Kasey Keller, Sigi Schmid and Glenn Myernick inducted into National Soccer Hall of Fame

Keller, Schmid and the late Glenn “Mooch” Myernick were inducted into the National Soccer Hall of Fame on Saturday night, the highest honor in American soccer.

Keller was inducted for his playing career in his first year of eligibility; Schmid was inducted for his coaching success at the collegiate, national and professional level, and Myernick was honored on the veterans ballot.

Keller and Schmid will be forever linked because of their responsibility for helping launch the most successful MLS expansion franchise when the league came to Seattle in 2009.

He also shared stories of his time with those clubs and how his final stop in Europe, at Fulham in England, was successful because of all the Americans on the roster, including Brian McBride, Carlos Bocanegra, Eddie Johnson and Clint Dempsey, helped Fulham avoid relegation during that 2007-08 season.

He was a standout player in college and the North American Soccer League before transitioning into a coaching career in college and as an assistant on national teams.

Jim Lennox, Myernick’s coach at Hartwick College, said Myernick’s parents were the only people who didn’t call him Mooch.