Chris Seitz

Chris Seitz
Personal information
Full name Christopher Seitz[1]
Date of birth (1987-03-12) March 12, 1987
Place of birth San Luis Obispo, California, United States
Height 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Playing position Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 Houston Dynamo
Number 18
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2006 Maryland Terrapins 39 (0)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2009 Real Salt Lake 7 (0)
2009 → Cleveland City (loan) 1 (0)
2009 → Portland Timbers (loan) 2 (0)
2010 Philadelphia Union 23 (0)
2011–2017 FC Dallas 67 (0)
2018– Houston Dynamo 6 (0)
2018– → RGVFC Toros (loan) 1 (0)
National team‡
2007 United States U20 4 (0)
2008 United States U23 3 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15:04, 26 October 2017 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of October 13, 2009

Christopher "Chris" Seitz (born March 12, 1987) is an American soccer player who currently plays for Houston Dynamo in Major League Soccer.

Career

Youth and college

Chris Seitz was awarded Gatorade's California High School Soccer Player of the Year award in 2004 while playing for San Luis Obispo High School under the tutelage of coach Bob Galarneau. He also scored four goals in his junior season, all on penalty kicks.

Seitz played college soccer at the University of Maryland for the 2005 and 2006 seasons. As a freshman at Maryland, Seitz won the NCAA national championship by posting a 13–1–2 record with a 0.89 goals against average. He was named College Cup Defensive MVP. During Seitz's two-year career at Maryland he registered a 28–5–3 record with a 0.77 GAA. He was the ACC Defensive Player of the Year in 2006.

Professional

Seitz was drafted in the 2007 MLS SuperDraft where he was selected fourth overall by Real Salt Lake. In his first two starts, he had a 0–1–1 record and a 2.5 GAA. In 2009 Seitz played one game on loan for Cleveland City Stars of the USL First Division, a 3–1 loss to Miami FC,[2] and two games on loan with the Portland Timbers, also of the USL First Division, both against the Carolina RailHawks.[3][4] He was the first goalkeeper to face five penalties in one match. In three seasons in Salt Lake, Seitz was never able to un-seat veteran Nick Rimando as RSL's first-choice keeper. On November 25, 2009, he was traded to MLS expansion franchise Philadelphia Union.[5]

Catching a cross vs San Jose

Seitz spent the first 22 games of Philadelphia's inaugural season as the Union's starter, before being dropped to the bench behind Brad Knighton. He posted a 1.80 goals against average, worst in the league for players with more than one start in goal.[6] The Union did not choose to extend his contract, making him available for the two stages of the 2010 MLS Re-Entry Draft after the 2010 season.[7]

Seitz was selected by Seattle Sounders FC in the second stage of the Re-Entry Draft. A contract was agreed with Seattle, and he was immediately traded to FC Dallas in exchange for a fourth-round pick in the 2012 MLS SuperDraft.[8]

Seitz started one game for FC Dallas in 2011, allowing four goals in a 4–2 loss to the San Jose Earthquakes.[9] In 2012, due to an injury to Kevin Hartman, who was dealing with back spasms, Seitz started against Vancouver Whitecaps FC in a 0–1 loss for Dallas.[10] Seitz would go on to start the next two games until Hartman was able to play again.

Seitz put his soccer career on hold for a brief time in September 2012, despite having no guaranteed contract for the upcoming 2013 season, when he elected to donate bone marrow to save the life of a random stranger for whose bone marrow he was a match.[11] Because of this act, he was later named the 2012 MLS Humanitarian of the Year.[12]

Seitz continued to be primarily a backup goalkeeper for Dallas until the 2016 season, when he would start a career-high 28 MLS matches.[12] He would contribute to the team winning two major trophies, the Supporters' Shield and the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup.

Seitz joined Houston Dynamo on December 15, 2017 when he became a free agent.[13]

International

Seitz earned his first full international call up for the game against Brazil on September 9, 2007, but did not see any playing time. He previously started games for the U-23 squad in the CONCACAF Pre-Olympic qualification tournament prior to the 2008 Olympic Games and was on the roster for the 2008 Summer Olympic soccer tournament.

Honors

Real Salt Lake

FC Dallas

Individual

Career statistics

Updated January 11, 2017

Season United States MLS MLS Cup Playoffs U.S. Open Cup North America Total
App Goals App Goals App Goals App Goals App Goals
Real Salt Lake 2007 3 0 - - - - - - 3 0
2008 0 0 - - - - - - 0 0
2009 4 0 - - - - - - 4 0
Club Total7000000070
Philadelphia Union
 2010 23 0 - - 1 0 - - 24 0
Club Total230001000240
FC Dallas 2011 1 0 - - - - - - 1 0
2012 4 0 - - 1 0 - - 5 0
2013 8 0 - - 3 0 - - 11 0
2014 14 0 2 0 2 0 - - 18 0
2015 7 0 - - 2 0 - - 9 0
2016 28 0 2 0 3 0 - - 33 0
Club Total6204011000770
Career Total 92 0 4 0 12 0 0 0 108 0

References

  1. ↑ "FIFA U-20 World Cup Canada 2007 – List of Players" (PDF). FIFA. p. 23. Retrieved June 18, 2013.
  2. ↑ "Cleveland City Stars at Miami FC Blues 1:3". Official Match Information. United Soccer Leagues. Archived from the original on April 30, 2014.
  3. ↑ "Carolina RailHawks at Portland Timbers 0:2". Official Match Information. United Soccer Leagues. Archived from the original on April 30, 2014.
  4. ↑ "Carolina RailHawks at Portland Timbers 0:0". Official Match Information. United Soccer Leagues. Archived from the original on May 9, 2009.
  5. ↑ "RSL trades backup goalkeeper Seitz".
  6. ↑ "2010 MLS goalkeeper statistics".
  7. ↑ "MLS unveils players for Re-Entry Process draft". MLSsoccer.com.
  8. ↑ "Seitz sent to FC Dallas in whirlwind Re-Entry day". MLSsoccer.com.
  9. ↑ "2011-San Jose Earthquakes vs. FC Dallas: Recap".
  10. ↑ Holland, EJ (April 22, 2012). "Dallas turn to Seitz at the last minute in Vancouver".
  11. ↑ "FC Dallas goalie Chris Seitz's biggest save".
  12. 1 2 "Chris Seitz". fcdallas.com. FC Dallas. Retrieved January 11, 2017.
  13. ↑ https://www.houstondynamo.com/post/2017/12/15/houston-dynamo-sign-goalkeeper-chris-seitz
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