Ted Chronopoulos (born September 16, 1972) is an American former

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player. He spent three seasons in the Greek First Division, seven seasons in

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, three in the

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and one in Major Indoor Soccer League. He also earned one

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with the United States national team.

Playing

High school and college

Chronopoulos grew up in

Rialto, California Rialto is a city in San Bernardino County, California, United States, 56 miles east of Los Angeles, near the Cajon Pass, Interstate 15, Interstate 10, State Route 210 and Metrolink routes. Its population was 104,026 as of the 2020 census, ...

, graduating from Eisenhower High School in 1990. That fall, he entered

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, and spent two seasons with the Coyotes before transferring to

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for the 1993 season.

Greece

In 1993, Chronopoulos left San Diego State to sign with Greek First Division club

Panionios Panionios G.S.S. Football Club (Greek: ΠΑΕ Πανιώνιος Γ.Σ.Σ.), the ''Pan-Ionian Gymnastics Club of Smyrna'' (Πανιώνιος Γυμναστικός Σύλλογος Σμύρνης, ''Panionios Gymnastikos Syllogos Smyrnis''), ...

. He spent three seasons in Greece, seeing time in forty-seven first team games.

MLS

On February 7, 1996, the

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of Major League Soccer selected Chronopoulos in the fifth round (forty-fifth overall) of the 1996 Inaugural Draft. He scored his first goal for the Revolution on July 11, 1996 against the

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. In the 1999 New England Revolution season, Chronopoulos lead the team in matches played (31) as well as matches started. He earned MLS Player of the Week honors during the 11th week of the

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after scoring a brace in the Revolution's 2-1 home win over the

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on May 24. On May 24, 2002, the Revs sent Chronopoulos,

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, and Mamadou Diallo to the MetroStars in exchange for Daniel Hernandez, Diego Serna and Brian Kamler. He played eighteen games with the MetroStars before being put on waivers on November 5, 2002.

USL

Choronopolous signed with the

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of the

on February 10, 2003. He spent three seasons with the Battery, earning second-team All-Star honors in 2003. That year, he also scored one of the Battery's three goals in its championship victory over the

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MISL

On August 10, 2004, Chronopoulos signed with the Chicago Storm of Major Indoor Soccer League. While he was selected as team captain, he suffered from several injuries during the season. He retired from playing professionally in September 2005.

National team

Chronopoulos earned one cap with the U.S. national team, taking part in a 2–1 win over

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on June 17, 1997. He came on for

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in the seventy-first minute.

Coaching

Throughout his playing career, Chronopoulos served as a trainer or coach for numerous youth teams. In 2005, he was also an assistant coach with the

. Chronopoulos also served as Director of

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youth academy. In 2013 he and Dan Calichman filed a lawsuit against

arguing that they were fired because they were not Latino and did not speak Spanish. With an USSF 'A' License, Chronopoulos is currently the Director of Soccer for The Pateadores, a premier youth soccer organization based in Southern California. In August 2010, Teddy joined the

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in the role of Director of The Cosmos Academy with a focus on developing world class youth talent.

Honors

Individual *

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1997 Events January * January 1 – The Emergency Alert System is introduced in the United States. * January 11 – Turkey threatens Cyprus on account of a deal to buy Russian S-300 missiles, prompting the Cypriot Missile Crisis. * January 1 ...

All-Star Game flashback, 1997
at MLSsoccer.com

External links

MetroStars profileCharleston Battery profile

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Chronopoulos, Ted Living people 1972 births Sportspeople from Rialto, California Soccer players from San Bernardino County, California American men's soccer players American expatriate men's soccer players American people of Greek descent Sportspeople of Greek descent United States men's international soccer players San Diego State Aztecs men's soccer players Panionios F.C. players New England Revolution players New York Red Bulls players USL First Division players Charleston Battery players Chicago Storm (MISL) players American soccer coaches Major League Soccer players USL First Division coaches Super League Greece players Major League Soccer All-Stars A-League (1995–2004) players Sportspeople from Loma Linda, California Men's association football defenders Men's association football midfielders Eisenhower High School (Rialto, California) alumni 20th-century American sportsmen