Kris Reaves
{{short description|American soccer player (born 1995)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2018}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Kris Reaves
| image =
| image_size =
| full_name = Kris Reaves
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1995|11|10}}
| birth_place = Atlanta, Georgia, United States
| height = 6 ft 2 in
| position = Defender
| currentclub =
| clubnumber =
| youthyears1 = 2012–2014
| youthclubs1 = FC Dallas
| collegeyears1 = 2014–2015
| college1 = Wake Forest Demon Deacons
| collegecaps1 = 41
| collegegoals1 = 1
| collegeyears2 = 2016–2017
| college2 = Portland Pilots
| collegecaps2 = 35
| collegegoals2 = 0
| years1 = 2018
| clubs1 = FC Dallas
| caps1 = 2
| goals1 = 0
| years2 = 2019–2020
| clubs2 = Colorado Springs Switchbacks
| caps2 = 36
| goals2 = 0
| pcupdate = October 5, 2020
}}
Kris Reaves (born November 10, 1995) is an American retired professional soccer player.
Career
=Youth and college=
Reaves played two years of college soccer at the University of Portland between 2016 and 2017.{{cite web |url=https://www.portlandpilots.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=4439|title=Kris Reaves - 2016 - University of Portland |website=portlandpilots.com |publisher=University of Portland|accessdate=July 8, 2018}}
= Professional =
On January 10, 2018, Reaves was signed as a homegrown player by FC Dallas.{{Cite web |url=https://www.mlssoccer.com/players/kris-reaves |title=Kris Reaves Profile |website=mlssoccer.com |publisher=Major League Soccer |access-date=July 6, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180708033236/https://www.mlssoccer.com/players/kris-reaves |archive-date=July 8, 2018 |url-status=dead }}
He was the 20th overall homegrown player signed by FC Dallas.{{Cite web |url=https://www.mlssoccer.com/post/2018/01/10/fc-dallas-sign-defender-kris-reaves-20th-homegrown-club-history |title=FC Dallas sign defender Kris Reaves as 20th Homegrown in club history |website=mlssoccer.com |publisher=Major League Soccer |date=January 10, 2018 |access-date=July 6, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180708195102/https://www.mlssoccer.com/post/2018/01/10/fc-dallas-sign-defender-kris-reaves-20th-homegrown-club-history |archive-date=July 8, 2018 |url-status=dead }} He made his debut on June 29, 2018, starting and playing 78 minutes in a 1–0 victory over Minnesota United.{{cite web|url=https://sportsday.dallasnews.com/soccer/soccer/2018/07/01/breakdown-fc-dallas-minnesota-united-fc|title=The Breakdown: FC Dallas at Minnesota United FC|date=July 1, 2018|website=Sportsday.dallasnews.com|publisher=Dallas News|accessdate=July 8, 2018}}
Reaves was released by Dallas at the end of their 2018 season.{{cite web |url=https://www.fcdallas.com/post/2018/11/26/fc-dallas-exercises-contract-options-four-players|title=FC Dallas Exercises Contract Options on Four Players|website=fcdallas.com|publisher=FC Dallas|date=November 26, 2018 |accessdate=June 16, 2020}}
Reaves signed with USL Championship side Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC for the 2019 season.{{cite web |url=https://www.switchbacksfc.com/news_article/show/997409|title=Switchbacks FC Sign Defender Kris Reaves |website=switchbacksfc.com |publisher=Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC|date=February 21, 2019|accessdate=June 16, 2020}}
Reaves retired from professional soccer following the 2020 season and returned to the University of Portland to further his education.He currently has 3 degrees and is a leading financial analyst in the state of Oregon and the west coast as a whole. Friends often refer to him as Finance God or Young Tiger Because of his elite golf career. Citing multiple occasions of shooting sub 80. Rumors currently circle around his looming presence on the KornFerry Tour.{{cite web |last1=Cuadrado |first1=Kate |title=Once a Villan, always a Villan |url=https://www.upbeacon.com/article/2022/04/once-a-villan-always-a-villan |website=UPBeacon.com |publisher=The Beacon |access-date=8 November 2023}}
References
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External links
- {{MLS player|kris-reaves}}
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Category:Sportspeople from Duluth, Georgia
Category:Soccer players from Georgia (U.S. state)
Category:Men's association football defenders
Category:American men's soccer players
Category:Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's soccer players
Category:Portland Pilots men's soccer players
Category:Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC players
Category:Major League Soccer players
Category:USL Championship players
Category:Homegrown Players (MLS)
Category:21st-century American sportsmen
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