Chris Brauchle (born May 24, 1967) is an American retired professional

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player and current youth soccer coach. Brauchle grew up in

Montville, New Jersey Montville is a township in Morris County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the township's population was 21,528, reflecting an increase of 689 (+3.3%) from the 20,839 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in tu ...

, and graduated from

Montville Township High School Montville Township High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school located in Montville Township, in suburban Morris County, United States. The school was founded in 1971 and serves students in ninth through twelfth grades as the ...

in the class of 1985.

Playing career

In 1989, Brauchle scored the game-winning goal against the

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Catamounts to send

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to the

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final four for the first time since 1967. The goal was scored in the 18th minute of stoppage time when Brauchle met a cross from Dave Muller and pushed it past

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. Following his college career, Brauchle joined Bayern Munich Amateure in the German Oberliga and remained at the club for two seasons. He then returned to the United States, joining the

Tampa Bay Rowdies The Tampa Bay Rowdies are an American professional Association football, soccer team based in St. Petersburg, Florida. The club was founded in 2008 and first took the pitch in 2010. Since 2017, the Rowdies have been members of the USL Champions ...

in the

American Professional Soccer League The American Professional Soccer League (APSL) was a professional men's soccer league with teams from the United States and later Canada. It was formed in 1990 by the merger of the third American Soccer League with the Western Soccer League. It ...

. In 1993, he returned to Germany, signing with

Jahn Regensburg Sport- und Schwimmverein Jahn Regensburg e. V., commonly known as SSV Jahn Regensburg, Jahn Regensburg, SSV Jahn or simply Jahn is a German football club based in Regensburg, Bavaria. The club is based on a gymnastics club founded in 1886 a ...

, and made 30 league appearances scoring two goals. In 1995, he returned to New Jersey signing with the Jersey Dragons. In the following season, he joined the newly-created

Central Jersey Riptide Central Jersey Riptide were an American soccer team that played in Clark, New Jersey. They joined the USISL Pro League in 1996, but were relegated to the USL PDL USL League Two (USL2), formerly the Premier Development League (PDL), is a sem ...

in the

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. He helped the club to a first-place finish in the Northeast division. He remained at the club for three seasons. During the 1996 season, Brauchle was loaned to MetroStars in

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and made five league appearances with the top flight club. He made his debut for the club on June 26, 1996, in a 2–0 victory over

Kansas City Wizards Sporting Kansas City, often shortened to Sporting KC, is an American men's professional soccer club based in the Kansas City metropolitan area. The administrative offices are located in Downtown Kansas City, Missouri, and the team clubhouse and ...

. He ended his professional career in 1999 with

USL 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, p ...

club

New Jersey Stallions The New Jersey Stallions were an American soccer team, founded in 1996, which competed in various divisions of the United Soccer Leagues until 2004, after which the team left the league and the franchise was terminated. The club originally star ...

Coaching career

Brauchle has coached youth soccer for the Parsippany Soccer Club since 2010. He was named director of coaching for the club in early 2014.

Statistics

References

External links

Profile on MetroFanatic
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USA Statistics
{{DEFAULTSORT:Brauchle, Chris 1967 births Living people American men's soccer players Montville Township High School alumni Men's association football midfielders Rutgers Scarlet Knights men's soccer players Tampa Bay Rowdies (1975–1993) players New York Red Bulls players Major League Soccer players People from Montville, New Jersey Soccer players from Morris County, New Jersey