College Chandler attended
Springfield College in
Springfield, Massachusetts where he played as a forward on the men's soccer team during the early 1970s. He graduated with a
bachelor's degree in physical education. He later attended the
University of South Florida where he earned a
master's degree in physical education.
Professional In 1975, he attended a tryout camp held by the expansion
Hartford Bicentennials of the
North American Soccer League. He impressed the team enough to gain a contract. While he was a forward in college, the Bicentennials moved Chandler to defense. After the 1976 season, the Bicentennials moved to
New Haven, Connecticut and adopted the name, the
Connecticut Bicentennials. Chandler played nine games of the 1977 season with Connecticut. The team moved again at the end of the season, this time to
Oakland, California. However, Chandler did not remain with the team, but signed with the
Tampa Bay Rowdies as a free agent for the 1978 season. He broke the tibia in his right leg after only four games with the Rowdies. He lost the rest of the season, then rebroke his tibia in July 1979. He finally took the field again for the Rowdies during the 1980-1981 NASL indoor season. He played 13 games. In addition to his regular teams, Chandler was part of an NASL All Star team, called Team America, which competed with the national teams of Italy, Brazil and England in the
1976 U.S.A. Bicentennial Cup Tournament.
National team Chandler played three games with the
U.S. national team. All three came in the August 1974 Mexico City Cup. His first game was a 3–1 loss to
Costa Rica on August 19, 1975. The team then lost to
Argentina two days later and finished with a 2–0 loss to
Mexico on August 24. ==Coach==