{{Short description|American soccer player}} {{BLP sources|date=February 2023}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Chris Eylander | image = Eylander.jpg | image_size = 200px | fullname = Christopher Mark Eylander | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1984|3|14}} | birth_place = Sumner, Washington, U.S. | height = {{height|ft=6|in=1}} | position = Goalkeeper | collegeyears1 = 2002–2005 | college1 = Washington Huskies | collegecaps1 = 49 | collegegoals1 = 0 | years1 = 2002 | clubs1 = Seattle Sounders Select | caps1 = 1 | goals1 = 0 | years2 = 2004 | clubs2 = Spokane Shadow | caps2 = 8 | goals2 = 0 | years3 = 2005 | clubs3 = Yakima Reds | caps3 = 10 | goals3 = 0 | years4 = 2006–2008 | clubs4 = Seattle Sounders | caps4 = 78 | goals4 = 0 | years5 = 2009 | clubs5 = Seattle Sounders FC | caps5 = 1 | goals5 = 0 | nationalyears1 = | nationalteam1 = | nationalcaps1 = | nationalgoals1 = | medaltemplates = | pcupdate = 22 March 2010 | ntupdate = }}
'''Chris Eylander''' (born March 14, 1984) is an American former soccer player.
==Career==
===Youth and college=== Eylander had an outstanding youth career. He won the 1998, 1999 and 2000 Washington State youth soccer championship with his club team, Federal Way United Storm '83. He attended Auburn Riverside High School where he was the 2002 Washington State Player of the Year. He then attended the University of Washington, playing on the men's soccer team from 2002 to 2005.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/wash/sports/m-soccer/auto_pdf/05MSOCpart2.pdf |title=2005 Huskies Media Guide |access-date=2008-07-10 |archive-date=2016-03-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304050639/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/wash/sports/m-soccer/auto_pdf/05MSOCpart2.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> During his college career, Eylander would spend each summer with a Premier Development League team. In 2002 and 2003, he played with the Seattle Sounders Select, in 2004 with the Spokane Shadow and in 2005 with the Yakima Reds.<ref>[http://seattlepitch.tripod.com/matches/2002/2002sssroster.html 2002 Seattle Sounders Select roster]</ref><ref>[http://www.southernsoccerscene.com/2006%20USL%20Draft%20Results.pdf 2006 USL First Division College Draft] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061117043407/http://www.southernsoccerscene.com/2006%20USL%20Draft%20Results.pdf |date=2006-11-17 }}</ref>
===Professional=== In 2006, the Seattle Sounders of the USL First Division selected Eylander with their pick in the USL First Division College Draft. He played 23 games his first season with the Sounders and twenty-seven in 2007 as Seattle took the USL-1 championship. Eylander led the USL First Division in saves during the 2007 and 2008 seasons as he recorded 29 clean sheets in three seasons with the Sounders.<ref>{{cite news|publisher=Auburn Reporter|title=He's a keeper: Eylander signs with Sounders FC|url=https://www.auburn-reporter.com/sports/hes-a-keeper-eylander-signs-with-sounders-fc/|date=January 6, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|publisher=Seattle Times|title=Chris Eylander will likely start in goal for Sounders FC on Saturday|url=https://www.seattletimes.com/sports/sounders/chris-eylander-will-likely-start-in-goal-for-sounders-fc-on-saturday/|date=April 19, 2009}}</ref> After much speculation, he eventually made the move 'up' to MLS expansion team Seattle Sounders FC, signing with them on January 6, 2009. He made his first start on April 18, 2009, after starter Kasey Keller was forced to sit out a game for a red card. He also played in a 4-1 U.S. Open Cup play-in victory over Real Salt Lake on April 28, 2009. Eylander was waived by the Sounders on March 22, 2010.<ref>{{cite web|title=Goalkeeper Chris Eylander Waived|url=http://www.soundersfc.com/post/2010/03/22/goalkeeper-chris-eylander-waived|website=Soundersfc.com|publisher=Sounders FC Public Relations|accessdate=4 July 2015}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20071012121906/http://www.seattlesounders.net/players.php?ID=107 Sounders player profile]}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Eylander, Chris}} Category:1984 births Category:Living people Category:American men's soccer players Category:Seattle Sounders Select players Category:Spokane Shadow players Category:Yakima Reds players Category:Seattle Sounders (1994–2008) players Category:Seattle Sounders FC players Category:Major League Soccer players Category:USL First Division players Category:USL League Two players Category:University of Washington alumni Category:Washington Huskies men's soccer players Category:Men's association football goalkeepers Category:People from Sumner, Washington Category:Soccer players from Pierce County, Washington