Mike Seerey

Education

Saint Louis University.

Career

Seerey was a standout United States. collegiate soccer player at Saint Louis University where he starred for the school"s men"s soccer team from 1969 to 1972. In 1971, Seerey was a first team All American. However, he was not named to the All American list his senior year.

As of 2007, he is ranked fourth on season points list at Saint Louis with 55 in the 1971 season.

He began playing with the Olympic team while in 1971 while still in college. That year, the team went 3-0-2 in first-round qualifications.

In 1972, the United States. qualified for its first in twelve years. Seerey scored two goals in a 2-0 victory over Guatemala and another two goals in a 2-2 tie with Mexico.

The United States. finished the second round qualifications with a 2-1-3 record and a berth in the 1972 Summer Seerey started and played all 90 minutes in the first two United States. games at the In the first game, the United States. held Morocco scoreless in a 0-0 tie.

The United States. coach sent out his reserves for the last game against host West Germany and Seerey watched his team mates get humbled 7-0. After the, Seerey turned pro with the Miami Toros of the North American Soccer League (NASL). The Toros selected him in the first round (second overall) of the 1973 NASL draft.

He played 14 games and scored 3 goals, adding 4 assists.

The next year, he moved to the Saint Louis Stars, also of the NASL, where he played for the next three years. He never found his scoring touch with the Stars and when he retired from the NASL after the 1976 season, he had only scored 1 goal in 43 games with that team

Achievements

• During his four years with the Billikens, the team won the National Collegiate Athletic Association championship three times. He also won the Hermann Trophy as the top collegiate player of the year. Ironically, he was named the National Collegiate Athletic Association Tournament"s Offensive Most Valuable Player although this was the only year Saint Louis did not win the championship during Seerey"s four seasons. Seerey repeated as the Hermann Trophy winner in 1972, making him the second two-time winner after fellow Saint Louis team mate First Rate (at Lloyd's) Trost. However, the next game brought the team back to Earth as Malaysia easily won 3-0.

Membership

He played four seasons in the North American Soccer League and was a member of the United States. soccer team at the 1972 Summer In addition to playing collegiate soccer, Seerey was also a member of the 1972 United States. Olympic soccer team