# Chris Loftus

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{{short description|American soccer player and coach}}
{{Infobox football biography
|          name = Chris Loftus
|               image = 
|            fullname = Christopher Loftus
|         birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1984|10|20}}
| birth_place = [Springfield, IL](/source/Springfield%2C_IL), [United States](/source/United_States)
|              height = {{height|ft=6|in=5}}
|            position = [Forward](/source/Striker_(association_football))
|          youthyears1 = 
|          youthclubs1 = Metro FC
|          youthyears2 = 2003–2006
|          youthclubs2 = [Duke](/source/Duke_University)
|               years1 = 2005–2006| clubs1 = [Raleigh Elite](/source/Raleigh_Elite)|  caps1 = 13|goals1 = 2
|               years2 = 2007| clubs2 = [New England Revolution](/source/New_England_Revolution)| caps2 = 0|goals2 = 0
|               years3 = 2007| clubs3 = → [New Hampshire Phantoms](/source/New_Hampshire_Phantoms) (loan)| caps3 = 3|goals3 = 0
|               years4 = 2008–2009| clubs4 = [IF Limhamn Bunkeflo](/source/IF_Limhamn_Bunkeflo_(men's))| caps4 =28 |goals4 = 8
|            pcupdate = 22 February 2008
}}
'''Christopher Loftus''' (born October 20, 1984), is an American former [soccer](/source/Association_football) player.

== Playing career ==

=== College level ===
Loftus played four years of [college soccer](/source/College_soccer_in_the_United_States) for [Duke](/source/Duke_University), scoring 24 goals in 80 appearances,<ref>{{cite web
| url=http://www.uslsoccer.com/teams/6187434/22354-6187491/7396883.html
| title=Chris Loftus
| accessdate=19 December 2010
| url-status=dead
| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121010033909/http://www.uslsoccer.com/teams/6187434/22354-6187491/7396883.html
| archivedate=10 October 2012
}}</ref> and in the [USL Premier Development League](/source/USL_Premier_Development_League) for [Raleigh Elite](/source/Raleigh_Elite).

=== Draft ===
He was drafted by the Revolution in the third round of the [2007 MLS Supplemental Draft](/source/2007_MLS_Supplemental_Draft) and signed a [developmental contract](/source/developmental_contract).

Having failed to make a break into the first team, Loftus was loaned out [USL Second Division](/source/USL_Second_Division) side [New Hampshire Phantoms](/source/New_Hampshire_Phantoms), making three appearances for the team.<ref>{{cite web
| url=http://www.uslsoccer.com/teams/2007/roster/22354.html
| title=New Hampshire Phantoms - USL Second Division
| accessdate=19 December 2010
| url-status=dead
| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101010015900/http://www.uslsoccer.com/teams/2007/roster/22354.html
| archivedate=10 October 2010
}}</ref> His only appearance for the Revolution came in one game in the [US Open Cup](/source/US_Open_Cup).  He was waived by New England after the 2007 season.  He signed with [Swedish](/source/Sweden) [second division](/source/Superettan) side [IF Limhamn Bunkeflo](/source/IF_Limhamn_Bunkeflo_(men's)) in February 2008.

==Coaching career==
By December 2010, he was working as assistant coach for the [Evansville Purple Aces](/source/Evansville_Purple_Aces).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://gopurpleaces.com/coaches.aspx?tab=soccer&path=msoc|title=2010-11 Men's Soccer Coaching Staff|work=gopurpleaces.com|accessdate=17 December 2010}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

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Category:1984 births
Category:Living people
Category:American men's soccer players
Category:American expatriate men's soccer players
Category:Duke Blue Devils men's soccer players
Category:New England Revolution players
Category:North Carolina FC U23 players
Category:Seacoast United Phantoms players
Category:IF Limhamn Bunkeflo (men) players
Category:USL Second Division players
Category:Soccer players from Illinois
Category:USL League Two players
Category:New England Revolution draft picks
Category:Men's association football forwards

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