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| Full name | Steve Shak | ||
| Date of birth | (1978-02-08) February 8, 1978 (age 46) | ||
| Place of birth | Cerritos, California, United States | ||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||
| Position(s) | 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) | |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2007– | Charlotte Eagles (assistant) | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Steve Shak (born February 8, 1978 in Cerritos, California) is a retired American soccer player. He is currently an assistant coach with the Charlotte Eagles of the USL Second Division.
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.
Career
College
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.
Professional
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 Metros drafted Shak; the team's head coach, Octavio Zambrano, coached Shak on youth teams.
Shak spent a year and a half with the MetroStars, playing on defense as well as midfield, scoring a goal and an assist. Late in the 2001 season, he was traded to the Colorado Rapids for Ross Paule. He played one minute for the Rapids in 2002, going on loan to the Hampton Roads Mariners for two games. Shak then signed with the Minnesota Thunder of the USL A-League. In 2004, Shak played for Bodens BK. He then returned to the United States and signed with the Virginia Beach Mariners. When the Mariners folded in early 2007, Shak switched to the Charlotte Eagles. He made his debut for them on April 20, 2007, scoring one goal in a 4-1 victory over Crystal Palace Baltimore, and subsequently played 51 times for the team before retiring after the end of the 2009 season.
International
In 1999 Shak was a member of the US Olympic Team that won a Bronze medal in the Pan-American Games in Winnipeg, Canada. He started 5 of 6 games for the USA but was later cut from the Olympic Team roster before the 2000 Sydney Olympics. In 2005, Shak was a replacement player during the U.S. national team labor dispute.
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Categories:- 1978 births
- Living people
- American soccer players
- American expatriate soccer players
- American people of Chinese descent
- American sportspeople of Asian descent
- People from Cerritos, California
- Soccer players from California
- Bodens BK players
- Charlotte Eagles players
- Colorado Rapids players
- Major League Soccer players
- Minnesota Thunder players
- New York Red Bulls players
- UCLA Bruins men's soccer players
- USL First Division players
- USL Second Division players
- Virginia Beach Mariners players
- USL A-League players
- New York Red Bulls draft picks