Chris Tierney (soccer)

Christopher Wheeler Tierney (born January 9, 1986) is an American former professional soccer player, who is the current Assistant Sporting Director for the New England Revolution.

As a senior, he scored a career-high seven goals, and assisted on seven more, helping his team to advance to the NCAA College Cup in 2006 for the first time since 1997.

Tierney also played club soccer in the Boston Bolts youth program, under New England assistant coach Paul Mariner.

He made his full professional debut for Revolution on July 1, 2008, registering two assists in a US Open Cup third-round game against Richmond Kickers.

[3] He also played in the final of the 2008 SuperLiga, in which Revolution beat Houston Dynamo on penalty kicks after a 2–2 tie; Tierney scored one of the shootout goals.