Christos FC is an American soccer team based in
Baltimore
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,
Maryland, that competes in the Maryland Major Soccer League, an affiliated league of
United States Adult Soccer Association.
History
Founded in 1997, the team is composed of ex-professionals and local college players in the Greater Baltimore area. The team colors are green, gold and black. The team takes its name from Christos Discount Liquors.
The club received national recognition for advancing past fourth-division sides
Fredericksburg FC and
Chicago FC United
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Yout ...
and the second-division side
Richmond Kickers
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in the
2017 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup. The team reached the fourth round, before they lost to
Major League Soccer
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's
D.C. United. Christos opened the scoring, which received national attention.
The team qualified again in
2018
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, losing in the first round to Reading United AC in a penalty kick shootout, and in
2020
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.
In November 2018, the team launched a partnership with
FC Baltimore of the
National Premier Soccer League. The two teams began to share resources while the newly named "FC Baltimore Christos" continued to compete in the NPSL.
In April 2021, it was announced that the team would join
USL League Two for the 2022 season.
The club is also two-time
Werner Fricker National Open Cup champions (2016, 2018) and won the
USASA National Amateur Cup in 2016.
Year-by-year
Roster
Club honors
*
USASA National Amateur Cup (1): Champions 2016
*USASA Werner Fricker National Open Cup (2): Champions 2016, 2018
*
Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup 4th Round 2017
*
Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup 1st Round 2018
*USASA Over-30 Gerhard Mengel National Cup (3): Champions 2012, 2013, 2014
*USASA U-23 National Champions (1): Champions 2002
*Maryland Major Soccer League (7): Champions 1997, 2001, 2003, 2007*, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
*
United States Adult Soccer Association
References
External links
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Association football clubs established in 1997
Soccer clubs in Maryland
Sports teams in Baltimore
1997 establishments in Maryland
Works soccer clubs in the United States
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