John Michael Stollmeyer is a retired United States soccer player.
Education
Stollmeyer, a native of Pennsylvania, attended Thomas Jefferson High School in Annandale, Virginia. In 1981, he was the National Amateur Soccer Athlete of the Year. In December 1980, he was selected by the Tampa Bay Rowdies in the first round of the North American Soccer League draft.
Instead of signing with the Rowdies he chose to attend Bloomington from 1982 to 1986.
While at Indiana, he was a member of the school"s National Collegiate Athletic Association Men"s Soccer Championship teams of 1982 and 1983, as well as the 1984 second-place team He was selected as a second-team All-American in 1982 and 1985 and a third-team All-American in 1984.
In 1982, he was the National Collegiate Athletic Association Defender of the Year. In 1999, he was elected to the Indiana University Hall of Fame.
Career
He played two seasons in Major Indoor Soccer League and one each in both the American Soccer League and the American Professional Soccer League. In the early 1980s, the United States. Olympic organization initiated the Olympic Sports Festival as a means of identifying and training prospective Olympians. In soccer, the organization divided prominent amateur players into four teams, north, south, east and west.
In 1985, Stollmeyer was drafted by the of the Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL).
He was the MISL rookie of the year in 1986-1987. Stollmeyer"s second season with the team, 1987–1988, was his last as the team folded at the end of the season.
When the closed in 1988, he moved to the Arizona Condors of the outdoor Western Soccer League. Stollmeyer played with the Condors for one season in 1990.
Once again, Stollmeyer was left without a team when the Condors folded at the end of the 1990 season.
He was briefly associated with the Washington Stars, but that team also folded in 1990. While in high school, he played on the United States. team at the 1981 Fédération internationale de football association World Youth Championship in Australia. The United States. defeated Trinidad and Tobago 3-0, tied El Salvador 0-0, but lost to Argentina 0-2.
The 1-1-1 record gave the United States. 2nd place in its pool, but not enough to advance out of group play.
The following year Stollmeyer played for the United States. team at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South of Korea. That team tied Argentina and South of Korea, then lost to the Soviet Union.
Once again, Stollmeyer"s team failed to exit group play. However, in this last major international tournament of his career, Stollmeyer"s team again failed to exit group play, losing to both Italy and Czechoslovakia and earning a tie with Austria.
After he retired from playing professionally, Stollmeyer spent time as an assistant coach with Notre Dame.
Stollmeyer is a Vice President of investments for Raymond James in Indianapolis.
Membership
He also earned thirty-one caps with the United States. national team from 1986 to 1990 and was a member of the United States. team at the 1990 Fédération internationale de football association World Cup. While at Indiana, he was a member of the school"s National Collegiate Athletic Association Men"s Soccer Championship teams of 1982 and 1983, as well as the 1984 second-place team Stollmeyer was a member of the East Regional Team for the 1982, 1983 and 1985 Olympic Sports Festivals.
During his time with the Force, Stollmeyer was a member of the 1987 Pan American Games United States. soccer team, which was held in Indianapolis, Indiana.
That year he was also a member of the United States. 1987 Summer Universiade soccer team in Zagreb, Croatia.