Jeff Stock (born August 1, 1960, in

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) is a retired U.S.

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defender who spent five seasons in the

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and two in the

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. He also played in the Major Indoor Soccer League with the

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Youth

Stock is the son of

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pitcher

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and grew up playing

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. His family moved back to the

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after Wes Stock was hired as a pitching coach by the

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. Stock attended

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, where he played baseball, and graduated in 1978. He also played for the Norpoint Royals youth soccer club with future Sounders teammate Mark Peterson. Stock was offered a combined baseball and soccer scholarship by

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, but he decided to instead sign a professional soccer contract as soon as he turned 18. He also attended the

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for one quarter but dropped out due to conflicts with his soccer schedule.

Professional

Stock signed with the Seattle Sounders of the

in 1978. He spent both that season and the next on the reserve team under

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before breaking into the first team in 1980. That season, he became a regular left back in the Sounders' defensive scheme, seeing time in 23 games and scoring one goal. This put him in competition for Rookie of the Year against teammate Mark Peterson and fellow Tacoma area youth defender

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, now playing with the

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all of whom played with the Norpoint Royals youth soccer team out of Browns Point, Wa. While Durgan won the award, Stock continued to excel with the Sounders, playing 35 games in both the 1981 and 1982 seasons. In 1983, Stock lost most of the season after blowing out his right knee in the Sounders' fifth game. The Sounders folded at the end of the season and the

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selected Stock in the dispersal draft in anticipation of the following indoor season. However, his knee injury kept out of the line up until the last few games of the season. The Earthquakes then traded him to the

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. In 1984, he played in 20 games. That year the Whitecaps also competed in the ''F.C. Seattle Challenge ‘84''. The host team, F.C. Seattle, later change its name to the F.C. Seattle Storm, a team Stock joined in 1987. On October 20, 1984, the Whitecaps released Stock. He then went on trial with the

of the Major Indoor Soccer League, but he aggravated his knee injury and was forced to sit out a year after having arthroscopic surgery. In October 1985, Stock signed with the

. By this time knee injuries had begun to hinder Stock and the hard surface of an indoor soccer arena exacerbated the problems leading him to retire in December 1986. On March 4, 1987, Stock returned to outdoor soccer with the F.C. Seattle Storm of the

as a player/assistant coach. The move back to the grass of an outdoor soccer field helped extend his career by a few years. In 1988, he was selected to the Western Soccer Alliance All-Star team. He also served as an assistant coach in both 1987 and 1988. However, his knees finally gave and in 1989 he retired from playing professionally to devote himself to coaching.

National team

While never called up to the senior national team, Stock saw time with the United States under-19 team. He then went on to play for the U.S.

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team as well as for the U.S. soccer team which qualified for the

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. Stock and his teammates ultimately did not play in the Olympics due to a boycott organized by the United States in response to the

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Post-soccer career

After retiring from soccer, Stock entered the real estate market as a broker and later landlord. He acquired two theeme parks,

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and Enchanted Village, in

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, with partner Michael Moodenbaugh in 1992 from Byron Betts for $8 million. Eight years later, he sold the two parks, now merged into one for $19.2 million. Stock took over management of the park in 2011 for the owners CNL Lifestyle Properties of Orlando, Stock has been a continuous owner of the land the park is located on. Since then Stock has founded the "Coffee Cup" a local college soccer tournament. He also operates a coffee-roasting business, Caffe D'arte.

Personal life

Stock has two sons with his wife Leanne. They live in

References

External links

Newspaper bio with several links

{{DEFAULTSORT:Stock, Jeff 1960 births Living people American men's soccer players Seattle Storm (soccer) players Major Indoor Soccer League (1978–1992) players North American Soccer League (1968–1984) indoor players North American Soccer League (1968–1984) players Soccer players from Tacoma, Washington San Jose Earthquakes (1974–1988) players Seattle Sounders (1974–1983) players Tacoma Stars players Vancouver Whitecaps (1974–1984) players Western Soccer Alliance players Men's association football defenders Footballers at the 1979 Pan American Games Pan American Games footballers for the United States Stadium High School alumni 20th-century American sportsmen