Chris Albright

Chris Albright

Personal information
Full name	Christopher John Albright
Date of birth	January 14, 1979 (1979-01-14) (age 32)
Place of birth	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	New York Red Bulls
Number	3
Youth career
1997–1998	Virginia Cavaliers
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1999–2001	D.C. United	56	(4)
2002–2007	Los Angeles Galaxy	116	(7)
2008–2009	New England Revolution	27	(0)
2010–	New York Red Bulls	26	(0)
National team‡
1999	United States U-20	4	(0)
2000	United States U-23	6	(2)
1999–	United States	21	(1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of October 3 2011. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 4 April 2010

Christopher John Albright (born January 14, 1979 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American soccer player who currently plays for New York Red Bulls in Major League Soccer.

Career

Youth and College

Albright attended William Penn Charter School. A forward early in his career, Albright played college soccer at the University of Virginia for two years; he was named an All-American in 1999.

Professional

Considered one of the best attacking prospects in the country, he leveraged foreign interest into getting assigned to D.C. United, despite the club being low on MLS's pecking order for Project-40 players. The league forced a trade with the Miami Fusion for future considerations, which turned out to be Roy Lassiter, but not until both Albright and Lassiter helped DC to the 1999 MLS Cup.

But Albright's club career did not live up to the lofty expectations. He struggled to find the back of the net, scoring just four goals total in his first three years in the league. D.C. dealt him to Los Angeles Galaxy for a draft pick prior to the 2002 season. Albright drifted further onto the midfield, and then found himself in the back as the Galaxy's starting right defender for the 2003 and 2004 seasons. With Los Angeles Albright became one of the leagues top right backs, and was honored as an MLS Best XI selection in 2005. During his time with the Galaxy he helped the club capture two MLS Cup and one U.S. Open Cup title. He appeared in 116 league matches, scoring 7 goals.

On January 18, 2008, Chris Albright was traded to New England Revolution in return for allocation money. During the 2008 season Albright was a fixture for New England at right back appearing in 26 league matches, however during the 2009 season he suffered a season ending injury that limited him to only one appearance.

Albright was traded to New York Red Bulls on January 14, 2010 in exchange for picks #31 and #48 in the 2010 MLS SuperDraft.^[1] After beginning the 2010 season on injured reserve Albright regained his form and became the clubs starting right back and helped New York capture the regular season Eastern Conference title.^[2]

International

Albright's first attempt at playing defense came with United States national team coach Bruce Arena, who gave Chris his first cap on September 8, 1999, against Jamaica. Albright scored his lone U.S. goal that day and has accumulated 21 caps as of 2007.

Albright was listed as an alternate for Bruce Arena's 23-man squad for the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany and made the final squad two days after the initial roster announcement due to the injury of Frankie Hejduk.^[3] Albright did not appear in a match in the tournament.

International Goals

Goal	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	September 8, 1999	Kingston, Jamaica	Jamaica	2–2	2–2	Friendly match

Personal

Chris Albright is married to model Leah Imperatore.

Honors

D.C. United

• Major League Soccer MLS Cup (1): 1999
• Major League Soccer MLS Supporters Shield (1): 1999

New England Revolution

• North American SuperLiga (1): 2008

Los Angeles Galaxy

• Major League Soccer MLS Cup (2): 2002, 2005
• Major League Soccer MLS Supporters Shield (1): 2002

Individual

• MLS Best XI: 2005

See also

Biography portal

• List of current MLS players

References

1. ^ http://www.soccerbyives.net/soccer_by_ives/2010/01/2010-mls-draft-predraft-commentary.html
2. ^ http://www.mlssoccer.com/matchcenter-recap/red-bulls-beat-revs-clinch-eastern-conference
3. ^ http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=366876&cc=5901

External links

• MLS player profile
• Chris Albright articles on Yanks Abroad
• Chris Albright profile, detailed club and national team statistics, honours and timeline
• fifa.com

Persondata
Name	Albright, Christopher
Alternative names
Short description	Professional soccer player
Date of birth	January 14, 1979
Place of birth	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Date of death
Place of death