Chris Veselka (born June 15, 1970) was an American

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who played professionally in the United States and Germany. He was the 1994 USISL leading scorer with 30 goals in 13 games. Veselka spent one season, 1990, playing soccer at Florida International University. In the summer of 1989, he played for the Austin Sockadillos in the Southwest Independent Soccer League. Her returned for the 1990 season, scoring twelve goals in ten games. He placed second in the league in points. He returned to the Sockadillos for thirteen games in the 1991 summer season before moving to Germany to play for TuS Celle. He remained with TuS Celle until 1994 when he returned to the United States to sign with the Austin Lone Stars of USISL. He led the league in scoring with 30 goals in thirteen games. In 1995, he began the season with the

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before moving to the Charleston Battery for the second half of the season. While he only scored six goals, he set the team record for single season assists with ten. In 1997, he was back with the Austin Lone Stars, in 1998 and 1999, he played for the

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. In 2001, he was a player-coach with the Lafayette Lightning and in 2003 with the

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of the

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. He also played for the

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in 2003.2003 Lafayette Swampcats

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