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'''Chris Antonopoulos''' (born 1968) is a retired American ] and ] known for his impact on beach soccer. He was the goalkeeper for ] and the ], and represented the ] in the ], qualifying for the ] as well as the ], helping secure a spot in the ]. As head coach of ''Florida Beach Soccer FC'', he led the team to back-to-back North American Sand Soccer Championships in 2011 and 2012<ref>{{Citation |title=5. From the North American Soccer League to Major League Soccer |date=2001-12-31 |work=Offside |pages=162–200 |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/9781400824182-007 |access-date=2024-12-03 |publisher=Princeton University Press}}</ref> and the ] in the 2011 Bago Sports Beach Football title in Trinidad and Tobago. '''Chris Antonopoulos''' (born 1968) is a retired American ] and ] known for his impact on beach soccer. He was the goalkeeper for ]<ref>{{Cite web |date=2008-05-21 |title=2007 FIU Men's Soccer Media Guide by Ivan Irizarry - Issuu |url=https://issuu.com/fiuathletics/docs/07_msoccer_media_guide/38 |access-date=2024-12-28 |website=issuu.com |language=en}}</ref> the ]<ref>{{Cite web |date=2008-05-21 |title=2007 FIU Men's Soccer Media Guide by Ivan Irizarry - Issuu |url=https://issuu.com/fiuathletics/docs/07_msoccer_media_guide/38 |access-date=2024-12-28 |website=issuu.com |language=en}}</ref>, and the ]<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Daniels |first=L. K. |date=1976-01 |title=Rapid in-office and in-vivo desensitization of an injection phobia utilizing hypnosis |url=https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2005 |journal=The American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis |volume=18 |issue=3 |pages=200–203 |doi=10.1080/00029157.1976.10403798 |issn=0002-9157 |pmid=2005}}</ref> As head coach of ''Florida Beach Soccer FC'', he led the team to back-to-back North American Sand Soccer Championships in 2011 and 2012<ref>{{Citation |title=5. From the North American Soccer League to Major League Soccer |date=2001-12-31 |work=Offside |pages=162–200 |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/9781400824182-007 |access-date=2024-12-03 |publisher=Princeton University Press}}</ref> and the ] in the 2011 Bago Sports Beach Football title in Trinidad and Tobago.<ref>{{Cite web |last=News |first=Stabroek |date=2011-11-23 |title=Beach football team places third in T/dad Invitational tourney |url=https://www.stabroeknews.com/2011/11/23/sports/beach-football-team-places-third-in-tdad-invitational-tourney/ |access-date=2024-12-28 |website=Stabroek News |language=en-US}}</ref>

== Youth career ==
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Chris Antonopoulos played as a goalkeeper for ]<ref>{{Cite web |last=By |date=1986-04-08 |title=APRIL FOOL’S STORY HAS THINGS LOOKING UP AT LAKE BRANTLEY |url=https://www.orlandosentinel.com/1986/04/08/april-fools-story-has-things-looking-up-at-lake-brantley/ |access-date=2024-12-28 |website=Orlando Sentinel |language=en-US}}</ref> before attending ] (FIU) from 1986 to 1990. At FIU, he served as the second-string goalkeeper, starting in several games during his collegiate career.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2008-05-21 |title=2007 FIU Men's Soccer Media Guide by Ivan Irizarry - Issuu |url=https://issuu.com/fiuathletics/docs/07_msoccer_media_guide/38 |access-date=2024-12-28 |website=issuu.com |language=en}}</ref>


== Amateur career == == Amateur career ==
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== Professional soccer career == == Professional soccer career ==


Antonopoulos signed a pro contract with the ].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2008-05-21 |title=2007 FIU Men's Soccer Media Guide by Ivan Irizarry - Issuu |url=https://issuu.com/fiuathletics/docs/07_msoccer_media_guide/38 |access-date= |website=issuu.com |language=en}}</ref> where he played as a goalkeeper in the ] (APSL). He was one of three players who went pro out of FIU at this time in 1993.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2008-05-21 |title=2007 FIU Men's Soccer Media Guide by Ivan Irizarry - Issuu |url=https://issuu.com/fiuathletics/docs/07_msoccer_media_guide/38 |access-date=2024-11-26 |website=issuu.com |language=en}}</ref> Antonopoulos signed a pro contract with the ],<ref>{{Cite web |date=2008-05-21 |title=2007 FIU Men's Soccer Media Guide by Ivan Irizarry - Issuu |url=https://issuu.com/fiuathletics/docs/07_msoccer_media_guide/38 |access-date= |website=issuu.com |language=en}}</ref> where he played as the goalkeeper. This team competed in the ] (APSL). He was one of three players who went pro out of FIU at this time in 1993.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2008-05-21 |title=2007 FIU Men's Soccer Media Guide by Ivan Irizarry - Issuu |url=https://issuu.com/fiuathletics/docs/07_msoccer_media_guide/38 |access-date=2024-11-26 |website=issuu.com |language=en}}</ref>

