club roster 2009 season stats GP Goals Assists 30 0 3 name: Chris Wingert position: D height: 5-10 weight:155 Birthdate: June 16, 1982 Hometown: Babylon, NY last club: Colorado (MLS)

Regular Season Stats

full bio l year-by-year stats l video highlights

year	club	gp	gs	min	g	a	sht	sog	fc	fs	c	ej
2009	Real Salt Lake	30	27	2,432	0	3	9	2	31	22	3	0
Career		140	112	10,441	0	10	44	16	165	89	24	1

Most Recent Video Highlights

date	clubs	video description
07/03/08	Dynamo @ Real Salt Lake	Chris Wingert gets sent off

Acquired

RSL: Via trade with Colorado Rapids on 7/13/07 in exchange for RSL's first round 2008 and second round 2009 MLS Supplemental Draft picks.
COL: Acquired on 1/20/06 from the Columbus Crew in exchange for the Rapids' natural third round 2006 MLS SuperDraft selection and a conditional 2007 MLS SuperDraft pick
CLB: Selected by The Crew in the second round (12th overall) of the 2004 MLS SuperDraft.

If there was a more perfect fit for Real Salt Lake's revamped defensive corps than winger Chris Wingert, than RSL hasn't found him yet. The former MAC Hermann Trophy recipient out of St. John's plied his trade on both the right and left flanks for the Utah in 2008, showing his ability to mark up opposing attackers and supply effective service no matter which side he lined up on. The dependable 26-year-old has appeared in all but one of RSL's 46 games since joining the club midway through the '07 campaign, missing that clash due only to a red card suspension last August. After his steadiest MLS season to date in 2008, Wingert earned an invite this past January to his first U.S. Senior Men's National Team camps, which he then in turn parlayed into his first full "cap" against Sweden, experiences the lead-by-example defender will hope to build upon as he looks to take RSL to the next level in 2009.

MLS Career

2008: Collected a career-best three assists while starting in all 29 League contests for which he was eligible (red card suspension for 7/12 match v. CLB) … Was shown first red card of his career on 7/03 v. HOU … Started and went all 90 minutes on 7/09 v. Santos Laguna (MEX) in RSL's 1-4 loss in the 2008 XanGo Cup … Scored RSL's lone goal on 7/23 in 1-2 international friendly loss v. Deportivo Saprissa (CRC) at Rice-Eccles Stadium … Notched first assist of 2008 on 7/28 v. TOR, his stellar cross being finished by Olave (63') in the 2-1 win … Made his 100th career MLS appearance on 8/16 @ HOU … His second assist of the campaign on 9/06 @ LA (Movsisyan, 21') helped get RSL on the board in an eventual 2-2 draw … Notched single-season best in assists when he tallied his third helper of the campaign on Will Johnson's MLS Goal of the Year-winning volley (54') on 10/18 v. FCD in a 3-1 victory … Played all 270 minutes across RSL's three postseason contests.

2007: Went from the bench to the starting XI after being acquired by RSL on 7/13/07 from Colorado in exchange for RSL's 2008 first round and 2009 second round MLS Supplemental Draft picks … Made 22 League appearances overall, with 16 coming in an RSL uniform, while adding a pair of assists … Made RSL debut on 7/14 @ KC … Broke a 56-game streak without an assist on 9/12 @ DC … Added second helper of the campaign in front of his hometown fans on 9/29 @ NY.

2006: Acquired by Colorado on 1/20/06 in a deal that sent a pair of draft picks to The Crew … Made his Rapids debut on 4/02/06 v. HOU, starting and playing all 90 minutes … Played 10 games for the Rapids first team and nine for the team's MLS Reserve Division outfit before suffering a mid-season leg injury … Came back to appear in all three of the Rapids' playoff matches, recording 272 minutes on the field during their march to the Western Conference Final.

2005: Started 20 of his 27 appearances for CLB during his sophomore MLS campaign … Earned a team-high eight cautions during his second professional season.

2004: Selected in the second Round (12th overall) by CLB in the 2004 MLS SuperDraft … Appeared in 22 games, earning 16 starts, for CLB after working his way into the lineup as a rookie … Made his MLS debut on 5/01 v. DAL, playing 33 minutes as a sub … Earned his first MLS start on 7/03 v. CHI.

College

Capped a highly-decorated career at St. John's University by winning the 2003 M.A.C. Hermann Trophy, college soccer's equivalent of the Heisman Trophy … Played in two NCAA Men's College Cups in 2001 and 2003 … As the team's captain, started all 23 games in which he appeared in his senior season in 2003 … Missed the only game of his career while playing for the U.S. U-23 National Team … Became the first player in Division 1 men's soccer history to win the Hermann Trophy and the NSCAA Scholar-Athlete Award in the same season.

U.S. National Teams

U.S. MNT: Earned first "cap" with the full U.S. Men's National Team on 1/24/09 v. Sweden, playing the final 11 minutes in a 3-2 victory at The Home Depot Center … The appearance concluded his debut camp with the USA's Senior Team, his first call-up to the U.S. Soccer system since 2004 … U.S. U-23's: Represented the U.S. at the Under-23 level between 2002 and 2004, appearing in all five games of the 2004 CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Guadalajara, Mexico - a run that ended with a semifinal loss the "El Tri."

High School/Club

Played club soccer for West Chester, Penn. side FC Delco, helping the club to the 2001 U-19 Snickers United States Youth National Championship when he hit the game-winning goal in a 1-0 final victory … Named All-State in New York as both a junior and a senior at St. John the Baptist High School, where he also lettered in tennis, his favorite sport after soccer.

U-19 title at the Snickers United States Youth National Championships this past weekend in Indianapolis

Personal

The son of Norman and Noreen Wingert … Has one sister, Kerri … His grandfather, Warren Mehrtens, won horse racing's triple crown as a jockey aboard Assault in 1946 … His father, Norm, was also a professional soccer player, a goalkeeper for the NASL Philadelphia Atoms in the 70's … Was a member of the prestigious President's Society, recognizing the top students at St. John's, where he was a Communication Arts major … Enjoys playing the guitar, his favorite genre being rock and his favorite band Led Zeppelin.