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Find sources: "Steve Pecher" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (July 2025) (Learn how and when to remove this message) Steve Pecher Personal information Date of birth (1956-02-13) February 13, 1956 (age 70) Place of birth St. Louis, Missouri, United States Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Position Defender Youth career 1975–1976 Florissant Valley Community College Senior career* Years Team Apps (Gls) 1976–1980 Dallas Tornado 139 (7) 1979–1984 St. Louis Steamers (indoor) 152 (39) 1984–1985 Kansas City Comets (indoor) 54 (6) 1985–1987 St. Louis Steamers (indoor) 58 (14) 1987–1988 Los Angeles Lazers (indoor) 45 (3) International career 1976–1980 United States 17 (0) * Club domestic league appearances and goals **Steve Pecher** (born [St. Louis, Missouri](/source/St._Louis%2C_Missouri)) is an American former [soccer](/source/Association_football) [defender](/source/Defender_(association_football)) who is currently the President of St Louis Scott Gallagher. ## Youth and college Pecher began playing soccer with the youth club, Florissant Cougars, then with his high school team at Normandy High School in St. Louis. He was part of the team which took the Missouri state championship in 1974, his senior year. He was also All State both his junior and senior years. The next year attended [Florissant Valley Community College](/source/St._Louis_Community_College) where he played on the national junior college championship team in 1975. He was a junior college All American both years at Florissant. ## Professional In 1976, the [Dallas Tornado](/source/Dallas_Tornado) of the [North American Soccer League](/source/North_American_Soccer_League_(1968-1984)) (NASL) signed Pecher. That season he was named the 1976 NASL Rookie of the Year. He remained with the club through the 1980 season. By 1980, Pecher had begun a transition to indoor soccer when he joined the [St. Louis Steamers](/source/St._Louis_Steamers_(1979%E2%80%931988)) of [Major Indoor Soccer League](/source/Major_Soccer_League) (MISL) for the 1979–1980 season. He was a 1980 MISL All Star with the Steamers. He remained with the Steamers through the 1983–1984 season. Pecher became a free agent in August 1984 and on September 11, 1984, he signed with the [Kansas City Comets](/source/Kansas_City_Comets_(1979%E2%80%9391)).[1] He began the 1985–1986 season in Kansas City, but the Comets traded him to the Steamers for [Stuart Lee](/source/Stuart_Lee) in December 1985.[2] He would remain with the Steamers until they traded him and [Don Ebert](/source/Don_Ebert) on February 20, 1987, to the [Los Angeles Lazers](/source/Los_Angeles_Lazers) in exchange for [Poli Garcia](/source/Poli_Garcia) and [Jim Kavanaugh](/source/Jim_Kavanaugh).[3] He retired at the end of the 1987–1988 season. ## National team Pecher earned 17 [caps](/source/Cap_(sports)) with the [U.S. national team](/source/United_States_men's_national_soccer_team) from 1976 to 1980. He made his first appearance with the national team in a September 24, 1976, 1–1 tie with [Canada](/source/Canada_men's_national_soccer_team) in [Vancouver](/source/Vancouver) where he received a red card. He received another red card in 0–3 loss to Canada in [Port-au-Prince](/source/Port-au-Prince) on December 22, 1976.[4] He played his last game with the U.S. national team in a November 9, 1980 1–5 loss to [Mexico](/source/Mexico_national_football_team) in [Mexico City](/source/Mexico_City) and was U.S. captain from 1978 to 1980. ## Post-playing career After retiring from playing, Pecher joined Marriott, where he became the director of retail sales. In September 2002, he was hired as the director of the former Busch Soccer Club then St. Louis Soccer Club and now the St. Louis Scott Gallagher. He had spent time with the team as a coach and continues to coach the younger girls teams. ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** *FOOTBALL: National Football Conference* Washington Post, The (DC) - Wednesday, September 12, 1984 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** *LONG TRIP PAYS OFF FOR STING* Chicago Tribune - Monday, December 23, 1985 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** *DEALS* THE SEATTLE TIMES - Saturday, February 21, 1987 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["USA - Details of International Matches 1970-1979"](https://www.rsssf.org/tablesu/usa-intres-det70.html). *[RSSSF](/source/RSSSF)*. Retrieved April 21, 2020. ## External links - [Interview with Pecher](https://web.archive.org/web/20040113110850/http://www.stlsoccer.net/cgi-bin/webdata_pro.pl?_cgifunction=form&_layout=znews&keyval=znews.znew_id=70) - [Article on Pecher’s MISL penalty minutes problems](https://web.archive.org/web/20040920213551/http://members.fortunecity.com/lori19/golden.html) - [NASL/MISL stats](http://nasljerseys.com/Players/P/Pecher.Steve.htm) v t e NASL (1968–1984) Rookie of the Year 1968: Montaung 1969: Fernández 1970: Leeker 1971: Horton 1972: Winter 1973: Rote 1974: McMillan 1975: Bahr 1976: Pecher 1977: McAlister 1978: Etherington 1979: Hulcer 1980: Durgan 1981: Morrone 1982: DeBrito 1983: Thompson 1984: Wegerle v t e 1977 NASL All-Stars First Team GK: Banks DF: Beckenbauer DF: England DF: Wilson DF: Machin MF: Best MF: Sühnholz MF: West FW: David FW: Pelé FW: Smethurst Second Team GK: Mayer DF: Evans DF: Pecher DF: Coelho DF: Ley DF: Auguste MF: Cooke MF: Dimitrijević MF: Marsh FW: Stojanović FW: Wegerle FW: Parsons Honorable Mention GK: Chursky DF: Litt DF: McAlister DF: Merrick DF: Day MF: Simões MF: Ntsoelengoe MF: Trost FW: Morgan FW: Chinaglia FW: Robertson --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Steve Pecher](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Pecher) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Pecher?action=history)). 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