Chase Minter

PLAYER PROFILE:  CHASE MINTER

By: PXI STAFF (@ProspectXI)

Position: Midfielder
Primary Role: Central Midfielder
Height: 5’9”
Weight: 150
DOB: 08/19/1992
Nationality: United States
Preferred Footed: Right
Club: Cal Poly (NCAA-D1)

No International Team Experience.

Senior at Cal Poly (NCAA Division 1), Available in the 2016 MLS SuperDraft

2008-2009: Dallas Texans U16 (USSDA) – 5 games, 4 starts
2010-2011: Dallas Texans U18 (USSDA) – 16 games, 9 starts, 3 goals, 2 yellows
2011: Cal Poly (NCAA – D1) – 1 games
2011: Des Moines (PDL) – 1 games, 63 minutes, 1 total shots
2012: Cal Poly (NCAA – D1) – 18 games, 8 starts, 2 assists, 3 shots on target, 3 yellows
2013: Cal Poly (NCAA – D1) – 19 games, 19 starts, 2 goals, 7 assists, 12 shots on target, 5 yellows, 1 red
2013: Ventura County (PDL) – 10 games, 764 minutes, 3 goals, 4 assists, 16 total shots
2014: Cal Poly (NCAA – D1) – 19 games, 19 starts, 7 goals, 4 assists, 25 shots on target, 3 yellows
2014: Ventura County (PDL) – 7 games, 330 minutes, 2 total shots
2015: Cal Poly (NCAA – D1) – 21 games, 21 starts, 7 goals, 5 assists, 25 shots on target, 3 yellows

From Heath, Texas, Chase led his high school side Rockwall-Heath to the 4A Quarter-Finals and was named Offensive MVP for his region. He signed with USSDA side Dallas Texans and was part of their U16 USSDA title run in 2009. Minter played for the Texans U18 side in 2010-2011 before moving to California to attend school at Cal Poly.

Chase redshirted his freshman season after only playing in one game. He also played one PDL game in 2011 with Des Moines. As a redshirt freshman, Minter was used as a sub and contributed two assists in 18 games but had a very successful PDL campaign in 2013 scoring three goals and four assists in 10 games. He was also an everyday starter in his traditional attacking midfield role and has been since finishing his career with a National Championship Tournament lost to UCLA in 2015. In total Chase played 78 games for the Mustangs starting 67 of them. He scored 16 goals and contributed 18 direct assists. He was named Big West player of the year in 2014 and was named midfielder of the year in 2015.

Minter is one of the more offensive minded midfielder in the 2016 MLS SuperDraft, but probably doesn’t have the skill set to be a starting attacking midfielder and will likely be asked to play deeper or on the wing in MLS. He does have the ability for the spectacular taking shots from outside the box as well as attempting and scoring bicycle kicks from in the box. He also looks for the breakthrough or through ball pass and could be useful as a deep playmaker on a team that is looking to counter and break. Chase was invited to the MLS Combine and will be available in the 2016 MLS SuperDraft.

+ Played two seasons with the Dallas Texans in USSDA
+ Played four seasons with Cal Poly in NCAA Division 1
+ Played three seasons in PDL with Des Moines and Ventura County
+ Name Big West Conference MVP in 2014
+ Invited to the MLS Combine and available in the 2016 MLS SuperDraft