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{{short description|American soccer player|bot=PearBOT 5}}
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{{Infobox buildingfootball biography
|image name = BroadgateChance Tower.jpgMyers
|name image = BroadgateChance Myers Towercropped.jpg
|status image_size = Completed180
|location fullname = [[London]], {{postcode|EC|2}}<br= Chance />UnitedRussell KingdomMyers
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1987|12|7}}
|coordinates = {{coord|51.5213|-0.0798|region:GB_scale:1000_source:wikimapia|display=inline,title}}
| birth_place = [[Thousand Oaks, California]], United States
|cost = {{circa}} £240 million
|start_date height = 2005{{height|ft=6|in=0}}
| position = [[Defender (association football)|Full Back]]
|completion_date = 2009
|floor_count currentclub = 33
|roof clubnumber = {{Convert|165|m|ft|0}}
|antenna_spire youthyears1 = 1998–2004
| youthclubs1 = Real So Cal
|floor_area = {{convert|398268|sqft|m2|order=flip|abbr=on}}
|architect youthyears2 = [[Skidmore, Owings & Merrill]]2004–2006
|developer youthclubs2 = [[British Land]]Pateadores
| youthyears3 = 2006–2007
|structural_engineer = [[Skidmore, Owings & Merrill]]
| youthclubs3 = [[UCLA Bruins men's soccer|UCLA Bruins]]
|main_contractor = [[Lend Lease Project Management & Construction|Bovis Lendlease]]
| years1 = 2007
| clubs1 = [[Ventura County Fusion]]
| caps1 = 12
| goals1 = 0
| years2 = 2008–2016
| clubs2 = [[Sporting Kansas City]]<ref>Team was known as ''Kansas City Wizards'' 2008-2010</ref>
| caps2 = 147
| goals2 = 2
| years3 = 2016
| clubs3 = → [[Swope Park Rangers]] (loan)
| caps3 = 1
| goals3 = 0
| years4 = 2017
| clubs4 = [[Portland Timbers]]
| caps4 = 1
| goals4 = 0
| years5 = 2017
| clubs5 = → [[Portland Timbers 2]] (loan)
| caps5 = 2
| goals5 = 0
| totalcaps = 163
| totalgoals = 2
| nationalyears1 = 2007
| nationalteam1 = [[United States men's national under-18 soccer team|United States U18]]
| nationalcaps1 = 3
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| nationalyears2 = 2006–2008
| nationalteam2 = [[United States men's national under-20 soccer team|United States U20]]
| nationalcaps2 = 3
| nationalgoals2 = 0
| nationalyears3 = 2008
| nationalteam3 = [[United States men's national under-23 soccer team|United States U23]]
| nationalcaps3 = 1
| nationalgoals3 = 0
| medaltemplates =
| club-update = October 25, 2017
| nationalteam-update = October 26, 2012
}}
The '''Broadgate Tower''' is a [[skyscraper]] in [[London|London's]] main financial district, the [[City of London]]. It was constructed between 2005 and 2008.
 
'''Chance Russell Myers''' (born December 7, 1987, in [[Thousand Oaks, California]]) is an American former [[association football|soccer]] player.
==History==
The developer for the site was [[British Land]].<ref name=sky>{{Cite web|url=https://www.skyscrapercenter.com/building/the-broadgate-tower/3257|title=Broadgate Tower|publisher=Skyscraper Center|access-date=15 June 2019}}</ref> In February 2005 Broadgate Plaza Ltd, a subsidiary of British Land, submitted a planning application to the City of London for the construction of two buildings of 33 stories and 13 stories.<ref name="Planning_application" /> Broadgate Tower, which was designed by [[Skidmore, Owings & Merrill]] and built by [[Bovis Lend Lease]], was completed in 2008.<ref name=sky/> It was constructed at the same time as the neighbouring building, 201 Bishopsgate, and the two are separated by a covered pedestrian area.<ref name=sky/>
 
==Career==
The building was used in the James Bond [[Skyfall]] movie to represent a Shanghai skyscraper.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://jamesbondlocations.blogspot.co.uk/2015/06/the-shanghai-skyscraper-broadgate-tower.html|title=The Shanghai Skyscraper - Broadgate Tower, London|website=jamesbondlocations.blogspot.co.uk|access-date=14 April 2018}}</ref>
 
===College and amateur===
== Occupants ==
[[File:MacoumbaKandji vs ChanceMyers 07JUL2012.jpg|thumb|left|150px|Chance Myers pushes up the wing versus Houston on July 7th, 2012 at Livestrong Sporting Park]]Myers attended [[Thousand Oaks High School]], and played [[College soccer in the United States|college soccer]] at [[UCLA]] from 2006 to 2007. Over two years he started in 26 of his 42 appearances and managed 4 goals and 4 assists. During his college years he also played in the [[USL Premier Development League]] with [[Ventura County Fusion]].
Current occupants include:<ref>{{Cite web|title=OCCUPIERS A-Z {{!}} Broadgate|url=https://www.broadgate.co.uk/occupiers-a-z|access-date=2021-11-21|website=www.broadgate.co.uk}}</ref>
 
