Steve Shak
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Steve Shak | ||
| Date of birth | February 8, 1978 | ||
| Place of birth | Cerritos, California, United States | ||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1996–1999 | UCLA Bruins | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2000–2001 | MetroStars | 32 | (1) |
| 2001–2002 | Colorado Rapids | 6 | (0) |
| 2002 | → Hampton Roads Mariners (loan) | 2 | (0) |
| 2002–2003 | Minnesota Thunder | 35 | (1) |
| 2004 | Bodens BK | ||
| 2004–2006 | Virginia Beach Mariners | 63 | (6) |
| 2007–2009 | Charlotte Eagles | 51 | (5) |
| Total | 152 | (12) | |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2007– | Charlotte Eagles (assistant) | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Steve Shak (born February 8, 1978 in Cerritos, California) is a retired American soccer player. He is currently world class Risk and Wealth Management Specialist in Charlotte, NC. Previously Shak was an assistant coach with the Charlotte Eagles of the USL Second Division. He also joined the North Carolina State coaching staff as a volunteer assistant coach in 2013.
A former UCLA college standout and Major League Soccer number one draft pick, Shak spent four years in the American top league with the MetroStars and with Colorado Rapids, but with the exception of a brief stint in Sweden, spent the majority of his career in the USL, including extended periods with the Virginia Beach Mariners and the Eagles.
Shak played college soccer at UCLA, where he started out as a walk-on and became a starter, helping the Bruins to the College Cup in 1997. He also played for the United States at under-23 level.
With the MetroStars coming off the worst season in MLS history in 1999, they were given the first pick in the 2000 MLS SuperDraft. Despite Shak being projected to go in the third or fourth round, and such highly rated prospects as Nick Garcia, Carlos Bocanegra, and Danny Califf on the board, the Metrostars drafted Shak as the first overall pick.
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