Carlos "Chile" Farias (born May 15, 1976 in

Santiago Santiago (, ; ), also known as Santiago de Chile (), is the capital and largest city of Chile and one of the largest cities in the Americas. It is located in the country's central valley and is the center of the Santiago Metropolitan Regi ...

, Chile) is a Chilean

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who has spent his entire professional career in the United States. Over the years, he has played in five indoor and outdoor leagues, including

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. He currently plays with the

Ontario Fury The Empire Strykers are an American professional indoor soccer team based in Ontario, California, that competes in the Major Arena Soccer League (MASL). Founded in 2013 as the Ontario Fury, the team made its debut in the Professional Arena Soc ...

in the

Major Arena Soccer League The Major Arena Soccer League (MASL) is a professional indoor soccer league in North America. The MASL features teams playing coast-to-coast in the United States and Mexico. The league is the highest level of arena soccer in North America. The le ...

. He also has a wife, Jacqueline, and two children, David and Favian.

History

In March 1996, the San Jose Clash of

selected Farias in the fifteenth round (148th overall) of the

1996 MLS Inaugural Player Draft The MLS Inaugural Player Draft, held before Major League Soccer's initial 1996 season, distributed players to the league's ten inaugural teams. The Inaugural Player Draft occurred on February 6 and 7, 1996 after each team was allocated four marqu ...

. Farias never played a league game with the Clash before being waived on March 26, 1996. He then signed with the San Diego Sockers of the

Continental Indoor Soccer League The Continental Indoor Soccer League (CISL) was a professional indoor soccer league that played from 1993 to 1997. History In the summer of 1989 Dr Jerry Buss, the owner of the Los Angeles Lakers and California Sports, told his executive Vice ...

(CISL) where he was the CISL Rookie of the Year. The Sockers folded after the 1996 season and he spent the first half of 1997 with Indiana Twisters before moving to the

Detroit Safari The Detroit Safari (founded as the Detroit Neon) was a member of the Continental Indoor Soccer League that played at The Palace of Auburn Hills. Their owners, the Palace Sports Group, were awarded a franchise on November 4, 1993. Club history Th ...

. Farias is next listed with the Harrisburg Heat of the indoor National Professional Soccer League (NPSL). He played only nine games with the Heat that season. In the spring of 1998, Farias signed with the

San Diego Flash The San Diego Flash were an amateur men's soccer team based in San Diego, California. Founded in 2010 as a phoenix club of the former San Diego Flash, it entered the National Premier Soccer League (NPSL) in 2011, and most recently played in ...

of the

USISL The United States Interregional Soccer League (USISL) was a semi-professional men's outdoor soccer league that played six seasons from 1989 to 1994. It was the first outdoor league to be operated by the organization known today as the United ...

. In February 1999, the Clash selected Farias in the second round (15th overall) of the 1999 MLS Supplemental Draft. He played two games, starting one, with the Clash. On April 2, 1999, the Clash waived Farias for a second time. He then rejoined the Flash where he played twenty-three games, scoring fifteen goals, gaining first team All Star recognition. That fall, he then played a few games with the

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of the

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. Farias played one more outdoor season with the Flash in 2000. In 2001, he split his time between the outdoor

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of the

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and the indoor San Diego Sockers of the WISL. He was a first team All Star with the Sockers. Following his 2001 season with the Patriots, Farias gave up on the outdoor game and has devoted himself to indoor soccer. He remained with the Sockers as they moved to the Major Indoor Soccer League in 2002, being selected as a second team 2002–2003 All Star. On July 16, 2003, the Sockers traded Farias and two picks in the 2003 Amateur Draft to the

Baltimore Blast The Baltimore Blast are an American professional indoor soccer team based in Baltimore, Maryland, that competes in the Major Arena Soccer League (MASL). Including one championship victory as the original Baltimore Blast, the team has won 10 c ...

in exchange for

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. Farias and his team mates won the 2003–2004 MISL Championship and Farias was selected as a first team All Star. He then began the 2004–2005 season in Baltimore, but on March 18, 2005, the Blast traded him to the

St. Louis Steamers St. Louis Steamers has been the name of two different indoor soccer franchises based in St. Louis, Missouri: *St. Louis Steamers (1979–88); American soccer team which played in the first Major Indoor Soccer League *St. Louis Steamers (1998–2006 ...

in exchange for Mike Apple and Nate Houser. Farias finished the last eleven games of the 2004–2005 season in St. Louis, then played the entire 2005–2006 season in St. Louis. That year, the Steamers went to the MISL Championship and Farias was a second team All Star. On June 20, 2006, the

Detroit Ignition The Detroit Ignition were an American indoor soccer team that has played three seasons, most recently 2008–09. In April 2006, Greg Bibb, president of Hantz Group Sports and Entertainment, introduced the teams as a new Major Indoor Soccer Leagu ...

picked Farias in the 2006 MISL Expansion Draft.June 2006 Detroit Ignition press releases
/ref> In June 2007, Farias was again selected in the MISL Expansion Draft, this time by the Chicago Storm. In September 2010, Farias was signed by the expansion Omaha Vipers. Although being ranked as the number two scorer in the League, Farias was inexplicably released from his contract by the Vipers in February 2011. On June 9, 2011, the Wichita Wings of the MISL announced that they have signed Farias for the 2011 season. This was their first signing as an expansion team.

Honors

CISL Rookie of the Year: 1996 First Team All Star *USL A-League: 1999 *WISL: 2001 *MISL: 2004

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Farias, Carlos 1976 births Living people Footballers from Santiago, Chile Chilean men's footballers Chilean expatriate men's footballers San Jose Earthquakes players San Diego Sockers (1978–1996) indoor players Orange County Blue Star players Harrisburg Heat (NPSL) players San Diego Flash players Arizona Thunder players El Paso Patriots players San Diego Sockers (2001–2004) players Baltimore Blast (2001–2008 MISL) players St. Louis Steamers (2003–2006 MISL) players Detroit Ignition (MISL) players Chicago Storm (MISL) players Wichita Wings players Chicago Soul FC players Oxford City FC of Texas players Harrisburg Heat players Monterrey Flash players Ontario Fury players Chilean expatriate sportspeople in the United States Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Mexico Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States Expatriate men's footballers in Mexico Men's association football forwards Major League Soccer players Major Indoor Soccer League (2001–2008) players Continental Indoor Soccer League players National Professional Soccer League (1984–2001) players A-League (1995–2004) players World Indoor Soccer League players Major Arena Soccer League players San Jose Earthquakes draft picks