Friday, September 10, 2010

Chase Harrison Signs with D.C. United

S&E Entertainment client Chase Harrison signed with MLS side D.C. United, as the team begins its push towards the playoffs.  Harrison, a goalkeeper, has been training with the D.C. United and now has been called up to United's first team.

A native of Huntington, West Virginia, Harrison was loaned to the Richmond Kickers (USL) from USSF Second Division side Crystal Palace Baltimore in 2010.   He helped Richmond to USL2 Championship game, where the Kickers evetually fell to the Charleston Battery.  Previously the goalkeeper spent time in the United Soccer Leagues with the Harrisburg City Islanders, the Portland Timbers, and the Rochester Rhinos. Harrison was drafted 26th overall by Real Salt Lake in the 2006 MLS Supplemental Draft following his collegiate career at Virginia Tech.

Headquartered in Washington, DC and playing home matches at RFK Stadium, D.C. United is the most successful professional soccer organization in the history of the United States. United is four-time MLS Cup Champions (1996, 1997, 1999 and 2004) and winners of the 1996 and 2008 U.S. Open Cup, the 1998 CONCACAF Champions Cup, the 1998 Interamerican Cup and the 1997, 1999, 2006 and 2007 MLS Supporters Shield.

Congratulations to Chase and we look forward to big things to come.