Jim Cherneski

Personal information
Full name	James Cherneski
Date of birth	September 12, 1974 (1974-09-12) (age 35)
Place of birth	Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Crystal Palace Baltimore
Number	24
Youth career
1992–1996	Towson Tigers
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps (Gls)†
1997	Baltimore Bays	08 0(3)
1998	Eastern Shore Sharks	18 0(2)
1999	New Hampshire Phantoms	04 0(1)
2000–2001	Rhode Island Stingrays	05 0(0)
2002	Worcester Kings	02 0(0)
2007–	Crystal Palace Baltimore	08 0(0)
Teams managed
2007–	Crystal Palace Baltimore
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11 October, 2009. † Appearances (Goals).

Jim Cherneski (born September 12, 1974 in Baltimore, Maryland) is an American soccer player, currently player-manager for Crystal Palace Baltimore in the USL Second Division, which he co-manages along with Pete Medd.

Contents 1 Career 1.1 Youth and College 1.2 Professional 2 Career Statistics 3 External links 4 References

[edit] Career

[edit] Youth and College

When Cherneski was nine years old he moved to Florida, where he was coached on various youth teams by Peter Mellor, Steve Heighway, Gordon Hill and Derek Smethurst^[1]. Cherneski was a starting defender for the Florida Class 4A state high school champions in 1991^[2], and after a brief and ultimately unsuccessful trial at English side Brighton and Hove Albion, played college soccer at Towson University alongside Pete Medd, leading the team to a Top 15 Division 1 NCAA National Ranking and serving as captain during his senior year.

[edit] Professional

After a brief coaching stint at Towson, Cherneski subsequently played for many years in the USL, having stints with the Baltimore Bays, the Eastern Shore Sharks, the New Hampshire Phantoms, the Rhode Island Stingrays and the Worcester Kings.

After having taken several years off from football to concentrate on family issues, Cherneski received an email from a former college coach changed that ultimately inspired him to set up his own team in his hometown of Baltimore. Whilst in England on a college tour in 2006, Cherneski met with a representative from Crystal Palace, who were interested setting up a team somewhere else in the world. Over the course of the following year representatives from Palace flew over to America, ultimately resulting in the creation of Crystal Palace Baltimore^[1].

Cherneski became player-manager of the team prior to its inaugural season in 2007, in which they finished fifth, and took the team to its first post-season playoff campaign in 2008, where the ultimately lost in the USL2 semi finals to the Charlotte Eagles.

[edit] Career Statistics

(correct as of September 29, 2009)

Club	Season	League			Cup[3]			Play-Offs			Total
		Apps	Goals	Assists	Apps	Goals	Assists	Apps	Goals	Assists	Apps	Goals	Assists
Baltimore Bays	1997	8	3	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	8	3	?
Eastern Shore Sharks	1998	18	2	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	18	2	?
New Hampshire Phantoms	1999	4	1	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	4	1	?
Rhode Island Stingrays	2000-2001	5	0	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	5	0	?
Worcester Kings	2002	2	0	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	2	0	?
Crystal Palace Baltimore	2007	3	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	3	0	0
Crystal Palace Baltimore	2008	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
Crystal Palace Baltimore	2009	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Total	2007-present	8	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0
Career Totals	1997-present	45	6	?	1	0	0	?	?	?	46	6	?

[edit] External links

• Crystal Palace Baltimore bio

[edit] References

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