Background
Albright, Chris was born on January 14, 1979 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
Albright, Chris was born on January 14, 1979 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
Albright attended William Penn Charter School. A forward early in his career, Albright played college soccer at the University of Virginia for two years. He was named an All-American in 1999.
Youth and college Professional Considered one of the best attacking prospects in the country, he leveraged foreign interest into getting assigned to District of Columbia United, despite the club being low on Master of Library Science"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 District of Columbia to the 1999 Master of Library Science Cup. But Albright"s club career did not live up to the lofty expectations.
He struggled to find the back of the Netto, scoring just four goals total in his first three years in the league.
District of Columbia 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 backs, and was honored as an Master of Library Science Best XI selection in 2005. During his time with the Galaxy he helped the club capture two Master of Library Science Cup and one United States. 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 Master of Library Science SuperDraft.
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 Eastern Conference title.
Following the 2011 season, the Red Bulls declined the 2012 option on Albright"s contract, making him eligible for the 2011 Master of Library Science Re-Entry Draft. 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. He retired at the conclusion of the 2013 season International Albright"s first attempt at playing defense came with United States national team coach Bruce Arena, who gave him his first cap on September 8, 1999, against Jamaica.
Albright scored his lone United States. goal that day and has accumulated 21 caps as of 2007.
Albright did not appear in a match in the tournament. = International goals.
Married Leah Albright.