Chris Armas
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| Full name | Chris Armas | ||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | August 27, 1972 | ||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Bronx, New York, United States | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||
| 1990–1993 | Adelphi Panthers | ||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||
| 1994–1995 | Long Island Rough Riders | 51 | (0) | ||||||||||||
| 1996–1997 | Los Angeles Galaxy | 50 | (4) | ||||||||||||
| 1998–2007 | Chicago Fire | 214 | (8) | ||||||||||||
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| 1993 | Puerto Rico | 5 | (0) | ||||||||||||
| 1998–2005 | United States | 66 | (2) | ||||||||||||
| Teams managed | |||||||||||||||
| 2008 | Chicago Fire (assistant) | ||||||||||||||
| 2011–2014 | Adelphi University (Women's) | ||||||||||||||
| 2015– | New York Red Bulls (assistant) | ||||||||||||||
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| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Chris Armas (born August 27, 1972) is a retired American soccer player. He is currently an assistant coach of the New York Red Bulls.
Armas is of Puerto Rican descent. He attended Adelphi University from 1990–1993, amassing 17 goals and 15 assists over the four years, and was named an NCAA Division I First Team All-American his senior year.
After graduation, Armas spent 1994 and 1995 playing for the USISL's Long Island Rough Riders, being selected as a USISL All-Star. In 1995, the Rough Riders defeated the Minnesota Thunder in the USISL's Pro League Championship. Besides Armas, the 1995 Rough Riders also included such future MLS standouts like Tony Meola, Giovanni Savarese and Jim Rooney.
In 1996, Armas was drafted by Los Angeles Galaxy in the first round of the Major League Soccer Supplemental Draft, and played a significant role in their first and second seasons. Chicago Fire acquired Armas in a trade for their inaugural 1998 campaign. It was with the 1998 Chicago Fire team that Armas emerged as an exceptional player, helping them win their first (and only) MLS Championship that year. Between 1998 and 2001, Armas was named to the MLS Best XI four consecutive times, his streak only being broken by an ACL injury that kept him out of much of the 2002 campaign; Armas was named to his fifth Best XI after the 2003 MLS season, in addition to being named the MLS Comeback Player of the Year. He was named U.S. Soccer Athlete of the Year in 2000. In ten years in MLS, he totaled 11 goals and 41 assists, plus added four goals and four assists in the playoffs.
On April 19, 2007, Armas announced that the 2007 MLS season with the Chicago Fire would be his last, as he decided to retire. His retirement was made official on November 13, 2007, after spending 12 years in MLS.
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