Chris Armas

Chris Armas
Personnel
birthday	August 27, 1972
place of birth	New York City , New York ,  USA
size	170 cm
position	Defensive Midfield
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
1994-1995	Long Island Rough Riders
1996-1997	Los Angeles Galaxy	50 (4)
1998-2007	Chicago Fire	214 (8)
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals)
1993	Puerto Rico	5 (0)
1998-2005	United States	66 (2)
Stations as a trainer
Years	station
2008	Chicago Fire (Assistant Trainer)
2011-2014	Adelphi University (women's team)
2015-2018	New York Red Bulls (assistant coach)
2018–	New York Red Bulls
1 Only league games are given.

Chris Armas (born August 27, 1972 in New York City , New York ) is a retired American football player with Puerto Rican roots.

Since February 2015 he has been assistant coach with the New York Red Bulls and works as a physical education teacher at St. Anthony's High School in South Huntington, New York . From 2011 to 2015 he coached the women's soccer team at Adelphi University.

Career

college

Armas attended Adelphi University in Garden City, New York , from 1990 to 1993 , where he scored 17 goals in four seasons with the Adelphi Panthers. In his last year, the so-called senior year , he was honored with the appointment to the NCAA Division I First Team All-American national team .

society

After graduating, he played for the Long Island Rough Riders in the USISL from 1994 to 1995 . In 1995 he was able to win the championship with the team in this division. Armas played with the Rough Riders with the later MLS players Tony Meola , Giovanni Savarese and Jim Rooney.

In 1996, Armas was selected in the MLS Supplemental Draft before the Los Angeles Galaxy first season of Major League Soccer began . In the first two years he played a significant role in the midfield of the Californians.

In 1998, the Chicago Fire franchise , just about to start their first MLS season, brought Armas to Illinois . Here, too, he was one of the top performers of the team and managed to win the MLS Cup 1998 with the same . Between 1998 and 2001 he was appointed to the MLS Best XI team four times . He had to sit out much of the 2002 season due to a torn cruciate ligament . After a very good 2003 season, it received the MLS Comeback Player of the Year award and was again included in the MLS Best XI. In 2000, he was also named US Soccer Athlete of the Year .

On April 19, he announced that Major League Soccer 2007 would be his final season. After 12 active years in the MLS, he officially took his leave on November 13, 2007.

National team

Armas played five times for the national soccer team of Puerto Rico , but he was never used there in the context of official international matches. He was able to play for the national soccer team of the United States from 1998 onwards, thanks to a permit from FIFA .

For the 1998 World Cup , however, he was not nominated due to his late entry into the national team. In the following World Cup in 2002 , he was also unable to participate due to an injury. At the 2006 World Cup in Germany, he was available as a substitute on call, but was not appointed to the final squad.

Private

Armas is married and has two sons with his wife Justine.

Web links

• Chris Armas in the database of weltfussball.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Red Bulls add Chris Armas to coaching staff. In: www.newyorkredbulls.com. New York Red Bulls, February 26, 2015, accessed August 9, 2016 . 

predecessor	Office	successor
Kasey Keller	USA Footballer of the Year 2000	Earnie Stewart