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{{Short description|American soccer player}}
{{For|the American football player|Christian Albright}}
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{{Infobox football biography 
| name                 = Chris Albright
| image                = ChrisAlbright 20060410.jpg
| caption              = Albright at a United States practice in 2006
| fullname             = Christopher John Albright<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fifadata.com/document/fwc/2006/PDF/FWC_2006_SquadLists.pdf |title=2006 FIFA World Cup Germany: List of Players: United States |publisher=FIFA |page=32 |date=March 21, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190610174527/https://www.fifadata.com/document/fwc/2006/PDF/FWC_2006_SquadLists.pdf |archive-date=June 10, 2019}}</ref>
| birth_date           = {{birth date and age|1979|1|14}}
| birth_place          = [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]], U.S.
| height               = {{height|ft=6|in=1}}
| position             = [[Right-back]]
| currentclub          = 
| clubnumber           = 
| collegeyears1        = 1997–1998
| college1             = [[Virginia Cavaliers men's soccer|Virginia Cavaliers]]
| years1               = 1999–2001
| clubs1               = [[D.C. United]]
| caps1                = 56
| goals1               = 4
| years2               = 1999
| clubs2               = → [[MLS Pro-40]] (loan)
| caps2                = 3
| goals2               = 0
| years3               = 2002–2007
| clubs3               = [[Los Angeles Galaxy]]
| caps3                = 116
| goals3               = 7
| years4               = 2008–2009
| clubs4               = [[New England Revolution]]
| caps4                = 27
| goals4               = 0
| years5               = 2010–2011
| clubs5               = [[New York Red Bulls]]
| caps5                = 26
| goals5               = 0
| years6               = 2012–2013
| clubs6               = [[Philadelphia Union]]
| caps6                = 10
| goals6               = 0
| totalcaps            = 238
| totalgoals           = 11   
| nationalyears1       = 1999
| nationalteam1        = [[United States men's national under-20 soccer team|United States U20]]
| nationalcaps1        = 4
| nationalgoals1       = 0
| nationalyears2       = 2000
| nationalteam2        = [[United States men's national under-23 soccer team|United States U23]]
| nationalcaps2        = 6
| nationalgoals2       = 2
| nationalyears3       = 1999–2007
| nationalteam3        = [[United States men's national soccer team|United States]]
| nationalcaps3        = 22
| nationalgoals3       = 1
| medaltemplates       =
| pcupdate             = October 26, 2013
| ntupdate             = April 4, 2010
}}

'''Christopher John Albright''' (born January 14, 1979) is an American former professional [[soccer]] player and current general manager for [[Major League Soccer]] club [[FC Cincinnati]].<ref name=GM>{{cite web|url=https://www.mlssoccer.com/news/fc-cincinnati-hire-chris-albright-as-general-manager|title=FC Cincinnati hire Chris Albright as new General Manager |publisher=fccincinnati.com |access-date=October 4, 2021}}</ref>

==Youth and college==
Albright attended [[William Penn Charter School]]. A [[Striker (association football)|forward]] early in his career, Albright played [[College soccer in the United States|college soccer]] at the [[University of Virginia]] for two years; he was named an [[Division I First-Team All-American (soccer)|All-American]] in 1999.

==Club career==
Considered one of the best attacking prospects in the country, he leveraged foreign interest into getting assigned to [[D.C. United]],<ref>{{cite news |title=FC Cincinnati hire Chris Albright as new General Manager |url=https://www.fccincinnati.com/news/fc-cincinnati-hire-chris-albright-as-new-general-manager |access-date=December 6, 2024 |agency=FC Cincinnati |date=October 4, 2021 |language=en}}</ref> despite the club being low on MLS's pecking order for [[Project-40]] players. The league forced a trade with the [[Miami Fusion]] for future considerations, which turned out to be [[Roy Lassiter]], but not until both Albright and Lassiter helped DC to the 1999 [[MLS Cup]].

But Albright's club career did not live up to the lofty expectations. He struggled to find the back of the net, scoring just four goals total in his first three years in the league. D.C. dealt him to [[Los Angeles Galaxy]] for a draft pick prior to the 2002 season.

Albright drifted further onto the midfield, and then found himself in the back as the Galaxy's starting right defender for the 2003 and 2004 seasons. With Los Angeles Albright became one of the league's top [[right-back]]s, and was honored as an [[MLS Best XI]] selection in 2005. During his time with the Galaxy he helped the club capture two [[MLS Cup]] and one U.S. Open Cup title.  He appeared in 116 league matches, scoring 7 goals.

On January 18, 2008, Albright was traded to [[New England Revolution]] in return for allocation money. During the 2008 season Albright was a fixture for New England at right-back appearing in 26 league matches; however during the 2009 season he suffered a season-ending injury that limited him to only one appearance.