⚫ During the ] season the Strikers finished in sixth place and failed to qualify for the playoffs with 9 wins and 15 losses.<ref>{{Cite web |date=1993 |title=1993 Fort Lauderdale Strikers Roster |url=https://www.statscrew.com/minorsoccer/roster/t-FLSTI/y-1993}}</ref> The ] season was the fifth and final season in the APSL, this season they did not qualify for the playoffs, with 8 wins and 12 losses, finishing 5th in the league.<ref>{{Cite web |date=1994 |title=1994 Fort Lauderdale Strikers Roster |url=https://www.statscrew.com/minorsoccer/roster/t-FLSTI/y-1994}}</ref>


== International soccer career ==
⚫ During the ] season the Strikers finished in sixth place and failed to qualify for the playoffs with 9 wins and 15 losses.<ref>{{Cite web |date=1993 |title=1993 Fort Lauderdale Strikers Roster |url=https://www.statscrew.com/minorsoccer/roster/t-FLSTI/y-1993}}</ref> The ] season was the fifth and final season in the APSL, this season they did not qualify for the playoffs, with 8 wins and 12 losses, finishing 5th in the league.<ref>{{Cite web |date=1994 |title=1994 Fort Lauderdale Strikers Roster |url=https://www.statscrew.com/minorsoccer/roster/t-FLSTI/y-1994}}</ref>
From 2002 to 2006, Antonopoulos represented the ] as a goalkeeper and assistant coach.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-12-18 |title=CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship 2006 by Concacaf - Issuu |url=https://issuu.com/concacaf2013/docs/concacaf-beach-soccer-tournament-20?utm_source=chatgpt.com |access-date=2024-12-28 |website=issuu.com |language=en}}</ref> In 2006, Antonopoulos was part of the U.S. team that won the inaugural ], earning their first title and qualification for the ].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-12-18 |title=CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship 2006 by Concacaf - Issuu |url=https://issuu.com/concacaf2013/docs/concacaf-beach-soccer-tournament-20?utm_source=chatgpt.com |access-date=2024-12-28 |website=issuu.com |language=en}}</ref>


== Goalkeeper and Coaching == == Goalkeeper and Coaching ==
] ]
Chris Antonopoulos was the general manager and head coach of the ''Florida Beach Soccer FC'' founded in 2009.<ref name="auto1">{{Cite web |title=PressReader.com - Digital Newspaper & Magazine Subscriptions |url=https://www.pressreader.com/usa/sun-sentinel-broward-edition/20111211/286474320210938?srsltid=AfmBOoozhrvXoIoSh0YQSh6mb0usEcjqjIh9hIzr2okILZNSZL3cX4Zp |website=www.pressreader.com}}</ref> Chris Antonopoulos was the general manager, head coach, and former goalkeeper of the ''Florida Beach Soccer FC'' founded in 2009.<ref name="auto1">{{Cite web |title=PressReader.com - Digital Newspaper & Magazine Subscriptions |url=https://www.pressreader.com/usa/sun-sentinel-broward-edition/20111211/286474320210938?srsltid=AfmBOoozhrvXoIoSh0YQSh6mb0usEcjqjIh9hIzr2okILZNSZL3cX4Zp |website=www.pressreader.com}}</ref>


Later that year, they captured the second annual Bago Sports Beach Football title<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.stabroeknews.com/2011/11/23/sports/beach-football-team-places-third-in-tdad-invitational-tourney/|title=Beach football team places third in T/dad Invitational tourney|first=Stabroek|last=News|date=November 23, 2011|website=Stabroek News}}</ref> winning the ] in ] with a 5–3 victory over Stokely Vale FC.<ref name="auto"/> In 2011, the squad won the National Championship at the COOP U.S. Open North American Sand Soccer Championship (NASSC).<ref>{{Cite web |last=By |date=2011-11-06 |title=Getting their kicks in the sand |url=https://www.sun-sentinel.com/2011/11/06/getting-their-kicks-in-the-sand/ |access-date=2024-12-28 |website=Sun Sentinel |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=NASSC {{!}} The World’s Largest Sand Soccer Festival |url=https://www.sandsoccer.com/ |access-date=2024-12-28 |website=North American Sand Soccer Championships {{!}} NASSC |language=en}}</ref> Later that year, they captured the second annual Bago Sports Beach Football title<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.stabroeknews.com/2011/11/23/sports/beach-football-team-places-third-in-tdad-invitational-tourney/|title=Beach football team places third in T/dad Invitational tourney|first=Stabroek|last=News|date=November 23, 2011|website=Stabroek News}}</ref> winning the ] in ] with a 5–3 victory over Stokely Vale FC.<ref name="auto"/>
] ]
''Florida Beach Soccer FC'' also participated in the Clearwater Beach Soccer Tournament<ref>{{Cite web |date= |title=Soccer Invades Clearwater Beach |url=https://patch.com/florida/clearwater/soccer-invades-clearwater-beach |access-date=2024-11-26 |website=Clearwater, FL Patch |language=en}} ''Florida Beach Soccer FC'' also participated in the Clearwater Beach Soccer Tournament<ref>{{Cite web |date= |title=Soccer Invades Clearwater Beach |url=https://patch.com/florida/clearwater/soccer-invades-clearwater-beach |access-date=2024-11-26 |website=Clearwater, FL Patch |language=en}}
</ref> sponsored by the ], which took place in 2011 as part of the Major Beach Soccer Tour.<ref>{{Cite web |last=By |date=2011-11-06 |title=Getting their kicks in the sand |url=https://www.sun-sentinel.com/2011/11/06/getting-their-kicks-in-the-sand/ |access-date=2024-12-02 |website=Sun Sentinel |language=en-US}}</ref> </ref> sponsored by the ], which took place in 2011 as part of the Major Beach Soccer Tour.<ref>{{Cite web |last=By |date=2011-11-06 |title=Getting their kicks in the sand |url=https://www.sun-sentinel.com/2011/11/06/getting-their-kicks-in-the-sand/ |access-date=2024-12-02 |website=Sun Sentinel |language=en-US}}</ref>


