Lee Tschantret was born April 10th, 1969 in Albany, New York. He attended the University at Albany where he played on the school's NCAA Division III soccer team from 1987 to 1990. During his four seasons he scored 50 goals and added 40 assists. He was a 1988 second team and a 1989 first team All American.
In 1991, he played 20 games, scoring 2 goals, for the Albany Capitals of the American Professional Soccer League. That year, the Capitals went to the APSL championship, losing to the San Francisco Bay Blackhawks. In 1992, he played for the Harrisburg Heat in the National Professional Soccer League.
In 1993, he joined the Rowdies, appearing in only 7 games. In 1994, he move to the Kansas City Attack, where he would make 106 appearances and scoring 117 goals during a three year spell. In 1995 and 1996, he played the summer outdoor season with the New York Centaurs in the A-League.
In 1998, he played for the Hershey Wildcats also in the A-League. He was named to the 1998 First XI (All Star Team). That fall, he played for the Philadelphia KiXX, making 24 appearances and scoring 11 goals, before the team traded him in February 1999 to the St. Louis Steamers for Ken Snow.
He returned to the A-League in 1999, this time with the Staten Island Vipers. In the fall of 1999, he signed with the Detroit Rockers, but only played one season with them before moving to the Baltimore Blast. He finished his career with the Blast in 2007, playing in a total of 235 games and scoring 171 goals.
Lee leads the MISL in penalty minutes all time with 748. He is on pace to be the 15th player to record 1000 points.
On February 2, 2007, he gained his 1000th assist in a victory over the Kixx.
On February 2, 2007, he gained his 1000th assist in a victory over the Kixx.
Today, Lee Tschantret is the current head coach for Varsity Soccer at Loyola Blakefield in Towson, Maryland, and holds a USSF National B Coaching License. Lee was the Captain of the US National Futsal Team, a starter in the 2007 Pan Am Games, a CONCACAF Gold Medal Winner and Futsal World Cup player. He now runs his own Pro Soccer Academy, for more details visit his site - http://prosocceracademy.us/Can anyone help me with a photo of Lee in a Rowdies jersey? - if so could you please email me.
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