Richard Chinapoo

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Richard Chinapoo
Personal information
Date of birth (1957-01-18) 18 January 1957 (age 67)
Place of birth San Juan, Trinidad and Tobago
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
Trinity College
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1978–1981 Long Island Blackbirds
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1982–1983 New York Cosmos 33 (2)
Malvern
San Juan Jabloteh
1983–1988 Baltimore Blast (indoor) 124 (78)
1988–1990 Dallas Sidekicks (indoor) 89 (36)
1990–1991 Baltimore Blast (indoor) 52 (22)
1991–1992 Dallas Sidekicks (indoor) 36 (23)
1992–2000 Harrisburg Heat (indoor) 243 (101)
International career
1980–1989 Trinidad and Tobago
Managerial career
1998–2002 Harrisburg Heat
2012–2014 Harrisburg Heat
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Richard Chinapoo (born 18 January 1957) is a former footballer from Trinidad who had an extensive career, primarily in the United States. Chinapoo spent two seasons in the North American Soccer League, eight in the National Professional Soccer League and at least eight in the Major Indoor Soccer League. He also played with the Trinidad and Tobago national team.

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College

Chinapoo first attended college at Trinity College in Trinidad. In 1978, he entered Long Island University in the United States. In addition to his studies, he played on the men’s soccer team from 1978 to 1981, earning second team All-American recognition in 1978, 1979 and 1980. In 1981, he was selected as a first team All-American. He finished his four seasons with the Blackbirds with fifty-five career goals and was inducted into the Long Island, University Athletic Hall of Fame in 2001. [1]

Professional

On 16 March 1982 Chinapoo signed a one-year contract with the New York Cosmos of the North American Soccer League. He ultimately spent two seasons with New York. Some sources show Chinapoo as playing for two Trinidad clubs, Malvern and San Juan Jabloteh, but the dates are unknown. [2] At some point, he joined the Baltimore Blast of Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL). On 8 September 1988, Chinapoo signed as a free agent with the Dallas Sidekicks. He spent two season with the Sidekicks before returning to Baltimore on 6 August 1990. On 15 October 1991, Chinapoo signed as a free agent with the Sidekicks. This time, he played only a year. In 1992, MISL collapsed and several teams and most of the players jumped to the National Professional Soccer League (NPSL). Chinapoo left Dallas and signed with the Harrisburg Heat of NPSL. He would remain in Harrisburg for the remainder of his professional career, retiring from playing in 2000. He was inducted into the Heat Hall of Fame on 3 November 2001. [3]

National team

Chinapoo played numerous games with the Trinidad and Tobago national team, but the numbers and dates are unknown. His name first appears on current records during a 17 August 1980 World Cup qualification victory over Haiti. He played with the national team until at least 11 June 1989 when he played another World Cup qualification game, this time a 0–1 loss to Costa Rica. [4]

Coach

In 1998, Chinapoo became a player-coach with the Harrisburg Heat. After he retired from playing in 2001, Chinapoo become a full-time head coach. In 2001, he was named the NPSL Coach of the Year. [5] On August 11, 2002, after posting a 10-34 record during the 2001-2002 season, the Heat management released Chinapoo. He is currently the Technical Director of the Capital Area Soccer Association in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

In the summer of 2012, Richard was named the head coach of the new Professional Arena Soccer League team, the Harrisburg Heat. He retired from coaching and moved to Florida after the 2013–14 Harrisburg Heat season. [6] [7]

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References

  1. ↑ Long Island Athletic Hall of Fame
  2. ↑ Best of Trinidad
  3. ↑ Heat Release Chinapoo
  4. ↑ Trinidad and Tobago – Details of World Cup Qualifiers Archived June 13, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  5. ↑ MISL Coach of the Year
  6. ↑ Bullock, Michael (January 22, 2014). "Harrisburg Heat's weekend dates could be Richard Chinapoo's final Farm Show appearances". The Patriot-News . Harrisburg, PA: Advance Publications . Retrieved January 23, 2014.
  7. ↑ Bristol, Jason (January 22, 2014). "Retiring Chinapoo prepares for final Heat home games". Harrisburg, PA: WHP-TV. Archived from the original on January 28, 2014. Retrieved January 23, 2014.

Richard Chinapoo, "I took pride in punishing a goalkeeper" https://www.hail-caribbean-sport.com/richard-chinapoo-trinidad-football

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