The team achieved continued success by securing another national title at the 2012 COOP U.S. Open North American Sand Soccer Championship (NASSC), demonstrating their dominance in U.S. beach soccer.<ref>{{Cite web |title=US Open at NASSC: Celebrating 20 Years of Beach Soccer |url=https://www.sandsoccer.com/us-open-history/ |access-date=2024-12-03 |website=North American Sand Soccer Championships {{!}} NASSC |language=en}}</ref> The team achieved continued success by securing another national title at the 2012 COOP U.S. Open North American Sand Soccer Championship (NASSC), demonstrating their dominance in U.S. ].<ref>{{Cite web |title=US Open at NASSC: Celebrating 20 Years of Beach Soccer |url=https://www.sandsoccer.com/us-open-history/ |access-date=2024-12-03 |website=North American Sand Soccer Championships {{!}} NASSC |language=en}}</ref>


== References == == References ==

Revision as of 19:32, 28 December 2024

American goalkeeper and coach (born 1968)
Chris Antonopoulos
Personal information
Date of birth 1968
Place of birth Louisiana
Height 5'9
Position(s) Goalkeeper | Head Coach
Youth career
1986-1990 Florida International University
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1990-1991 Hollywood Kickers
1993-1994 Fort Lauderdale Strikers
International career
2002-2006 United States Men's National Beach Soccer Team
Managerial career
2009-2014 Florida Beach Soccer FC
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Chris Antonopoulos (born 1968) is a retired American goalkeeper and coach known for his impact on beach soccer. He was the goalkeeper for Florida International University the Fort Lauderdale Strikers, and the U.S. Men's National Beach Soccer Team As head coach of Florida Beach Soccer FC, he led the team to back-to-back North American Sand Soccer Championships in 2011 and 2012 and the Caribbean Championship in the 2011 Bago Sports Beach Football title in Trinidad and Tobago.

Youth career

Chris Antonopoulos pictured (bottom right) with the FIU soccer team

Chris Antonopoulos played as a goalkeeper for Miami Curley High School before attending Florida International University (FIU) from 1986 to 1990. At FIU, he served as the second-string goalkeeper, starting in several games during his collegiate career.

Amateur career

In 1990, Chris Antonopoulos played as a second-string goalkeeper for the Hollywood Kickers, a semi-professional soccer team in South Florida.

Professional soccer career

Antonopoulos signed a pro contract with the Fort Lauderdale Strikers, where he played as the goalkeeper. This team competed in the American Professional Soccer League (APSL). He was one of three players who went pro out of FIU at this time in 1993.

During the 1993 season the Strikers finished in sixth place and failed to qualify for the playoffs with 9 wins and 15 losses. The 1994 season was the fifth and final season in the APSL, this season they did not qualify for the playoffs, with 8 wins and 12 losses, finishing 5th in the league.

International soccer career

From 2002 to 2006, Antonopoulos represented the United States Men's National Beach Soccer Team as a goalkeeper and assistant coach. In 2006, Antonopoulos was part of the U.S. team that won the inaugural CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship, earning their first title and qualification for the 2006 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.

Goalkeeper and Coaching

Chris Antonopoulos pictured (second to right, in yellow) with Florida Beach Soccer FC at the 2011 North American Sand Soccer Championship, in Virginia Beach.

Chris Antonopoulos was the general manager, head coach, and former goalkeeper of the Florida Beach Soccer FC founded in 2009.

In 2011, the squad won the National Championship at the COOP U.S. Open North American Sand Soccer Championship (NASSC). Later that year, they captured the second annual Bago Sports Beach Football title winning the Caribbean Championship in Trinidad and Tobago with a 5–3 victory over Stokely Vale FC.

Chris Antonopoulos in an aggressive save as goalkeeper for Florida Beach Soccer FC at the Clearwater Beach tournament.

Florida Beach Soccer FC also participated in the Clearwater Beach Soccer Tournament sponsored by the United Soccer League, which took place in 2011 as part of the Major Beach Soccer Tour.

The team achieved continued success by securing another national title at the 2012 COOP U.S. Open North American Sand Soccer Championship (NASSC), demonstrating their dominance in U.S. beach soccer.

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  19. "Soccer Invades Clearwater Beach". Clearwater, FL Patch. Retrieved 2024-11-26.
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