Garden City, N.Y. – Adelphi University head women's soccer coach, Chris Armas has been nominated for entry into the National Soccer Hall of Fame as announced by U.S. Soccer last Friday. Armas is one of 22 players that were named on the ballot.
 
A Brentwood, N.Y. native, Armas was a standout soccer player at Adelphi under Head Coach Bob Montgomery from 1990-93. During his four year tenure he helped the Panthers to a 43-24-10 record and three straight NCAA Division I Tournament appearances. A 1994 graduate, Armas took home multiple honors for his performance on the field and in the classroom which included two All-New York State and NSCAA All-Region selections, two CoSIDA Academic All-America nods, a CoSIDA Academic All-District kudos and was named an NSCAA All-American Honorable Mention during his senior year. In 2005, he was honored with inclusion into Adelphi's Athletic Hall of Fame; the 13^th member from the men's soccer team to be inducted.
 
Upon graduation from Adelphi with a degree in physical education, Armas played two years for the Long Island Rough Riders before being drafted by the Los Angeles Galaxy of the MLS. He spent the first two years of his professional soccer career with the Galaxy before being traded to the Chicago Fire where he would remain for the final 10 years. Armas helped the Fire to their first and only MLS Championship in 1988 and was named to the MLS Best XI five times in six years while earning the title of US Soccer Athlete of the Year in 2000. Over his 12 year career at midfield, he tallied 11 goals and 41 assists.
 
Armas was also selected to be a part of the US National team in which he made his debut on November 6, 1988; the first of 66 appearances.
 
The ballots were sent out on Friday to all past and present U.S. men's and women's coaches, all active Major League Soccer and National Women's Soccer League coaches, MLS and NWSL commissioner/ executive director and the league's management representatives, U.S. Soccer president and secretary general, Hall of Famers and designated media members. To be elected, a player must be named on at least 66.7 percent of the total ballots cast. Voting closes on Feb. 22.
 


The complete list of Hall of Fame Nominees are as follows:
 
Chris Armas                           Wade Barrett
Mauricio Cienfuegos            Raul Diaz Arce
Marco Etcheverry                   Lorrie Fair
Robin Fraser                          Chris Henderson
Angela Hucles                       Jason Kreis
Roy Lassiter                           Shannon MacMillan
Joe-Max Moore                       Victor Nogueira
John O'Brien                           Ben Olsen
Cindy Parlow                          Ante Razov
Tiffany Roberts                       Tony Sanneh
Taylor Twellman                     Tisha Venturini-Hoch

~Portions of this release courtesy of BigAppleSoccer.com