In 1975, he attended a tryout camp held by the expansion Hartford Bicentennials of the North American Soccer League. He impressed the team enough to gain a contract. While he was a forward in college, the Bicentennials moved Chandler to defense. After the 1976 season, the Bicentennials moved to New Haven, Connecticut and adopted the name, the Connecticut Bicentennials. Chandler played nine games of the 1977 season with Connecticut. The team moved again at the end of the season, this time to Oakland, California. However, Chandler did not remain with the team, but signed with the Tampa Bay Rowdies as a free agent for the 1978 season. He broke the tibia in his right leg after only four games with the Rowdies. He lost the rest of the season, then rebroke his tibia in July 1979. He finally took the field again for the Rowdies during the 1980-1981 NASL indoor season. He played 13 games.
In addition to his regular teams, Chandler was part of an NASL All Star team, called Team America, which competed with the national teams of Italy, Brazil and England in the 1976 U.S.A. Bicentennial Cup Tournament.
National teamedit
Chandler played three games with the U.S. national team. All three came in the August 1974 Mexico City Cup. His first game was a 3-1 loss to Costa Rica on August 19, 1975. The team then lost to Argentina two days later and finished with a 2-0 loss to Mexico on August 24.[2]
Coachedit
After retiring from playing professional soccer, Chandler entered the educational career field. He has served as a high school physical education teacher, athletic director and soccer, basketball and baseball coach. He is currently the head coach of the boys’ soccer team and an assistant with the girls’ soccer team at Peak to Peak Charter School in Lafayette, Colorado. In 2005, he took his boys’ team to the 2005 Colorado Class 3A State championship. In 1989, Chandler and his wife had quintuplets. Four of those were girls who now play college soccer at four different colleges.[3]
peter, chandler, soccer, other, uses, peter, chandler, disambiguation, peter, chandler, american, former, soccer, player, spent, four, seasons, north, american, soccer, league, also, earned, three, caps, with, national, team, 1975, peter, chandlerpersonal, inf. For other uses see Peter Chandler disambiguation Peter Chandler is an American former soccer player who spent four seasons in the North American Soccer League He also earned three caps with the U S national team in 1975 Peter ChandlerPersonal informationDate of birth 1953 03 19 March 19 1953 age 70 Place of birthDuxbury Massachusetts United StatesPosition s Forward DefenderCollege careerYearsTeamApps Gls 1971 1972Springfield Pride1973 1974South Florida BullsSenior career YearsTeamApps Gls 1975 1976Hartford Bicentennials31 0 1977Connecticut Bicentennials9 0 1978 1981Tampa Bay Rowdies4 0 1980 1981Tampa Bay Rowdies indoor 13 0 International career1975United States3 0 Managerial careerPeak to Peak Charter School Club domestic league appearances and goals Contents 1 Player 1 1 College 1 2 Professional 1 3 National team 2 Coach 3 References 4 External linksPlayer editCollege edit Chandler attended Springfield College in Springfield Massachusetts where he played as a forward on the men s soccer team during the early 1970s 1 He graduated with a bachelor s degree in physical education He later attended the University of South Florida where he earned a master s degree in physical education Professional edit In 1975 he attended a tryout camp held by the expansion Hartford Bicentennials of the North American Soccer League He impressed the team enough to gain a contract While he was a forward in college the Bicentennials moved Chandler to defense After the 1976 season the Bicentennials moved to New Haven Connecticut and adopted the name the Connecticut Bicentennials Chandler played nine games of the 1977 season with Connecticut The team moved again at the end of the season this time to Oakland California However Chandler did not remain with the team but signed with the Tampa Bay Rowdies as a free agent for the 1978 season He broke the tibia in his right leg after only four games with the Rowdies He lost the rest of the season then rebroke his tibia in July 1979 He finally took the field again for the Rowdies during the 1980 1981 NASL indoor season He played 13 games In addition to his regular teams Chandler was part of an NASL All Star team called Team America which competed with the national teams of Italy Brazil and England in the 1976 U S A Bicentennial Cup Tournament National team edit Chandler played three games with the U S national team All three came in the August 1974 Mexico City Cup His first game was a 3 1 loss to Costa Rica on August 19 1975 The team then lost to Argentina two days later and finished with a 2 0 loss to Mexico on August 24 2 Coach editAfter retiring from playing professional soccer Chandler entered the educational career field He has served as a high school physical education teacher athletic director and soccer basketball and baseball coach He is currently the head coach of the boys soccer team and an assistant with the girls soccer team at Peak to Peak Charter School in Lafayette Colorado In 2005 he took his boys team to the 2005 Colorado Class 3A State championship In 1989 Chandler and his wife had quintuplets Four of those were girls who now play college soccer at four different colleges 3 References edit MIT Soccer USA Details of International Matches 1970 1979 Soccer a Family AffairExternal links editPeak to Peak profile NASL stats Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Peter Chandler soccer amp oldid 1164420495, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
