Mike Masters
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Michael Masters | ||
| Date of birth | April 26, 1967 | ||
| Place of birth | Leesville, Louisiana, United States | ||
| Height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1985–1988 | Williams College | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1989–1990 | Albany Capitals | ? | (?) |
| 1990–1991 | San Francisco Bay Blackhawks | 16 | (4) |
| 1990–1991 | → Colchester United (loan) | 11 | (1) |
| 1991–1992 | Colchester United | 15 | (7) |
| 1992–? | Newbury Town | ? | (?) |
| ?–1994 | Boston Storm | ? | (?) |
| 1994–1997 | Long Island Rough Riders | ? | (?) |
| National team | |||
| 1992 | United States | 1 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Michael “Mike” Masters (born April 26, 1967 in Leesville, Louisiana) is a former U.S. soccer forward who is the first American to score a goal in Wembley Stadium. He played one season in the American Soccer League, three season in its successor, the American Professional Soccer League, and the end of the 1991-1992 English season during which his team, Colchester United, won the FA Trophy final. Masters also earned one cap with the U.S. national team in 1992.
Masters grew up on Long Island and graduated from The Wheatley School of Old Westbury, New York in 1985. In 1991, the school inducted Masters into its Athletic Hall of Fame for his high school soccer, basketball and track and field exploits. Masters then attended Williams College, a small NCAA Division III liberal arts college in Williamstown, Massachusetts. He chose Williams for its academic-athletic balance, and also because he wanted to play both soccer and basketball. At Williams, he played on the men’s soccer team from 1985 to 1988. In 1987 and 1988 he was selected as a first team All American. He finished his four years at Williams with a school record 46 goals, a record broken in 1996 by Brad Murray. Masters also served as captain of both the soccer and basketball teams.
Following his graduation from Williams in 1989, Masters signed with the Albany Capitals of the American Soccer League (ASL). In 1990, the ASL merged with the Western Soccer League to form the American Professional Soccer League (APSL). Masters and the Capitals then played the 1990 and 1991 APSL seasons. In 1990, he was the third leading scorer in the APSL with 14 goals. In 1991, Masters scored seven goals as the Capitals went to the APSL title game only to lose to the San Francisco Bay Blackhawks. Despite this success, the Capitals folded during the off-season and Masters moved west to join the Blackhawks for the 1992 season. He played sixteen games, scoring four goals as the team finished 8-8.
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