Scott Vermillion

{{Short description|American soccer player (1976–2020)}} {{Infobox football biography |name = Scott Vermillion |image = |birth_date = December 23, 1976 |death_date = December 25, 2020 (aged 44) |birth_place = [[Independence, Missouri|Independence]], [[Missouri]], U.S. |death_place = [[Olathe, Kansas|Olathe]], [[Kansas]], U.S. |height = |position = Defender |clubs1 = [[Kansas City Wizards]] |years1 = 1998 |clubs2 = [[Colorado Rapids]] |years2 = 1999–2001 |clubs3 = [[D.C. United]] |years3 = 2001 |youthclubs1 = Olathe Soccer Club |youthclubs2 = [[Olathe East High School]] |college1 = [[Virginia Cavaliers men's soccer|Virginia Cavaliers]] |collegeyears1 = 1995–1997 |nationalteam1 = [[United States men's national under-17 soccer team|United States U17]] |nationalyears1 = 1992–1993 |nationalteam2 = [[United States men's national under-20 soccer team|United States U20]] |nationalyears2 = 1996 |caps1 = 22 |goals1 = 1 |caps2 = 28 |goals2 = 2 |caps3 = 12 |goals3 = 0 }}

'''Scott Vermillion''' (December 23, 1976 – December 25, 2020) was an American professional [[soccer]] player from [[Olathe, Kansas]], who played for the [[Kansas City Wizards]] and [[Colorado Rapids]].<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.mlssoccer.com/players/scott-vermillion|title = Scott Vermillion|date = |accessdate = |website = |publisher = |last = |first = }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.coloradorapids.com/stats/season?year=2000&season_type=REG&group=goals&op=Search&form_build_id=form-VEyL7aXPRyTvaWDe_6J-7_qV4RI_0pmkx7wUpJ7Ue-g&form_id=mp7_stats_hub_build_filter_form|title = Statistics|date = |accessdate = January 4, 2016|website = |publisher = |last = |first = }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.kclegends.com/Default.aspx?tabid=843918|title = Scott Vermillion|date = |accessdate = January 3, 2016|website = KC Legends|publisher = |last = |first = }}</ref> He entered the league in 1998 as a member of [[Generation Adidas]], then known as Project 40. He was a Third Team All American in his junior year at the University of Virginia before joining Project 40.<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://www.socceramerica.com/publications/article/18217/mls-four-more-players-join-project-40.html|title = MLS: Four More players join Project 40 |date = |accessdate = |website = |publisher = |last = |first = }}</ref> In his final season at UVA the team finished as runner up to [[UCLA]] in the [[1997 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament]].

He died on December 25, 2020, at the age of 44 from acute alcohol and prescription drug poisoning.<ref>{{cite web |date=January 4, 2021 |title=Sporting offers condolences on passing of Scott Vermillion |url=https://www.sportingkc.com/post/2021/01/04/sporting-offers-condolences-passing-scott-vermillion |publisher=[[Sporting Kansas City]] |accessdate=March 15, 2021}}</ref> In 2022, [[Boston University]] examined his brain and found that he suffered from [[chronic traumatic encephalopathy]] (CTE). Vermillion was the first American soccer player to have been diagnosed with CTE posthumously.<ref>{{cite news |last=Keh |first=Andrew |date=June 28, 2022 |title=A Diagnosis Brings C.T.E. Into American Pro Soccer |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/28/sports/soccer/cte-soccer.html |work=[[The New York Times]] |accessdate=June 28, 2022}}</ref>

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