Scott Gaither is a retired American

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player. He played professionally in the Major Indoor Soccer League, National Professional Soccer League and

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Youth

Gaither graduated from Belton High School. He attended

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playing only one season of soccer there before leaving to get married. He entered the

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, but left to turn professional before he had played for them. In 1990, having failed to earn a professional contract, Gaither attended Johnson County Community College where he played for one season.

Professional

In 1990, Gaither was invited to play at the MISL All-Star Budweiser Classic, a four team invitation tournament organized by the Major Indoor Soccer League to showcase potential talent for the upcoming college draft. This led to the Kansas City Comets drafting Gaither, but he was signed to an amateur contract. The Comets folded in 1991. In 1992, the

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of the National Professional Soccer League signed Gaither. He began the season in Kansas City, but was traded to the

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at the end of the season. That season, he led the league in fouls. In the summer of 1993, Gaither moved to the Monterrey La Raza of the

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. In 1994, he played for the Portland Pride of the CISL. On June 14, 1995, the Dustdevils signed Gaither. On May 6, 1998, Gaither signed with the

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of the

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Gaither, Scott Living people 1969 births American men's soccer players Continental Indoor Soccer League players Detroit Rockers players Kansas City Comets (1979–1991) players Kansas City Attack players Las Vegas Dustdevils players Eastern Indoor Soccer League players Monterrey La Raza players Major Indoor Soccer League (1978–1992) players National Professional Soccer League (1984–2001) players Portland Pride players Johnson County Community College people Men's association football forwards 20th-century American sportsmen