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Victor Pineda (soccer)

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Victor Pineda
Personal information
Full name Victor Pineda[1]
Date of birth (1993-03-15) March 15, 1993 (age 31)[1]
Place of birth Bolingbrook, Illinois, United States
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
2008–2009 IMG Soccer Academy
2009–2010 Chicago Fire
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2014 Chicago Fire 4 (0)
2014Indy Eleven (loan) 17 (3)
2015 Indy Eleven 20 (2)
2016 Fort Lauderdale Strikers 20 (0)
2017 Orange County SC 28 (2)
International career
2008–2009 United States U17 2 (0)
2010–2011 United States U18 10 (2)
2012–2013 United States U20 10 (3)
2014 United States U23 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of October 20, 2017
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of August 16, 2014

Victor Pineda (born March 15, 1993) is an American former professional soccer player who played as a midfielder.

Career

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Professional

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The first homegrown player in Chicago Fire history, Pineda signed with the first team in August 2010. That year the midfielder lead the Chicago Fire U-16 Academy with eight goals and helped his team win the U.S. Soccer Federation Development Academy National Championship (in which he scored the first penalty kick of the penalty kick shootout).[2] He was subsequently called up to the United States U-18 national team[3] and scored twice during the international tournaments. On February 17, 2012, Pineda was selected to the national U-20 team as one of the two team leaders.[4]

Pineda made his MLS debut on March 23, 2014, in a match against New York Red Bulls.[5]

On June 13, 2014, Pineda moved to NASL team Indy Eleven on loan.[6] He signed with Indy for the 2015 season after he was released by Chicago.

In December 2015, Pineda signed with Fort Lauderdale Strikers.[7]

Personal

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His brother, Mauricio, signed with the Fire in early 2020 after playing several years of college soccer.[8]

References

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  1. ^ a b "FIFA U-20 World Cup Turkey 2013 List of Players: United States" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. June 23, 2013. p. 23. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 27, 2013.
  2. ^ "Chicago Fire's U16 Academy Wins USSFDA National Championship". July 21, 2010.
  3. ^ "U-18 MNT Roster Named for Lisbon International Tournament". May 12, 2011.
  4. ^ "MLSers Salgado, Pineda called into US U-20 camp". February 17, 2012.
  5. ^ "Long Time Coming: Original Homegrown Victor Pineda makes his Fire debut". chicago-fire.com. March 23, 2014.
  6. ^ "ELEVEN ADD MIDFIELDER VICTOR PINEDA". indyeleven.com. Indy Eleven. Retrieved July 24, 2014.
  7. ^ http://www.strikers.com/news/2015/12/28/strikers-bolster-2016-roster-with-four-signings
  8. ^ "Chicago Fire FC keep it in the family, sign North Carolina's Mauricio Pineda to Homegrown Player deal | MLSsoccer.com".
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