Tasos Vatikiotis (born March 20, 1977) is a former professional soccer player who played with
Ethnikos Asteras Football Club, a 1st division professional team at the time (1998-1999), in
Athens, Greece and USL's
Delaware Wizards in (1997-1998), which was
D.C. United's farm team at the time. He played at the top 20 nationally ranked soccer program at
Loyola University Maryland from 1994-1998. Prior to college, Vatikiotis played club ball with nationally ranked VISTA Blackwatch and Springfield Nationals where he led both clubs in scoring. He finished the 1993-1994 season as the overall leading goal scorer for both the NCSL's Elite Division 1 League and Virginia's State Cup tournament, which is part of the US Youth Soccer National Championship Series. Vatikiotis was coached, among others, by
Michael Brady,
Rob Olson, Peter Mehlert, Evangelos Stoyas and
Alketas Panagoulias
Alketas 'Alkis' Panagoulias ( el, Αλκέτας 'Άλκης' Παναγούλιας; 30 May 1934 – 18 June 2012) was a Greek association football player and manager. He managed the national teams of both Greece and the United States. He also ...
. In his youth and high school days, he also trained and played under
John Kerr, Sr.,
John Kerr, Jr. and
Bruce Murray for DC based
Fairfax Spartans The Washington Stars were an American soccer team established in 1987 as F.C. Washington. The team entered the American Soccer League in 1988 under the name Washington Stars and merged with the Maryland Bays in 1990.
History
Founded in the sprin ...
that had recently won the
National Amateur Cup. His father also played an integral part in his overall training growing up. Vatikiotis played attacking central midfield and forward.
- most recent from Washington Post (listed below in references under ) while at Loyola "George Mason (5-3) won for the fourth straight time and handed coach Gordon Bradley his 150th career win in 13 seasons. Loyola, which had been ranked among the nation's top 20 teams a week ago, dropped its second straight to fall to 2-2-2. Scott Thelen, Mark Vita and Eduardo Lima scored for the Patriots, while Tasos Vatikiotis scored for Loyola off an assist from Dan Mosny."
Youth
Vatikiotis was born in
Fairfax, Virginia and grew up in his hometown Kallipoli,
Piraeus in Greece, during his childhood years. He moved to the
Washington metropolitan area with his family in 1988.
References
External links
[http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/m_soccer_RB/2019/D1.pdf ] NCAA Division 1 Men's Soccer Record Book (page 3)
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1977 births
Living people
American soccer players
American soccer coaches
Loyola Greyhounds men's soccer players
Greek footballers
Sportspeople from Fairfax, Virginia
Men's association football midfielders
Men's association football forwards
A-League (1995–2004) players
Soccer players from Virginia
Super League Greece players
Footballers from Piraeus
USL First Division players
USISL players