Background
Armas grew up in Maryland where he was an NSCAA and Parade Magazine High School All American soccer player at the Bullis School.
Armas grew up in Maryland where he was an NSCAA and Parade Magazine High School All American soccer player at the Bullis School.
Armas attended the University of Maryland, playing on the men’s soccer team from 1995 to 1998. He left school before finishing his degree, but returned and graduated in 2003 with a bachelor"s degree in Spanish Language and Literature.
Armas previously spent one season in Major League Soccer and several seasons in the United Soccer Leagues. ing wise he served as a head and assistant coach at Campbell University, Greensboro College and the Carolina Dynamo. Youth
He scored 11 goals and added 17 during his four seasons as a Terrapin. Professional
In 1999, Armas signed for the Maryland Mania in the USL A-League.
He began the 2000 season with the Raleigh Capital Express, playing four games.
He also spent time with District of Columbia United. In June 2000, the Columbus Crew signed Armas as a Discovery He played four regular season games with the Crew.
He also played on 2000 Open Cup game for the Crew, coming on for John DeBrito in the 66th minute. He also went on loan to Master of Library Science Pro 40 for one game.
The Crew waived him at the end of the season.
In November 2000, the Tampa Bay Mutiny claimed Armas off waivers, but released him before the season. In 2001, John Dugan, who had coached the Express in 2000, became the new head coach of the Atlanta Silverbacks. He promptly signed Armas.
On June 12, 2001, half way through the season, the Silverbacks traded Armas to the Minnesota Thunder in a three-way trade which sent Andrew Restrepo from the Rochester Rhinos to Atlanta and Stoian Mladenov to the Rhinos from Minnesota.
In 2002, Armas played three games with the Cincinnati Riverhawks. In 2003, he played seventeen games for the Carolina Dynamo, scoring five goals and adding 16 assists as the Dynamo took the league title.
Armas was selected as a first team All Star. He then moved to the Pittsburgh Riverhounds for the 2004 USL Second Division season and was back with Carolina for the 2005 season.
National team
Armas played all four United States. games in the tournament.
In 2004, Armas became an assistant coach with the Carolina Dynamo. That fall he added to his responsibilities when he became an assistant coach at Greensboro College. While at Greensboro College, Armas helped to guide the men"s program to a 2005 United States of America South Conference tournament championship and a second round National Collegiate Athletic Association tournament appearance.
Armas was hired as an assistant coach by Campbell University in July 2006.
Since Armas" arrival in 2006, the Fighting Camels have compiled a 45–29–6 overall record (600), including a 25–4–5 mark (809) in the Atlantic Sun Conference regular season. The Camels finished ranked among the top-10 in the final South Region poll in 2006, 2007 and 2008 and earned the school"s first year-end national ranking (Number 25) in 2008 at the Division I level.He was named head coach of the Fighting Camels in January 2010 after the departure of then head coach Doug Hess to Drexel University Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
He was a member of the United States U-17 men"s national soccer team at the 1993 Fédération internationale de football association U-17 World Championship. He is a member of the Bullis School’s Athletic Hall of Fame. In 1993, Armas was a member of the United States. U-17 national team which went to the second round of the 1993 Fédération internationale de football association U-17 World Championship.