Albright was traded to [[New York Red Bulls]] on January 14, 2010, in exchange for picks #31 and #48 in the [[2010 MLS SuperDraft]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.soccerbyives.net/soccer_by_ives/2010/01/2010-mls-draft-predraft-commentary.html |title=2010 MLS Draft (Pre-Draft Commentary) |publisher=Soccer By Ives |date=January 14, 2010 |access-date=February 13, 2012 |archive-date=September 24, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924103304/http://www.soccerbyives.net/soccer_by_ives/2010/01/2010-mls-draft-predraft-commentary.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> After beginning the 2010 season on injured reserve Albright regained his form and became the club's starting right-back and helped New York capture the regular season [[2010 Major League Soccer|Eastern Conference]] title.<ref>[http://www.mlssoccer.com/matchcenter-recap/red-bulls-beat-revs-clinch-eastern-conference] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101023070503/http://www.mlssoccer.com/matchcenter-recap/red-bulls-beat-revs-clinch-eastern-conference|date=October 23, 2010}}</ref>

Following the 2011 season, the Red Bulls declined the 2012 option on Albright's contract, making him eligible for the [[2011 MLS Re-Entry Draft]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mlssoccer.com/news/article/2011/11/30/mls-announces-players-available-re-entry-process |title=MLS names players available in Re-Entry Process (UPDATED) |publisher=MLSsoccer.com |date=December 2, 2011 |access-date=February 13, 2012 |archive-date=December 2, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111202215233/http://www.mlssoccer.com/news/article/2011/11/30/mls-announces-players-available-re-entry-process |url-status=dead }}</ref> Albright was not selected in the draft and became a free agent.

On February 13, 2012, Albright signed to play for his hometown [[Philadelphia Union]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.philadelphiaunion.com/news/2012/02/union-sign-veteran-defender-albright |title=Union sign veteran defender Albright &#124; Philadelphia Union |access-date=February 15, 2012 |archive-date=October 29, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029184856/http://www.philadelphiaunion.com/news/2012/02/union-sign-veteran-defender-albright |url-status=dead }}</ref> He retired at the conclusion of the 2013 season<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.mlssoccer.com/news/article/2013/10/23/veteran-defender-chris-albright-call-it-career-hometown-philadelphia-union| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131025014536/http://www.mlssoccer.com/news/article/2013/10/23/veteran-defender-chris-albright-call-it-career-hometown-philadelphia-union| archive-date = October 25, 2013| title = Veteran defender Chris Albright to call it a career with hometown Philadelphia Union {{!}} MLSsoccer.com}}</ref>

==International career==
Albright's first attempt at playing defense came with [[United States men's national soccer team|United States national team]] coach [[Bruce Arena]], who gave him his first cap on September 8, 1999, against [[Jamaica national football team|Jamaica]]. Albright scored his lone U.S. goal that day and has accumulated 21 caps as of 2007.

Albright was listed as an alternate for [[Bruce Arena]]'s 23-man squad for the [[2006 FIFA World Cup]] in [[Germany]] and made the final squad two days after the initial roster announcement due to the injury of [[Frankie Hejduk]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=366876&cc=5901 |title=ESPN Soccernet |publisher=[[ESPN]] |date=May 3, 2006 |access-date=February 13, 2012 |archive-date=June 29, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629083836/http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=366876&cc=5901 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Albright did not appear in a match in the tournament.

===International goals===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Goal !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition
|-
| 1 || September 8, 1999 || [[Kingston, Jamaica|Kingston]], [[Jamaica]] || {{fb|JAM}} || '''2'''–2 || 2–2 || [[Friendly match]]
|}

==Post playing career==
In January 2014, Albright was announced as joining the [[Philadelphia Union]]'s technical staff as assistant technical director.<ref name=TechDir2>{{cite web|url=https://www.philadelphiaunion.com/post/2014/01/14/philadelphia-union-name-chris-albright-assistant-technical-director#:~:text=Philadelphia%20Union%20name%20Chris%20Albright%20assistant%20Technical%20Director,-January%2014%2C%202014&text=Philadelphia%20Union%20announced%20today%20that,member%20of%20the%20Philadelphia%20Union. |title=Philadelphia Union name Chris Albright assistant Technical Director |publisher=philadelphiaunion.com |date=January 14, 2014 |access-date=February 7, 2021}}</ref> His responsibilities would focus on assisting in player management and movement along with player and coaching decisions.<ref name=TechDir2/>

In October 2021, FC Cincinnati announced Albright had been hired as the new general manager of the club.<ref name=GM/>

