Chris Schuler

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Chris Schuler

| image = Schuler.jpg

| image_size = 220

| caption = Schuler playing for Real Salt Lake

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1987|9|6}}

| birth_place = St. Louis, Missouri, United States

| height = {{height|ft=6|in=4}}

| position = Defender

| currentclub =

| clubnumber =

| collegeyears1 = 2006–2009

| college1 = Creighton Bluejays

| years1 = 2006–2009

| clubs1 = Chicago Fire Premier

| caps1 = 31

| goals1 = 1

| years2 = 2010–2015

| clubs2 = Real Salt Lake

| caps2 = 80

| goals2 = 5

| years3 = 2010

| clubs3 = → AC St. Louis (loan)

| caps3 = 4

| goals3 = 0

| years4 = 2015

| clubs4 = → Real Monarchs (loan)

| caps4 = 2

| goals4 = 0

| years5 = 2016

| clubs5 = Real Monarchs

| caps5 = 9

| goals5 = 0

| years6 = 2016–2017

| clubs6 = Real Salt Lake

| caps6 = 16

| goals6 = 0

| years7 = 2017

| clubs7 = → Real Monarchs (loan)

| caps7 = 2

| goals7 = 0

| years8 = 2018

| clubs8 = Orlando City

| caps8 = 9

| goals8 = 1

| nationalyears1 =

| nationalteam1 =

| nationalcaps1 =

| nationalgoals1 =

| medaltemplates =

| club-update = October 28, 2018

| nationalteam-update =

}}

Chris Schuler (born September 6, 1987) is an American former soccer player who last played for Orlando City in Major League Soccer. He is currently pursuing an events management career with US Soccer.

Career

=College and amateur=

Schuler attended college at Creighton University. During his time there he won awards such as MVP at the US Youth Soccer National Championships in July 2006, Missouri Valley Conference Defensive Player of the Year, NSCAA Second-Team All-America and NSCAA All-Midwest Region First-Team.{{cite web|url=http://gocreighton.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=323|title=Chris Schuler - 2007|publisher=}}

During his college years Schuler also played for Chicago Fire Premier in the USL Premier Development League.{{cite web |url=http://www.uslsoccer.com/teams/2007/roster/22315.html |title=United Soccer Leagues (USL) |accessdate=2017-07-26 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141223024852/http://www.uslsoccer.com/teams/2007/roster/22315.html |archivedate=December 23, 2014 |df=mdy-all }}

=Professional=

Schuler was drafted in the third round (39th overall) of the 2010 MLS SuperDraft by Real Salt Lake.[http://web.mlsnet.com/mls/events/superdraft/2010/draft_tracker.jsp 2010 MLS SuperDraft] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100119032536/http://web.mlsnet.com/mls/events/superdraft/2010/draft_tracker.jsp |date=January 19, 2010 }}

He made his professional debut on June 2, 2010, in a Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup game against D.C. United.{{cite web|url=http://www.rslsoapbox.com/2010/6/3/1499147/real-salt-lake-1-dc-united-2-match|title=Real Salt Lake 1 - DC United 2 match stats and post match comments|date=June 3, 2010|publisher=}} Schuler joined USSF Division 2 club AC St. Louis on July 20, 2010, for a four-game loan deal,http://www.globe-democrat.com/news/2010/jul/20/chris-schuler-joins-ac-st-louis-least-next-four-ga/{{dead link|date=November 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} returning to Salt Lake before the end of the 2010 MLS season.

Schuler scored his first professional goal on April 9, 2011, in a game against the New England Revolution.

