeared for USL PDL club Chicago Fire Premier from 2010 to 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://soccerstats.us/bios/david-meves/|title=David Meves|accessdate=November 18, 2017}}</ref>{{Better source needed|date=November 2017}}
===Professional=== On January 22, 2013, Meves was selected 3rd overall in the 2013 MLS Supplemental Draft by Portland Timbers.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.gozips.com/sports/msoc/2012-13/releases/20130122btcfq9 |title=David Meves Taken by Portland Timbers in MLS Supplemental Draft: Akron Athletics - GoZips.com |access-date=August 16, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140819084940/http://www.gozips.com/sports/msoc/2012-13/releases/20130122btcfq9 |archive-date=August 19, 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Meves wasn't signed by Portland and spent time with Portland Timbers U23s in 2013.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.uslsoccer.com/teams/2013/13598694.html#STATS |title=United Soccer Leagues (USL) |access-date=August 16, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141107075030/http://www.uslsoccer.com/teams/2013/13598694.html#STATS |archive-date=November 7, 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
Meves played with USL PDL club Des Moines Menace in 2014,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.uslsoccer.com/teams/2014/22322.html#STATS |title=United Soccer Leagues (USL) |access-date=August 16, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140819090131/http://www.uslsoccer.com/teams/2014/22322.html#STATS |archive-date=August 19, 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> before signing with North American Soccer League club Fort Lauderdale Strikers on July 10, 2014.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.strikers.com/news/detail/uuid/vhv8smrgmgo21pc86rtn2crxo/strikers-sign-goalkeeper-david-meves#.U-9XlfldV8E |title=Fort Lauderdale Strikers NASL: Strikers sign Goalkeeper David Meves |access-date=August 16, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140819092933/http://www.strikers.com/news/detail/uuid/vhv8smrgmgo21pc86rtn2crxo/strikers-sign-goalkeeper-david-meves#.U-9XlfldV8E |archive-date=August 19, 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Meves earned the starting job for the Strikers in 2015 before being sidelined by a broken jaw.
Meves joined NASL expansion team Puerto Rico FC on March 10, 2016.
Meves was released by Puerto Rico at the end of their 2016 season.<ref>{{cite web|title=PRFC ANNOUNCES CHANGES TO ROSTER HEADING INTO THE OFFSEASON|url=http://www.puertoricofc.com/news/2016/11/21/prfc-announces-changes-to-roster-heading-into-the-offseason|website=puertoricofc.com|publisher=Puerto Rico FC|accessdate=November 22, 2016|date=November 21, 2016}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
== External links == * [https://web.archive.org/web/20140819084632/http://www.strikers.com/team/roster/player/uuid/1jyliab7dhfvj1wuawej2mkax1/david-meves Fort Lauderdale Strikers Profile].
{{DEFAULTSORT:Meves, David}} Category:1990 births Category:Living people Category:American men's soccer players Category:Akron Zips men's soccer players Category:Men's association football goalkeepers Category:Chicago Fire U-23 players Category:Des Moines Menace players Category:Fort Lauderdale Strikers players Category:North American Soccer League (2011–2017) players Category:Sportspeople from Arlington Heights, Illinois Category:Soccer players from Cook County, Illinois Category:Portland Timbers draft picks Category:Capital FC players Category:Puerto Rico FC players Category:USL League Two players Category:21st-century American sportsmen