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name: Chris Leitch
position: D height: 5-11 weight:165 Birthdate: April 01, 1979 Hometown: Baltimore, OH last club: New York (MLS) |
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| Regular Season Stats | full bio l year-by-year stats l video highlights |
| year | club | gp | gs | min | g | a | sht | sog | fc | fs | c | ej |
| 2009 | San Jose | 29 | 29 | 2,537 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 15 | 3 | 0 |
| Career | 167 | 148 | 13,412 | 0 | 13 | 37 | 13 | 135 | 102 | 21 | 0 | |
How Acquired
Signed as free agent on July 5, 2007
MLS Experience
2007: Started 11 of 12 games, logging 1018 minutes in his second stint with the club. Was signed as a free agent from the Columbus Crew in July. Played a full 90 in 10 of those 11 starts.2006: Started 18 games in his second term with the Columbus Crew after three seasons with the MetroStars.
2005: Started in 26 games during his third season with the MetroStars.
2004: Started in a career-high 29 games for the MetroStars. He was named the 2004 MetroStars Iron Man for logging the most minutes on the team.
2003: After one season with the Columbus Crew he started in 10 games for the MetroStars. He was acquired by the MetroStars via a trade for Ross Paule.
2002: He was drafted win the fourth round (47th overall) of the 2002 MLS SuperDraft.
Collegiate/Club
He set the University of North Carolina school records for career games played (88) and starts (87) during his four-year college career. He was selected to the All-ACC Team in 2001 as a senior. In 2001, he helped anchor a defense that led North Carolina to its first ever NCAA National Championship for Men's Soccer.
Personal
Leitch is the son of Tom and Anita Leitch. While at North Carolina he majored in communications. In 1997, he was selected as Ohio's Player of the Year for soccer. Favorite TV shows include Planet Earth, Man vs. Wild, Jeopardy and anything on the History Channel.