== Career statistics ==

===Club===
{{updated|June 29, 2013}}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! colspan=3 | Club performance
! colspan=2 | League
! colspan=2 | Cup
! colspan=2 | League Cup
! colspan=2 | Continental
! colspan=2 | Total
|-
! Season !! Club !! League
! Apps !! Goals
! Apps !! Goals
! Apps !! Goals
! Apps !! Goals
! Apps !! Goals
|-
! colspan=3 | USA
! colspan=2 | League
! colspan=2 | [[Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup|Open Cup]]
! colspan=2 | League Cup
! colspan=2 | [[CONCACAF|North America]]
! colspan=2 | Total
|-
|[[1999 Major League Soccer season|1999]]||rowspan="3"|[[D.C. United]]||rowspan="15"|[[Major League Soccer]]||8||0||1||1||0||0||1||0||10||1
|-
|[[2000 Major League Soccer season|2000]]||25||3||3||2||0||0||1||0||29||5
|-
|[[2001 Major League Soccer season|2001]]||23||1||4||2||0||0||0||0||27||3
|-
|[[2002 Major League Soccer season|2002]]||rowspan="6"|[[Los Angeles Galaxy]]||15||0||2||2||5||1||0||0||22||3
|-
|[[2003 Major League Soccer season|2003]]||27||3||3||0||2||0||4||0||36||3
|-
|[[2004 Major League Soccer season|2004]]||24||1||0||0||3||0||0||0||27||1
|-
|[[2005 Major League Soccer season|2005]]||22||1||0||0||4||0||0||0||26||1
|-
|[[2006 Major League Soccer season|2006]]||23||2||0||0||0||0||1||0||24||2
|-
|[[2007 Major League Soccer season|2007]]||5||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||5||0
|-
|[[2008 Major League Soccer season|2008]]||rowspan="2"|[[New England Revolution]]||26||0||0||0||2||0||0||0||28||0
|-
|[[2009 Major League Soccer season|2009]]||1||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||1||0
|-
|[[2010 Major League Soccer season|2010]]||rowspan="2"|[[New York Red Bulls]]||18||0||3||0||2||0||0||0||23||0
|-
|[[2011 Major League Soccer season|2011]]||8||0||1||0||0||0||0||0||9||0
|-
|[[2012 Philadelphia Union season|2012]]||rowspan="2"|[[Philadelphia Union]]||8||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||8||0
|-
|[[2013 Philadelphia Union season|2013]]||2||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||2||0
|-
! rowspan=1 | Total
! colspan=2 | USA
!235||11||17||7||18||1||7||0||277||19
|-
! colspan=3 | Career total
!235||11||17||7||18||1||7||0||277||19
|}

===International===
{{updated|March 19, 2012}}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|-
! National team!!Year!!Apps!!Goals
|-
| rowspan="10"|[[United States men's national soccer team|United States]]
|-
|[[1999 in American soccer|1999]]||1||1
|-
|[[2000 in American soccer|2000]]||3||0
|-
|[[2001 in American soccer|2001]]||3||0
|-
|[[2002 in American soccer|2002]]||0||0
|-
|[[2003 in American soccer|2003]]||0||0
|-
|[[2004 in American soccer|2004]]||4||0
|-
|[[2005 in American soccer|2005]]||7||0
|-
|[[2006 in American soccer|2006]]||2||0
|-
|[[2007 in American soccer|2007]]||2||0
|-
! colspan=2|Total||22||1
|}

==Honors==

===D.C. United===
*'''[[Major League Soccer]] MLS Cup (1):''' [[1999 Major League Soccer season|1999]]
*'''[[Major League Soccer]] MLS Supporters Shield (1):''' [[1999 Major League Soccer season|1999]]

===New England Revolution===
*'''[[North American SuperLiga]] (1):''' 2008

===Los Angeles Galaxy===
*'''[[Major League Soccer]] MLS Cup (2):''' [[2002 Major League Soccer season|2002]], [[2005 Major League Soccer season|2005]]
*'''[[Major League Soccer]] MLS Supporters Shield (1):''' [[2002 Major League Soccer season|2002]]
*'''[[Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup]] U.S. Open Cup (1):''' [[2005 U.S. Open Cup|2005]]

===Individual===
*'''[[MLS Best XI]]:''' 2005

===Technical Director===
;Philadelphia Union
* ''Supporters Shield'': [[2020 Major League Soccer season|2020]]<ref>{{Cite tweet|number=1325568824008208384|user=MLS|title=SUPPORTERS' SHIELD WINNERS @PhilaUnion win their first trophy in club history! #DOOP|author=Major League Soccer|date=November 8, 2020}}</ref>

===General Manager===
;FC Cincinnati
* ''Supporters Shield'': [[2023 Major League Soccer season|2023]]<ref>{{cite web |last1=Sial |first1=Jonathan |title=FC Cincinnati win 2023 MLS Supporters' Shield |url=https://www.mlssoccer.com/news/fc-cincinnati-win-2023-mls-supporters-shield |website=MLSSoccer.com |publisher=Major League Soccer |language=en |date=September 30, 2023}}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
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{{2005 MLS Best XI}}
{{FC Cincinnati}}
{{United States men's football squad 2000 Summer Olympics}}
{{United States squad 2006 FIFA World Cup}}

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