Andrew Lewis (born September 10, 1974) is a retired American

soccer Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...

defender who played professionally in

Major League Soccer Major League Soccer (MLS) is a men's professional soccer league sanctioned by the United States Soccer Federation, which represents the sport's highest level in the United States. The league comprises 29 teams—26 in the U.S. and 3 in Canada ...

. In 1993, Lewis graduated from the

Pingry School The Pingry School is a coeducational, independent, college preparatory country day school in New Jersey, with a Lower School (K–5) campus in the Short Hills neighborhood of Millburn, and a Middle (6–8) and Upper School (9–12) campus ...

. He then played college soccer at

Princeton University Princeton University is a private university, private research university in Princeton, New Jersey. Founded in 1746 in Elizabeth, New Jersey, Elizabeth as the College of New Jersey, Princeton is the List of Colonial Colleges, fourth-oldest ins ...

from 1993 to 1995. He was a 1994 Third Team All American. In February 1997, the MetroStars selected Lewis in third round (twenty-fifth overall) of the

1997 MLS College Draft The 1997 Major League Soccer College Draft was held on February 1 and 2, 1997 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The draft was held in conjunction with the Umbro Select College All-Star Classic. The first round of the draft took place at halftime of the ...

. He played nineteen games for the MetroStars. On November 6, 1997, the Chicago Fire selected Lewis with the seventeenth pick of the

1997 MLS Expansion Draft The 1997 MLS Expansion Draft was held November 6, 1997. Two teams participated, the Chicago Fire and Miami Fusion F.C., both expansion Major League Soccer clubs starting play in the 1998 season. Format Each team in the league made ten players, in ...

. He spent four injury marred seasons in Chicago, where he was known as "The Bull", before being released on January 15, 2002. On March 22, 2002, he signed 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 one of the oldest continuously operating professiona ...

of the

USL A-League The USL Championship (USLC) is a professional men's soccer league in the United States that began its inaugural season in 2011. The USL is sanctioned by the United States Soccer Federation (U.S. Soccer) as a Division II league since 2017, pl ...

. In 2004, he played for the

Atlanta Silverbacks The Atlanta Silverbacks FC were an American professional soccer club based in Atlanta, Georgia. Founded in 1998 as Atlanta Ruckus, the club played in many leagues over the years before folding after the 2015 season. The team played its home game ...

.2004 Atlanta Silverbacks

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MetroStar profile

Charleston Battery player profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lewis, Andrew 1974 births Living people American soccer players Atlanta Silverbacks players Charleston Battery players Chicago Fire FC players Major League Soccer players MLS Pro-40 players New York Red Bulls players Princeton Tigers men's soccer players Parade High School All-Americans (boys' soccer) A-League (1995–2004) players People from New Providence, New Jersey Soccer players from New Jersey Sportspeople from Union County, New Jersey New York Red Bulls draft picks Association football defenders