Christopher Corcoran (born March 30, 1983, in

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) is an 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 ...

player, who is currently playing for

Gamlakarleby Bollklubb Gamlakarleby Bollklubb is a Finnish football club from Kokkola (''Gamlakarleby'' in Swedish). It currently plays in the Finnish Second Division (''Kakkonen''), which is the third-highest level in Finnish football. GBK play their home games at th ...

Early life

Corcoran grew up in

Marshfield, Massachusetts Marshfield is a town in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States, on Massachusetts's South Shore. The population was 25,825 at the 2020 census. It includes the census-designated places (CDPs) of Marshfield, Marshfield Hills, Ocean Bluf ...

, where he attended Marshfield High School.

Career

College career

He then entered St. John's University, playing on the men's soccer team from 2001 to 2004. He finished his four seasons with twelve goals in seventy-five games.

Professional career

In 2002, he played for the

Cape Cod Crusaders Cape Cod Crusaders were an American association football, soccer team based in Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts, United States. Founded in 1994, the team played in the USL Premier Development League (PDL), the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyrami ...

of the fourth division

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during the collegiate off season. In 2003, he spent the summer with the

Brooklyn Knights Brooklyn Knights were an American soccer club based in New York City. Founded in 1999, the Knights currently field youth teams in the United Soccer Leagues Super-20 League and Super Y-League. The team also previously field a team in the USL Pre ...

. On January 14, 2005, the MetroStars selected Corcoran in the 3rd round (25th overall) in the

2005 MLS SuperDraft The 2005 MLS SuperDraft, held in Baltimore, Maryland on January 14, 2005, was the sixth incarnation of the annual Major League Soccer SuperDraft. Expansion club Real Salt Lake had the first pick as the result of a coin toss (fellow newcomers C.D. ...

. Corcoran had difficulty recovering from two broken feet from his final game at St. John's and never saw first team time. He did play nine games with the reserves before being released on November 15, 2006. That winter, he had trials with

Limavady United Limavady United Football Club is an intermediate, Northern Irish football club playing in the NIFL Premier Intermediate League. The club comes from Limavady, County Londonderry, and plays home matches at the Showgrounds. Club colours are royal ...

in Northern Ireland and

Falkirk FC Falkirk Football Club is a Scottish professional association football club based in the town of Falkirk. The club was founded in 1876 and competes in Scottish League One, the third tier of Scottish football, as a member of the Scottish Profe ...

Scotland but did not qualify for a work permit. He returned to the United States to try out with the

Columbus Crew The Columbus Crew, formerly known as Columbus Crew SC, is an American professional soccer club based in Columbus, Ohio. The Crew competes in Major League Soccer (MLS) as a member of the league's Eastern Conference and began play in 1996 as one ...

. He was not offered a contract and on April 20, 2006, he signed with the

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of the

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Finland

In April 2009, Corcoran signed with

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and played in 31 games and scored 10 goals while there for 2 seasons. On February 4, 2011, he left

Ekenäs IF Ekenäs Idrottsförening (abbreviated EIF or Ekenäs IF) is a sports club from Ekenäs, Raseborg in Finland. EIF was formed in 1905 and they are one of the oldest clubs in the south-west of Finland. The men's football first team currently pla ...

and signed with

.Chris Corcoran från Ekenäs IF till GBK , Yle Nyheter , svenska.yle.fi
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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Corcoran, Chris 1984 births Living people American men's soccer players Cape Cod Crusaders players Brooklyn Knights players New York Red Bulls players USL First Division players Charleston Battery players USL League Two players Expatriate men's footballers in Finland St. John's Red Storm men's soccer players New York Red Bulls draft picks Ekenäs IF players Soccer players from Massachusetts Men's association football defenders GBK Kokkola players