Tim Karalexis (born September 18, 1980, in
Weymouth, Massachusetts
Weymouth is a city in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. It is one of 13 municipalities in the state to have city forms of government while retaining "town of" in their official names. It is named after Weymouth, Dorset, a coastal town ...
) is an American
soccer
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player, currently retired from the sport. Tim currently resides in Boston, MA.
Career
Youth and College
Karalexis attended
Weymouth High School
Weymouth High School (WHS) is a comprehensive public high school in Weymouth, Massachusetts, United States that serves students in grades nine through twelve. Weymouth High School also offers a Career and Technical Education Program offering suc ...
, graduating in 1998. While at Weymouth, he led the school's soccer team to the Massachusetts Division I championship and was named the Boston Globe Division I Player of the Year. He then attended
Saint Anselm College
Saint Anselm College is a private Benedictine liberal arts college in Goffstown, New Hampshire, United States. Founded in 1889, it is named after Saint Anselm of Canterbury. As of 2024, the college's enrollment was 2,094 students.
History ...
, playing on the school's
NCAA Division II
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soccer team from 1998 to 2001. He was a second team All American in both 2000 and 2001.
Professional
In 2002, Karalexis went on trial with the
Charleston Battery
The Charleston Battery are an American professional association football, soccer club based in Charleston, South Carolina, and member of the USL Championship. Founded in 1993, the Battery are the oldest continuously operating professional socc ...
of the
USL First Division
The USL First Division (USL-1) was a professional men's soccer league in the second tier of the United States league system. It was organized by the United Soccer League as its premier league for men from 1996 to 2010, above the USL Second ...
, before signing with the
Wilmington Hammerheads
Wilmington Hammerheads FC was a semi-professional American soccer team based in Wilmington, North Carolina. Founded in 1996, the team last competed in the Premier Development League, the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid in 2017.
Histor ...
of the
USL Second Division
The USL Second Division (commonly referred to as USL-2) was a professional men's soccer league in the United States, operated by United Soccer Leagues (USL). It was at the third tier of soccer in the United States, behind Major League Soccer ...
. In 2003 and 2004 he was selected as a first team USL-2 All Star, and he was also the 2004 USL-2 Defender of the Year. On October 28, 2004, he signed with the Charleston Battery.
On December 5, 2007, the Battery traded Karalexis to the
Portland Timbers
The Portland Timbers are an American professional Association football, soccer club based in Portland, Oregon. The Timbers compete in Major League Soccer (MLS) as a member of the Western Conference (MLS), Western Conference. The Timbers have p ...
in exchange for
Luke Kreamalmeyer, and scored on his Timbers debut. On July 16, 2007, the
Orlando Sharks
The Orlando Sharks were a professional American indoor soccer team based in Orlando, Florida
Orlando ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Orange County, Florida, United States. The city proper had a population of 307,573 at the 2020 censu ...
of
Major Indoor Soccer League selected Karalexis in the third round of the MISL Supplemental Draft, but he declined to sign with them.
Karalexis rejoined the
Wilmington Hammerheads
Wilmington Hammerheads FC was a semi-professional American soccer team based in Wilmington, North Carolina. Founded in 1996, the team last competed in the Premier Development League, the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid in 2017.
Histor ...
in 2009.
Karalexis returns to Wilmington
Honors
Wilmington Hammerheads
*USL Second Division
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Regular Season Champions (1): 2009
2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...
*Boston Globe Division I Player of the Year: 1998
References
External links
Wilmington Hammerheads bio
Charleston Battery bio
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1980 births
Living people
American men's soccer players
Charleston Battery players
Men's association football defenders
Sportspeople from Weymouth, Massachusetts
Portland Timbers (2001–2010) players
Soccer players from Massachusetts
USL First Division players
USL Second Division players
Wilmington Hammerheads FC players
Saint Anselm College alumni