1. Christopher Seitz was born on March 12,1987 and is an American former soccer player.
26 Facts About Chris Seitz
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Chris Seitz played as a goalkeeper in Major League Soccer from 2007 until his retirement in 2021.
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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.
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Chris Seitz scored four goals in his junior season, all on penalty kicks.
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Chris Seitz was the ACC Defensive Player of the Year in 2006.
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Chris Seitz was drafted in the 2007 MLS SuperDraft where he was selected fourth overall by Real Salt Lake.
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Chris Seitz was the first goalkeeper to face five penalties in one match.
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In three seasons in Salt Lake, Chris Seitz was never able to un-seat veteran Nick Rimando as RSL's first-choice keeper.
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Chris Seitz spent the first 22 games of Philadelphia's inaugural 2010 season as the Union's starter, before being dropped to the bench behind Brad Knighton.
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Chris Seitz posted a 1.80 goals against average, worst in the league for players with more than one start in goal.
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Chris Seitz was selected by Seattle Sounders FC in the second stage of the 2010 Re-Entry Draft.
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Chris Seitz started the next two games until Hartman was able to play again.
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Chris 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 stranger for whose bone marrow he was a match.
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Chris Seitz continued to be primarily a backup goalkeeper for Dallas until the 2016 season, when he would start a career-high 28 MLS matches.
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Chris Seitz joined Houston Dynamo on December 15,2017, as a free agent.
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Chris Seitz started the first five games of the 2018 season before losing his starting spot to Joe Willis.
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Chris Seitz started three games in the 2018 Open Cup, keeping two clean sheets.
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In January 2019, Chris Seitz was traded to DC United in exchange for a second-round pick in the 2019 MLS SuperDraft.
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Chris Seitz didn't receive much playing time, serving as the second goalkeeper choice after Bill Hamid.
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Chris Seitz made 3 appearances across all competitions for DC United in 2019, while making an appearance for their USL Championship affiliate Loudoun United.
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Chris Seitz appeared in 6 of DC United's 23 games in a shortened 2020 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic, keeping 2 clean sheets.
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Chris Seitz was re-signed after the 2020 season to a one-year contract.
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Chris Seitz made 4 appearances during the 2021 season as DC United finished 8th in the East, 1 point and 1 place out of the playoffs.
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Chris Seitz later announced his retirement from professional soccer on his personal Twitter account, on January 19,2022.
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Chris Seitz earned his first full international call up for the game against Brazil on September 9,2007, but did not see any playing time.
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Chris Seitz 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.