Alan Mayer
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Alan Mayer | ||
| Date of birth | July 3, 1952 | ||
| Place of birth | Islip, New York, United States | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1970–1973 | James Madison Dukes | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1974 | Southend United | ||
| 1974–1975 | Baltimore Comets | 27 | (0) |
| 1976 | San Diego Jaws | 23 | (0) |
| 1977 | Las Vegas Quicksilvers | 22 | (0) |
| 1978–1979 | San Diego Sockers | 51 | (0) |
| 1979–1980 | Pittsburgh Spirit (indoor) | 17 | (0) |
| 1980 | California Surf | 17 | (0) |
| 1980–1981 | New Jersey Rockets (indoor) | 27 | (0) |
| 1981 | California Surf | 26 | (0) |
| 1981–1982 | New Jersey Rockets (indoor) | 27 | (0) |
| 1982–1983 | San Diego Sockers (indoor) | 43 | (0) |
| 1984–1985 | Las Vegas Americans (indoor) | 30 | (0) |
| 1985–1989 | Kansas City Comets (indoor) | 112 | (0) |
| Total | 422 | (0) | |
| National team | |||
| 1976–1977 | United States | 6 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1984–1985 | Las Vegas Americans (indoor) (head coach) | ||
| – | Kansas City Wizards (assistant) | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Alan Mayer (born July 3, 1952, Islip, New York) is a retired American soccer goalkeeper. He played professionally in the North American Soccer League and Major Indoor Soccer League and earned six caps with the United States men's national soccer team.
After graduating from Islip High School, Mayer attended James Madison University (JMU) where he played collegiate soccer and tennis for four seasons. He was the JMU soccer team MVP all four years while setting school records for career and season shutouts. Mayer was also JMU's tennis team MVP for three years as he played #1 singles and doubles. He was selected to the James Madison University Hall of Fame in 1988. In 2000, he was voted JMU's Top Athlete of the Century.
After graduating in 1974, he was drafted by the Baltimore Comets of the North American Soccer League (NASL). In the 1974 off-season, while playing in England for Southend United, then in the Football League Third Division, Mayer earned the distinction of scoring a goal from the goalkeeper position. In 1976, the Comets moved to San Diego and renamed their franchise, the Jaws. The team moved again in 1977 after only one season in San Diego, this time to Las Vegas, becoming the Quicksilvers. That year, Mayer earned NASL Second Team All Star honors. In 1978, the team moved again, back to San Diego where they took the name Sockers. Mayer remained with the team through all these moves and was named the 1978 NASL American Player of the Year.
Beginning in 1979, Mayer alternated between indoor and outdoor soccer for several years. While on contract with the Sockers for the outdoor season, he joined the Pittsburgh Spirit of the original Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL) for the 1979-1980 MISL season. He was selected as second team All MISL with the Spirit. In 1980, the Sockers traded Mayer to the California Surf. He played two seasons with the Surf. Between the 1980 and 1981 outdoor seasons, Mayer also played with the New Jersey Rockets of the MISL. When the Surf folded after the 1981 season, Mayer concentrated on playing indoor soccer for the remainder of his career.
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