Tim Karalexis (born September 18, 1980 in Weymouth, Massachusetts) 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, currently without a club.

Career

Youth and College

Karalexis attended Weymouth High School, graduating in 1998. While at Weymouth, he led the school’s soccer team to the Massachusetts Division I championship and was named the Boston Globe Division I Player of the Year. He then attended

Saint Anselm College Saint Anselm College is a private Benedictine liberal arts college in Goffstown, New Hampshire. Founded in 1889, it is the third-oldest Catholic college in New England. Named for Saint Anselm of Canterbury (Archbishop of Canterbury from 1093 to ...

, playing on the school’s

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soccer team from 1998 to 2001. He was a second team All American in both 2000 and 2001.

Professional

In 2002, Karalexis went on trial with the

Charleston Battery The Charleston Battery are an American professional association football, soccer club based in Charleston, South Carolina, and member of the USL Championship. Founded in 1993, the Battery are one of the oldest continuously operating professiona ...

of the

USL First Division The USL First Division (usually referred to as USL-1) was a professional men's soccer league in the United States and Canada from 2005 to 2010. During its existence, it formed the second tier of soccer in the United States soccer league system b ...

, before signing with the Wilmington Hammerheads of the USL Second Division. In 2003 and 2004 he was selected as a first team USL-2 All Star, and he was also the 2004 USL-2 Defender of the Year. On October 28, 2004, he signed with the Charleston Battery. On December 5, 2007, the Battery traded Karalexis to the

Portland Timbers The Portland Timbers are an American professional men's soccer club based in Portland, Oregon. The Timbers compete in Major League Soccer (MLS) as a member club of the league's Western Conference. The Timbers have played their home games at P ...

in exchange for

Luke Kreamalmeyer Luke Kreamalmeyer (born September 28, 1982 in Edwardsville, Illinois) is a professional American soccer player. Career College and amateur Kreamalmeyer attended Edwardsville High School where he scored a hat trick in the final state championship ...

, and scored on his Timbers debut. On July 16, 2007, the

Orlando Sharks The Orlando Sharks were a professional American indoor soccer team based in Orlando, Florida, United States. Founded in 2007, by Buena Vista Corporation the Chairman Mr. Sham Maharaj acquired the franchise early 2006. the first game was played ...

of Major Indoor Soccer League selected Karalexis in the third round of the MISL Supplemental Draft, but he declined to sign with them. Karalexis rejoined the Wilmington Hammerheads in 2009.Karalexis returns to Wilmington

Honors

Wilmington Hammerheads

* USL Second Division Regular Season Champions (1):

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References

External links

Wilmington Hammerheads bio

Charleston Battery bio

{{DEFAULTSORT:Karalexis, Tim 1980 births Living people American soccer players Charleston Battery players Association football defenders Sportspeople from Weymouth, Massachusetts Portland Timbers (2001–2010) players Soccer players from Massachusetts USL First Division players USL Second Division players Wilmington Hammerheads FC players Saint Anselm College alumni