Fast Facts: Emerged midway through the 2003 season as one of the most exciting players in the region…Finished the season as the hottest player on the team, and quite possibly, the region…Scored eight goals in his final five games of the 2003 season, and at least one goal in five consecutive contests…Selected Second-Team All-New Jersey Athletic Conference…A member of NJCU’s “Strike Force”, along with fellow forwards Adrian Ruiz, and Jose DeBernard, and is a threat to score at any given moment.
2003: Selected Second-Team All-NJAC…NJAC Offensive Player of the Week in week 8…A three-time NJCU men’s student-athlete of the week, November 3, 10, and 17…Scored eight goals in his final five games of the 2003 season, and at least one goal in five consecutive contests…Was quiet on the scoring circuit for much of the early portion of the year, as the transfer from Ramapo was getting re-acquainted with the collegiate game…Once he caught fire, he never cooled down…Rosenthal finished the year second on the team in scoring with nine goals and three assists for 21 points in 15 games, with 54 shots (33 on goal)…61.1 percent of his shots were on goal…Logged 774 minutes on the field…Among the final NJAC statistical leaders, Rosenthal was second in shots per game (3.38), fourth in goals (9, tied), fourth in goals per game (0.56), fourth in game-winning goals (3, tied), fifth in points per game (1.31), sixth in shots (54), and seventh in points (21)…In conference-only games, was third in shots (26), fourth in shots per game (2.89), and tied for fifth in game-winners (1)…Played in 15 of NJCU’s 22 games, with five starts…Started the final four games of the season…Did not played in five of the first six games of the season…Missed games on August 30 (St. Joseph’s College-Patchogue), and September 3, 6, 7, and 10 (at Hunter College, at Keene State, vs. Norwich University, vs. John Jay College)…(08/31): Made first career start in 1-1 tie with #6-ranked Arcadia University (PA), contributing to the opening goal with his first NJCU assist…Attempted seven shots…(09/20): Did not play at Mount St. Mary College…(10/04): Had six shots and one assist in a 9-0 rout of NJAC foe Rutgers-Newark…(10/10): Knocked in his own rebound for his first goal at NJCU, and his first game-winner, in a 2-0 victory over Susquehanna University that made head coach Kevin East the winningest coach in school history…(10/15): Assessed two yellows in a 3-1 loss to Montclair State, and was forced to sit out the next game, a 1-0 loss at The College of New Jersey on October 18…(11/01): Had first career two-goal game as six of his seven shots directed on goal…His second goal of the game 1:34 into the first overtime period, clinched a berth in the NJAC Tournament for NJCU for the fourth time in five years on the last day of the conference schedule…Goal was his second game-winner…Also scored the go-ahead goal in the second half to break a 1-1 tie…(11/02): Notched a game-winner for the second straight day and the third time during the 2003 season…Tallied five points on two goals and one assist in 44 minutes of action, and contributed to the first three goals of a 9-2 rout of Farmingdale State…Scored the first goal of the game and assisted on the second netter…(11/03): Named NJAC Offensive Player of the Week for Week 8 of the season after tallying nine points in the wins over WPU and FSU…Also named NJCU’s Men’s Student-Athlete of the Week for the first time in his career…(11/04): In a 2-1 loss to Rowan University in the NJAC Quarterfinals, scored a goal for a third straight game when he tied the game at 1-1 with his sixth goal of the season at the 11:50 mark…Goal was his fifth in three games…(11/11): Named NJCU’s Men’s Student-Athlete of the Week for a second consecutive week for his effort against Rowan…(11/12): Extended his streak to four straight games with a goal and six scores in four games, as NJCU topped USMMA, 3-1, in a road ECAC Quarterfinal game…Cranked in the third goal of the game as insurance for the Knights at 85:43 as the Mariners pushed up-field late to try to tie…(11/15): Scored both goals for NJCU in a span of 9:19 in the second half to give the Knights a 2-0 lead before falling 3-2 at Montclair State in the ECAC Semifinals…Ran streak to five consecutive games with a goal and eight scores in five games…Made fourth straight start to finish the year…Had four shots for the fourth game in a row…Seven of his eight shots during the post-season were on goal…Put the Knights up 1-0 at 53:53 with a brilliant bicycle kick goal…After NJCU was charged with a red card, Rosenthal headed in a short-handed one-time at 63:12…(11/17): NJCU Men’s Student-Athlete of the Week for a third consecutive week (co-winner).
2000, Ramapo College: Played in 10 games with seven starts as a freshman for the Roadrunners…Totalled seven points, via three goals and one assist, including a game-winner…Scored two goals in a 7-1 win over John Jay College (10/11)…Tallied one goal in a 4-0 shutout of Rutgers-Newark (10/25).
High School: A June 2000 graduate of Kearny High School in Kearny, NJ…Played four years of varsity soccer coach John Millar and the Kardinals…As a senior in the fall of 1999, Rosenthal was selected to the Associated Press New Jersey Boys Soccer Second-Team All-State squad as the Kardinals won the 1999 Group IV state championship…Also named First-Team All-Hudson County…Scored 50 goals in his final two high school seasons…As a junior, posted a hat-trick on September 16, 1998 in a 5-4 win over Elizabeth…Scored both goals in No. 2 ranked Kearny’s 2-0 win over Westfield on October 28, 1998.
Personal: Born March 27, 1982 in Peru…Full name is German Chris Rosenthal, Jr.…Nickname is Chris…Parents are Dora and German Rosenthal…Has four younger brothers—Angel, 21, Frank, 19, Jeff, 16, and Luis, 9…brother Frank is a freshman on the 2004 squad…A transfer from Ramapo College, where he played sparingly during the 2000 season…Right-footed, but also dangerous with his left…Lists his father, German Rosenthal, as his hero.
Favorites:
Hero/Idol: His father, German Rosenthal
Sports Team: Real Madrid
Song: “Idilio”
Music Artist: Sean Marco
Movie: Enough
Food: el ceviche