===Professional===
* SOM
Leaving school early, Myers was drafted with the first overall pick of the [[2008 MLS SuperDraft]] by [[Kansas City Wizards]] and signed for $130,000.<ref>{{cite news|title=Wizards take UCLA's Myers with top pick in MLS draft - USATODAY.com|url=https://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/soccer/mls/2008-01-18-draft_N.htm|work=USA Today|agency=Associated Press}}</ref><ref>{{Citation |last=Bowers |first=Dave |title=There are no better MLS Fantasy brains to pick! |url=http://msn.foxsports.com/soccer/story/8063694/There-are-no-better-MLS-Fantasy-brains-to-pick! |work=[[Fox Sports (USA)|Fox Sports]] |date=2008-04-23 |access-date=2008-04-23 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080505024723/http://msn.foxsports.com/soccer/story/8063694/There-are-no-better-MLS-Fantasy-brains-to-pick%21 |archive-date=May 5, 2008 }}</ref> He made his MLS debut on April 9, 2008, against the [[New England Revolution]], but struggled to maintain a consistent place in the starting lineup due to a series of injuries and a new diagnosis of [[asthma]].
* [[Reed Smith]]
* [[Liquidnet]]
* Your World
* Itau Bank
* [[Hill Dickinson]]
* [[Itochu]]
* [[IWG plc|Regus]]
* [[William Blair & Company|William Blair]]
* Trading Hub
* Dickson Minto
* Tradetech Alpha
* [[Equiniti]]
* Gill Jennings & Every
* [[Ricoh]]
 
It was announced on November 18, 2010, that Myers would graduate from the MLS [[Generation Adidas]] program at the end of the 2010 season.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Borg|first1=Simon|title=Generation adidas players to graduate at season's end {{!}} Major League Soccer|url=http://www.mlssoccer.com/news/article/generation-adidas-players-graduate-seasons-end|website=MLSsoccer.com|url-status=bot: unknown|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101121171700/http://www.mlssoccer.com/news/article/generation-adidas-players-graduate-seasons-end|archive-date=21 November 2010|date=2010-11-18}}</ref> He scored his first two professional goals on May 25, 2011, in a 5–0 win over [[New England Revolution]] in the [[2011 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mlssoccer.com/news/article/2011/05/25/usoc-sporting-stomp-new-england-5-0-round-16|title=USOC: Sporting stomp New England 5-0, to round of 16|date=25 May 2011}}</ref>
==Construction gallery==
<gallery heights="160px">
File:Broadgate Tower under construction 1-5-07 retouched.jpg|The Broadgate Tower under construction in early 2007.
File:Broadgate tower dec2007.jpg|Broadgate Tower in December 2007
File:Broadgate Tower 20.09.2020 (1).jpg|Broadgate Tower in September, 2020
File:Principal Tower and Broadgate Tower 20.09.2020 (1).jpg|Broadgate Tower (right) alongside [[Principal Tower]] in September, 2020
</gallery>
 
After his release from Kansas City at the end of 2016 season, Myers signed with [[Portland Timbers]] as a free agent on January 23, 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.timbers.com/news/portland-timbers-sign-free-agent-defender-chance-myers|title=Portland Timbers sign free-agent defender Chance Myers|date=23 January 2017}}</ref>
==See also==
* [[City of London#Landmarks|City of London Landmarks]]
* [[Heron Tower]]
* [[Tower 42]]
* [[30 St Mary Axe]]
* [[List of tallest buildings and structures in London]]
 
Myers was waived by the Timbers on February 28, 2018.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.timbers.com/news/timbers-waive-defender-chance-myers | title=Timbers waive defender Chance Myers| date=March 2018}}</ref>
{{Commons category|Broadgate Tower}}
 
==Post-retirement==
 
In 2019, Myers joined [[Nashville SC]] as the team's chief scout.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Boehm |first1=Charles |title=Nashville add assistant GM, add Chance Myers as chief scout |url=https://www.mlssoccer.com/post/2019/02/12/nashville-add-assistant-gm-add-chance-myers-chief-scout |website=mlssoccer.com |access-date=22 July 2020 |date=12 February 2019}}</ref>
 
==Honors==
 
===Sporting Kansas City===
* '''[[Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup]]:''' [[2012 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup|2012]]
*'''[[Major League Soccer]] MLS Cup Champion (1):''' [[MLS Cup 2013|2013]]
 
==References==
{{reflist|refs=}}
<ref name="Planning_application">{{cite web |url=http://www.planning2.cityoflondon.gov.uk/online-applications/ |title=Planning applications |publisher=Corporation of London |at=05/00167/FULEIA |access-date=20 October 2013}}</ref>
}}
 
==External links==
* {{MLS player|chance-myers}}
* [http://www.broadgatetower.com Official website]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090717085058/http://www.som.com/content.cfm/201_bishopsgate_and_broadgate_tower 201 Bishopsgate and the Broadgate Tower on SOM.com]
* [http://www.201bishopsgateandthebroadgatetower.com http://www.201bishopsgateandthebroadgatetower.com] - Promotional website.
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070927214253/http://www.siteeyelive.com/monitor/camputer3.jpg Webcam]
 
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{{SportingKCFirstPick}}
{{2008 MLS SuperDraft}}
 
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