Chris Corcoran (soccer)

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Chris Corcoran
Personal information
Full name Christopher Corcoran
Date of birth (1983-03-30) March 30, 1983 (age 41)
Place of birth Weymouth, Massachusetts, United States
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 FF Jaro (academy)
Youth career
2001–2004 St. John's University
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2002 Cape Cod Crusaders
2003 Brooklyn Knights 2 (1)
2005 MetroStars 0 (0)
2006–2008 Charleston Battery 70 (0)
2009–2010 EIF 31 (10)
2011–2021 GBK 131 (7)
2022 JBK 6 (0)
Managerial career
2013–2021 GBK (player-manager)
2021–2023 GBK (academy)
2023– FF Jaro (academy)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Christopher Corcoran (born March 30, 1983, in Weymouth, Massachusetts [1] ) is a retired American soccer player. He is currently employed in FF Jaro's academy.

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Early life

Corcoran grew up in Marshfield, Massachusetts, where he attended Marshfield High School. [2]

Career

College career

He then entered St. John's University, playing on the men's soccer team from 2001 to 2004. He finished his four seasons with twelve goals in seventy-five games. [3]

Professional career

In 2002, he played for the Cape Cod Crusaders of the fourth division Premier Development League during the collegiate off season. In 2003, he spent the summer with the Brooklyn Knights. [4] On January 14, 2005, the MetroStars selected Corcoran in the 3rd round (25th overall) in the 2005 MLS SuperDraft. Corcoran had difficulty recovering from two broken feet from his final game at St. John's and never saw first team time. He did play nine games with the reserves before being released on November 15, 2006. [5] [6] That winter, he had trials with Limavady United in Northern Ireland and Falkirk FC Scotland but did not qualify for a work permit. He returned to the United States to try out with the Columbus Crew. [7] He was not offered a contract and on April 20, 2006, he signed with the Charleston Battery of the USL First Division. [8]

Finland

In April 2009, Corcoran signed with Ekenäs Idrottsförening and played in 31 games and scored 10 goals while there for 2 seasons. [9] On February 4, 2011, he left Ekenäs IF and signed with Gamlakarleby Bollklubb. [10] In July 2013, Corcoran was appointed player-manager of GBK on interim basis. [11] At the end of October 2013 the club confirmed, that Corcoran would continue in that position for the next season as well. [12] Corcoran was released from the position at the end of the 2021 season. [13]

After being made redundant as a player-manager at GBK, Corcoran continued in another position at the club around the club's academy. [14] Alongside that, he also played a bit for Jakobstads BK, who he signed with in July 2022 and played for until the end of the year. [15]

Corcoran left Jakobstads BK at the turn of the year and at the end of January he also left GBK, where he had a role in the academy. Instead, he was introduced as the new 'Director of the youth department' at FF Jaro; a similar position to the one he had just resigned from at GBK. [16]

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References

  1. ↑ Chris Corcoran on Playerhistory.com Archived 2016-03-06 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ↑ "Chris Corcoran - Williamson & Melendez - Attorneys at Law". Archived from the original on 2011-07-18. Retrieved 2011-03-31.
  3. ↑ St. Johns player profile
  4. ↑ PDL Players in the 2005 MLS SuperDraft Archived 2006-11-17 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ↑ "2005 MLS Reserve Division Stats" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-01-19. Retrieved 2008-08-22.
  6. ↑ "November 2005 Transactions". Archived from the original on 18 January 2008. Retrieved 22 August 2008.
  7. ↑ "Healthy Corcoran Looking to Join the Crew". Archived from the original on 2011-07-18. Retrieved 2008-08-22.
  8. ↑ "Charleston Signs Four". Archived from the original on 2007-06-13. Retrieved 2008-08-22.
  9. ↑ "Oavgjort med mersmak för Ekenäs IF i Åbo". Archived from the original on 2011-07-22. Retrieved 2011-03-30.
  10. ↑ Chris Corcoran från Ekenäs IF till GBK | Yle Nyheter | svenska.yle.fi
  11. ↑ Tränarparet fortsätter, facebook.com, 10 July 2013
  12. ↑ Corcoran lotsar GBK, facebook.com, 28 October 2013
  13. ↑ Även GBK har ny tränare – valet föll på Jaroprofil, osterbottenstidning.fi, 16 November 2021
  14. ↑ Kiitos - Tack - Thank you!, gbk.fi, 31 January 2013
  15. ↑ JBK VANN MÅLFESTEN PÅ CENTRALPLAN MOT FC VAAJAKOSKI, jbk.fi, 20 July 2022
  16. ↑ Chris Corcoran ny juniorträningschef | Chris Corcoran uusi juniorivalmennuspäälikkö, junior.ffjaro.fi, 6 January 2023
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