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Mike Mekelburg - Wikipedia

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Mike Mekelburg
Personal information
Full name	Michael Mekelburg, Jr.
Date of birth	(1975-02-20) February 20, 1975 (age 49)
Place of birth	United States
Height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
	Black Watch SC
College career
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1993–1996	USF Bulls
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1997	Tampa Bay Mutiny	0	(0)
1997–1998	Baltimore Spirit (indoor)	3	(0)
1998	Milwaukee Rampage	17	(4)
1999	Charleston Battery	19	(1)
1999	Raleigh Capital Express	10	(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Mike Mekelburg (born February 20, 1975) is a retired American soccer midfielder who played professionally in the USISL and National Professional Soccer League.

Youth

Mekelburg grew up in Tampa, Florida, playing for Tampa's Black Watch S.C.^[1] In 1993, he graduated from George D. Chamberlain High School where he played on the boys' soccer team.^[2]^[3] In 1992, the Chamberlain soccer team finished runner-up to Killian in the Florida 4A high school soccer championship. Mekelburg attended the University of South Florida, playing for the men's soccer team from 1993 to 1996. He was a 1996 First Team All American.^[4]

Professional

In December 1996, the Tampa Bay Terror selected Mekelburg in the National Professional Soccer League draft.^[5] In February 1997, the Tampa Bay Mutiny picked him in the first round (eighth overall) of the 1997 MLS College Draft. Mekelburg signed with the Mutiny, but injuries kept him off the field. The team waived him on June 24, 1997. In July, Dallas Sidekicks then chose Mekelburg in the Continental Indoor Soccer League Supplemental Draft after Mekelburg had trained with them for several weeks. The Sidekicks did not sign him and Mekelburg joined the Baltimore Spirit of the National Professional Soccer League in September 1997.^[6] In 1998, he played for the Milwaukee Rampage in the USISL A-League. On January 28, 1999, he signed a two-year contract with the Charleston Battery.^[7] On July 24, 1999, the Battery traded Mekelburg to the Raleigh Capital Express in exchange for Edmundo Rodriguez.^[8]

References

^ Black Watch Club History Archived 2001-04-20 at the Wayback Machine
^ Totem Yearbook (Volume 36 ed.). Tampa, Florida: Bryn Alan. 1993. pp. 40, 132.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
^ "CHS History | Chamberlain High School Legacy Project | United States". Chamberlain Legacy. Retrieved 2022-09-21.
^ "1996 All Americans". Archived from the original on 2006-11-15. Retrieved 2011-01-03.
^ Mekelburg among Terror draft picks The Tampa Tribune - Friday, December 20, 1996
^ September 22, 1997 Transactions
^ January 28, 1999 Transactions
^ Express gets help in goal The News & Observer - Saturday, July 24, 1999

External links

Charleston Battery: Mike Mekelburg

v t e Tampa Bay Mutiny first-round draft picks
Frye Fisher Mekelburg Keller Curtis Demmin

v t e Conference USA Men's Soccer Player of the Year
Player of the Year (2009–2021)	2009: McInnes 2010: Ivo 2011: Sherrod / Brettschneider 2012: Withrow 2013: Venter 2014: Irving 2015: Irving 2016: Bronico 2017: Patiño 2018: Williams 2019: Mabika 2020: Dias 2021: Dolabella
Offensive Player of the Year (1995–2021)	1995: McKeon 1996: Mekelburg 1997: Cunningham 1998: Waltrip 1999: Byaruhanga 2000: Jewsbury 2001: Selolwane 2002: Cole 2003: Bird 2004: O'Brien 2005: Hashimoto 2006: Guarda 2007: Guarda 2008: McInnes 2009: Gumede 2010: Ivo / Brettschneider 2011: Sherrod 2012: Sherrod 2013: Hopkinson 2014: Parker / Ruiz 2015: Parker 2016: Bronico 2017: Patiño 2018: Williams 2019: Yosef 2020: Dias 2021: Dolabella
Defensive Player of the Year (1995–2021)	1995: Papaconstantinou 1996: Busch 1997: Stoka 1998: Kalish 1999: Kean 2000: Clemente 2001: Tappel 2002: Cann / Lawrence 2003: Cann / McManus 2004: Vecchio 2005: Reece 2006: Needham 2007: Rice 2008: Rice 2009: Chavez 2010: Withrow 2011: de Almeida 2012: Ibarra 2013: Venter 2014: Irving 2015: Irving 2016: Waechter 2017: Herrera 2018: Montgomery 2019: Mabika & O'Callaghan 2020: Hogan 2021: Dossantos
Midfielder of the Year (2019–2021)	2019: Booth 2020: Dias / Meinzer 2021: Dias / Dolabella
Goalkeeper of the Year (2019–2021)	2019: Panicco 2020: Semmle 2021: Hoffelner