{{short description|American soccer player}} {{Use mdy dates|date=October 2023}} {{Use American English|date=October 2023}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Steve Moyers | fullname = Steven Carl Moyers | image = President Ronald Reagan at a soccer demonstration with Pele and Steve Moyers in the Rose Garden (cropped).jpg | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1956|9|23}} | birth_place = [[St. Louis, Missouri]], United States | height = | position = [[Striker (association football)|Forward]] | collegeyears1 = 1976 | college1 = [[UMSL Tritons]] | years1 = 1977 | years2 = 1978–1981 | years3 = 1982–1984 | years4 = 1985 | years5 = 1985–1986 | years6 = 1985–1986 | clubs1 = [[St. Louis Stars (soccer)|St. Louis Stars]] | clubs2 = [[California Surf]] | clubs3 = [[New York Cosmos (1971–1985)|New York Cosmos]] | clubs4 = [[St. Louis Steamers (1979–1988)|St. Louis Steamers]] (''indoor'') | clubs5 = [[Canton Invaders]] (''indoor'') | clubs6 = [[Milwaukee Wave]] (''indoor'') | caps1 = 3 | caps2 = 113 | caps3 = 66 | caps4 = 11 | caps5 = | caps6 = 14 | goals1 = 1 | goals2 = 37 | goals3 = 30 | goals4 = 1 | goals5 = | goals6 = 15 | nationalyears1 = 1980–1984 | nationalteam1 = [[United States men's national soccer team|United States]] | nationalcaps1 = 7 | nationalgoals1 = 2 | caption = Moyers in 1982 }} '''Steve Moyers''' (born September 23, 1956, in [[St. Louis, Missouri]]) is a retired [[soccer]] [[Striker (association football)|forward]] from the [[United States]], who was a member of the [[United States men's national soccer team|American squad]] that competed at the [[1984 Summer Olympics]] in [[Los Angeles, California]]. He spent eight seasons in the [[North American Soccer League (1968-1984)|North American Soccer League]], one in the [[Major Soccer League|Major Indoor Soccer League]] and one in the [[American Indoor Soccer Association]].
==Professional== Moyers grew up in Saint Louis and attended the [[University of Missouri-St. Louis]] where he spent one season, 1976, on the men's soccer team. In 1977, he attended a walk on trial with the [[St. Louis Stars (soccer)|St. Louis Stars]] of the [[North American Soccer League (1968-1984)|North American Soccer League]] (NASL). He made the team, but saw time in only three regular-season games. At the end of the 1977 season, the Stars moved to Los Angeles and became the [[California Surf]]. Moyers moved with the team and saw his appearances rapidly increase. At the end of the 1981 season the Surf folded and the [[New York Cosmos (1971–1985)|New York Cosmos]] purchased his contract.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=980DE3DE1239F934A35753C1A967948260|title = Cosmos Get Moyers, Top California Scorer|newspaper = The New York Times|date = 7 October 1981}}</ref> When the NASL collapsed after the 1984 outdoor season, the Cosmos moved to the [[Major Soccer League|Major Indoor Soccer League]] (MISL). However, the team folded just after halfway through the 1984–1985 season. Moyers then moved to the [[St. Louis Steamers (1979–1988)|St. Louis Steamers]] of MISL. After scoring only once in eleven games, Moyers was released. He then moved first to the [[Canton Invaders]] of the [[American Indoor Soccer Association]] (AISA), then the [[Milwaukee Wave]] (AISA) for the 1985–1986 season. At the end of that season, he retired from playing professional soccer.
==National team== Moyers earned a total number of seven caps for the U.S. between 1980 and 1984. He scored two goals, both in a 2–1 victory over [[Mexico national football team|Mexico]] on November 23, 1980. That was the first U.S. victory over Mexico in 46 years.
In 1984, Moyers was selected for the [[United States at the 1984 Summer Olympics|U.S. soccer team]] at the [[1984 Summer Olympics]] in [[Los Angeles]]. The U.S. went 1-1-1 and failed to make the second round.
On October 14, 1982, Moyers visited the White House along with [[Pelé]] for a soccer promotional visit with President [[Ronald Reagan]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/246327|title = Remarks During a Rose Garden Meeting with Members of Local Youth Soccer Teams | the American Presidency Project}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * [https://archive.today/20070823154619/http://www.jamiepeck.com/atoms/moyers.htm Excellent bio by American soccer historian Steve Holroyd]
{{United States squad 1984 Summer Olympics}}
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