On November 8, 2013, Schuler scored what proved to be the series winner for RSL during the second leg of the 2013 Western Conference Semifinals versus the LA Galaxy, making the aggregate 2–1.{{cite web|url=https://golazo.mlssoccer.com/matchcenter/2013-11-07-real-salt-lake-vs-la-galaxy/recap |title=¡Golazo! - Real Salt Lake vs. LA Galaxy |accessdate=November 8, 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131109012830/https://golazo.mlssoccer.com/matchcenter/2013-11-07-real-salt-lake-vs-la-galaxy/recap |archivedate=November 9, 2013 }}

Once a promising player, Schuler could never stay healthy enough after 2014 to contribute enough to justify a role with the club.{{cite web|url=http://www.rslsoapbox.com/2015/11/24/9710774/player-profiles-chris-schuler|title=Chris Schuler succumbed to injures in a big way in 2015. What's next for the defender?|date=November 24, 2015|publisher=}} Real Salt Lake opted out of renewing Chris Schuler's contract as of November 30, 2015.{{cite web|url=http://www.mlssoccer.com/transactions/2016|title=2016 MLS Transactions|access-date=March 9, 2016|archive-date=December 10, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151210015243/http://www.mlssoccer.com/transactions/2016|url-status=dead}}

Following his release from Salt Lake at the end of the 2017 season, Schuler signed with Orlando City on March 2, 2018.{{cite web|url=https://www.orlandocitysc.com/post/2018/03/02/orlando-city-sc-announces-2018-opening-day-roster|title=Orlando City SC Announces 2018 Opening Day Roster|date=March 2, 2018}} He scored his first goal for the club, and his first in four years, in a 2–1 win against Toronto FC to help end a nine-game losing streak. At the end of the season the club announced they had declined his contract option.{{Cite web|url=https://www.prosoccerusa.com/mls/orlando-city-sc/orlando-city-2018-contract-options/|title=Orlando City declines options for eight players after tough 2018 season {{!}} Pro Soccer USA|website=www.prosoccerusa.com|language=en-US|access-date=2018-11-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181128181226/https://www.prosoccerusa.com/mls/orlando-city-sc/orlando-city-2018-contract-options/|archive-date=November 28, 2018|url-status=dead}}

Career statistics

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rowspan="2"\|Club !rowspan="2"\|Season !colspan="3"\|League ! colspan="2" \|Cup ! colspan="2" \|League Cup ! colspan="2" \|Continental !colspan="2"\|Total
Division	Apps	Goals !Apps !Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
rowspan="9" \|Real Salt Lake \|2010 \| rowspan="8" \|MLS \|1 \|0 \|0 \|0 \|0 \|0 \| colspan="2" \| - \|1 \|0
2011 \|20 \|2 \|1 \|0 \|3 \|0 \|3 \|0 \|27 \|2
2012 \|13 \|0 \|0 \|0 \|0 \|0 \| colspan="2" \| - \|13 \|0
2013 \|16 \|0 \|0 \|0 \|5 \|2 \|1 \|0 \|22 \|2
2014 \|25 \|3 \|0 \|0 \|2 \|0 \| colspan="2" \| - \|27 \|3
2015 \|5 \|0 \|1 \|0 \| 0 \|0 \| colspan="2" \| - \|6 \|0
2016 \|4 \|0 \|0 \|0 \|1 \|0 \| colspan="2" \| - \|5 \|0
2017 \|12 \|0 \|0 \|0 \|0 \|0 \| colspan="2" \| - \|12 \|0
colspan="2" \|Total !96 !5 !2 !0 !11 !2 !4 !0 !113 !7
AC St. Louis (loan) \|2010 \|USSF D2 \|4 \|0 \| colspan="2" \| - \|0 \|0 \| colspan="2" \| - \|4 \|0
rowspan="4" \|Real Monarchs (loan) \|2015 \| rowspan="3" \|USL \|2 \|0 \| colspan="2" \| - \|0 \|0 \| colspan="2" \| - \|2 \|0
2016 \|10 \|0 \| colspan="2" \| - \|0 \|0 \| colspan="2" \| - \|10 \|0
2017 \|2 \|0 \| colspan="2" \| - \|0 \|0 \| colspan="2" \| - \|2 \|0
colspan="2" \|Total !14 !0 ! colspan="2"
0 !0 ! colspan="2"
14 !0
Orlando City \|2018 \|MLS \| 9	1 \|1 \|0	0 \|0	colspan="2" \| -	10	1
colspan="3" \|Career Totals !123	6 !3 !0	11	2	4	0	141	8

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