Chris Brauchle

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Chris Brauchle
Personal information
Full name Chris Brauchle
Date of birth (1967-05-24) 24 May 1967 (age 56)
Place of birth Montville, New Jersey, United States
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Position(s) Midfielder
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1986–1989 Rutgers Scarlet Knights
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1990–1991 FC Bayern Munich II 20 (3)
1991–1992 Tampa Bay Rowdies 16 (2)
1993–1994 Jahn Regensburg 30 (2)
1995 Jersey Dragons
1996–1998 Central Jersey Riptide (1)
1996MetroStars (loan) 5 (0)
1999 New Jersey Stallions
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Chris Brauchle (born May 24, 1967) is an American retired professional soccer player and current youth soccer coach.

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Brauchle grew up in Montville, New Jersey, and graduated from Montville Township High School in the class of 1985. [1]

Playing career

In 1989, Brauchle scored the game-winning goal against the University of Vermont Catamounts to send Rutgers Scarlet Knights to the NCAA final four for the first time since 1967. The goal was scored in the 18th minute of stoppage time when Brauchle met a cross from Dave Muller and pushed it past Jim St. Andre. [2]

Following his college career, Brauchle joined Bayern Munich Amateure in the German Oberliga and remained at the club for two seasons. He then returned to the United States, joining the Tampa Bay Rowdies in the American Professional Soccer League. In 1993, he returned to Germany, signing with Jahn Regensburg, and made 30 league appearances scoring two goals. In 1995, he returned to New Jersey signing with the Jersey Dragons. In the following season, he joined the newly-created Central Jersey Riptide in the USISL Pro League. He helped the club to a first-place finish in the Northeast division. He remained at the club for three seasons.

During the 1996 season, Brauchle was loaned to MetroStars in Major League Soccer and made five league appearances with the top flight club. He made his debut for the club on June 26, 1996, in a 2–0 victory over Kansas City Wizards. He ended his professional career in 1999 with USL club New Jersey Stallions.

Coaching career

Brauchle has coached youth soccer for the Parsippany Soccer Club since 2010. [3] He was named director of coaching for the club in early 2014. [4]

Statistics

Club performanceLeagueCupLeague CupContinentalTotal
SeasonClubLeagueAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
USALeague Open Cup League Cup North America Total
1996 MetroStars (loan) MLS 5000000050
Career total5000000050

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References

  1. "Montville High School announces its new Hall of Fame members". The Citizen of Morris County. 26 March 2009. Retrieved 11 August 2016. A number of athletes, including a nationally-known psychologist who starred in lacrosse at Montville Township High School and at Brown University, Providence, R.I., are among people inducted in to the school's Hall of Fame and honored at a banquet at 6 p.m. on Saturday, March 21, at Zeris Inn in Mountain Lakes.... The class of 1985 has two Hall of Fame inductees - Chris Brauchle and Bryan Winter. Brauchle was an outstanding soccer player in high school garnering All Conference, All County, and All State honors.
  2. Yannis, Alex (26 November 1989). "College Soccer; Rutgers Gains In Overtime" . The New York Times. Retrieved 4 February 2011.
  3. "Chris Brauchle Profile". Parsippany Soccer Club. n.d. Archived from the original on 18 May 2015.
  4. "Chris Brauchle named Director of Coaching". Parsippany Soccer Club. n.d. Archived from the original on 12 March 2015. Retrieved 19 December 2023.