Miro Rys
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | July 18, 1957 | ||
| Place of birth | Kladno, Czechoslovakia | ||
| Date of death | September 12, 1977 (aged 20) | ||
| Place of death | Germany | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1976–1977 | Chicago Sting | 19 | (4) |
| 1977 | Los Angeles Aztecs | 2 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 1976 | United States | 3 | (1) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Miro Rys (July 18, 1957 – September 1977) was a Czech American soccer forward who played professionally in the North American Soccer League. Rys earned three caps, scoring one goal, with the U.S. national team. A talented striker with, according to Bill Foulkes, "a cannon-like shot and a tremendous desire", Rys was the biggest American soccer prospect of his time and, according to Jim Pollihan, was expected to become "the top American player in a year or two" when he died in a car accident outside Dortmund, Germany while there to try out for several professional teams.