Pari Pantazopoulos

Pari Pantazopoulos (b September 17, 1988) is a Greek football player signed for the Cyprus team ASIL Lysi. [cite web| title=Greek Soccer Club Signs Pari Pantazopoulos | url=http://www.chicagomagic.net/# | accessdate=2007-09-13]

Pantazopoulos was born in Athens and began playing football aged 4. He played for the Athens youth team Vrilisia F.C. for around 4 years before his family moved to the United States in 1998. In Chicago, he played with Green And White and joined the US Youth Soccer Olympic Development Program (ODP) where he was recognised by Chicago Magic, the number one US boys' club. [cite web | title=Chicago Magic | url=http://www.chicagomagic.net |accessdate = 2007-09-13]

Pantazopoulos played as a starter for Magic and reached the US Youth Soccer National Championships final in Florida where they lost 1-0 to California's Arsenal F.C. Fact|article|date=September 2007. With the US ODP 1988's, he competed against the Brazilian team in Lloret De Mar, Spain in 2006. [cite web |title=Chicago Magic News March to July 2006 | url = http://www.chicagomagic.net/news/news_letter/mar_july2006.htm |accessdate = 2007-09-13]

He was an all-state 4 year starter forward with Prospect High School's team, the Prospect Knights and scored 51 career goals. [cite web
last = Cole
first = Andy
title = Pari Power
work = THE JOURNAL & TOPICS NEWSPAPERS
publisher = Journal Online
date = 2006-08-30
url = http://www.journal-topics.com/sports/06/sp060830.17.html
format = HTML
accessdate = 2007-09-13 ] [cite web | title = Boys' Soccer: Northwest Team Previews | url=http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=25669 | accessdate=2007-09-13]

He was scouted by F.C. Koln in his senior year, but declined the offer in favour of remaining with his high school team. In 2006, he signed with Asil Lyssi, a second division team in Cyprus.

Pari Pantazopoulos plans on moving back to the United States at the end of his contract with Cyprus to begin a long career in Major League Soccer.Fact|article|date=October 2007

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