Chris McDonald (soccer)

Chris McDonald is a retired American soccer player who spent most of his career in indoor leagues.

Chris McDonald
Personal information
Place of birth Sacramento, California, United States
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Position(s) Forward / Midfielder
Youth career
1993–1996 San Francisco Dons
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1996 San Francisco Bay Seals (19)
1997 Sacramento Knights (indoor)
1998 Nashville Metros 22 (5)
1998–2001 Sacramento Knights (indoor)
2004 San Diego Sockers (indoor)
2004 Sacramento Knights
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career

In 1993, McDonald graduated from Del Campo High School. He played on both the Del Campo soccer team and with River City Soccer Club. He attended the University of San Francisco where he played on the men's soccer team from 1993 to 1996. During the 1996 off-season, he played for the San Francisco Bay Seals in the USISL.

On February 1, 1997, the San Jose Clash selected him in the third round (twenty-first overall) of the 1997 MLS College Draft.[1] McDonald chose to remain in school and did not sign with the Clash. In June 1997, he signed with the Sacramento Knights of the Continental Indoor Soccer League. He left the team in 1998 to join the Nashville Metros of the USISL. At the end of the outdoor season, McDonald rejoined the Knights as they went to the PSA championship.[2] McDonald remained with the Knights through the 2001 season. In 1999, Sacramento won the World Indoor Soccer League title. The team folded after the 2001 season and the San Diego Sockers selected McDonald in the Dispersal Draft.[3] He did not sign with them and left professional soccer for two years. In January 2004, he joined the Sockers.[4] He finished the season with the Sockers who folded during the off-season. In 2004, McDonald also played for the amateur Sacramento Knights of the Men's Professional Soccer League. In January 2005, the Cleveland Force selected McDonald with the eighth selection of the MISL Dispersal Draft.[5]

References
  1. 1997 MLS Draft Picks
  2. 1998 PSA Championship
  3. Break up the Knights: Players are dispersed - Chris McDonald , Ato Leone and Iain Fraser are chosen in the first round. The Sacramento Bee - Wednesday, February 13, 2002
  4. Sockers Sign Lilavois, McDonald
  5. Force acquires 12 players in draft
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