Personal information | |||||||||||
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Full name | Aaron Joseph Herrera [1] | ||||||||||
Date of birth | 6 June 1997 | ||||||||||
Place of birth | Las Cruces, New Mexico, United States | ||||||||||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) [2] | ||||||||||
Position(s) | Defender | ||||||||||
Team information | |||||||||||
Current team | D.C. United | ||||||||||
Number | 22 | ||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||
2012–2015 | Real Salt Lake AZ | ||||||||||
College career | |||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||
2015–2017 | New Mexico Lobos | 54 | (7) | ||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||
2016–2017 | FC Tucson | 11 | (0) | ||||||||
2018–2022 | Real Salt Lake | 124 | (1) | ||||||||
2018 | Real Monarchs | 5 | (0) | ||||||||
2022–2023 | CF Montréal | 19 | (0) | ||||||||
2024– | D.C. United | 7 | (0) | ||||||||
International career‡ | |||||||||||
2017 | United States U20 | 3 | (0) | ||||||||
2019–2021 | United States U23 | 6 | (0) | ||||||||
2021 | United States | 1 | (0) | ||||||||
2023– | Guatemala | 8 | (0) | ||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 April 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 24 March 2024 |
Aaron Joseph Herrera (born 6 June 1997) is a professional footballer who plays as a defender for Major League Soccer club D.C. United. Born in the United States, he plays for the Guatemala national team.
Herrera played three years of college soccer at the University of New Mexico between 2015 and 2017, scoring 7 goals and tallying 8 assists in 54 appearances. [3]
Herrera also played with Premier Development League side FC Tucson in 2016 and 2017. [4]
On December 15, 2017, Herrera signed as a Homegrown Player for Real Salt Lake of Major League Soccer. [5]
On December 21, 2022, Herrera was traded to CF Montréal for $500,000 in General Allocation Money, a 2023 international roster spot, Montréal's 2023 MLS SuperDraft first-round pick and a sell-on fee. [6]
On December 12, 2023, D.C. United acquired Herrera from CF Montréal in exchange for defender Ruan and $500,000 in 2024 General Allocation Money. [7]
Internationally, Herrera had represented the United States U20s. [8] In January 2021, Herrera made one appearance for the senior United States in a 7–0 friendly win over Trinidad and Tobago.
He was named to the final 20-player United States under-23 roster for the 2020 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship in March 2021. [9]
In June 2023 Herrera was named to Guatemala's preliminary squad ahead of the 2023 CONCACAF Gold Cup. [10] He made his Guatemala debut on June 15 in a friendly match against Costa Rica. [11]
Herrera was born in the United States to a Guatemalan father, Diego Herrera and American mother, Donni Herrera.
Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Real Monarchs | 2018 | United Soccer League | 5 | 0 | — | — | — | 5 | 0 | |||
Real Salt Lake | 2018 | Major League Soccer | 16 | 0 | 1 [lower-alpha 1] | 0 | — | 3 [lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 20 | 0 | |
2019 | 32 | 0 | — | 1 [lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 2 [lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 35 | 0 | |||
2020 | 20 | 0 | — | — | 1 [lower-alpha 4] | 0 | 21 | 0 | ||||
2021 | 29 | 1 | — | — | 3 [lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 32 | 1 | ||||
2022 | 27 | 0 | — | — | — | 27 | 0 | |||||
Total | 124 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 135 | 1 | ||
CF Montréal | 2023 | Major League Soccer | 19 | 0 | 2 [lower-alpha 5] | 0 | 2 [lower-alpha 3] | 0 | — | 23 | 0 | |
D.C. United | 2024 | Major League Soccer | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 7 | 0 | |
Career total | 155 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 170 | 1 |
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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United States | 2021 | 1 | 0 |
Total | 1 | 0 | |
Guatemala | 2023 | 6 | 0 |
2024 | 2 | 0 | |
Total | 8 | 0 | |
Career total | 9 | 0 |
United States U20
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