Devon Sandoval

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Devon Sandoval
Personal information
Full name Devon Sandoval
Date of birth (1991-06-16) June 16, 1991 (age 33)
Place of birth Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Forward
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2009 San Diego State Aztecs 7 (1)
2010–2012 New Mexico Lobos 64 (26)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2013–2016 Real Salt Lake 74 (7)
2014 → Carolina RailHawks (loan) 3 (1)
2015–2016 → Real Monarchs (loan) 5 (1)
2016 → Rayo OKC (loan) 12 (1)
2017 San Francisco Deltas 30 (4)
2018 Atlanta United 2 25 (3)
2019–2022 New Mexico United 83 (21)
Total232(38)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of October 21, 2022

Devon Sandoval (born June 16, 1991) is an American former professional soccer player who played as a forward.

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Early career

The son of Diana and Greg Sandoval and native of Albuquerque, Sandoval attended Eldorado High School in New Mexico, where he played soccer. He continued his education and soccer career at San Diego State University, but remained there only until his freshman year. He then transferred to the University of New Mexico, where he would spend the remainder of his three college years.

Professional career

Major League Soccer

Sandoval was selected by Real Salt Lake in the second round (29th overall) of the 2013 MLS SuperDraft. On March 3, 2013, Sandoval made his professional soccer debut with Real Salt Lake against the San Jose Earthquakes in their opening day game for the 2013 Major League Soccer season. He came on as a substitute in the 87th minute for the Man of the Match, Álvaro Saborío, who scored two goals to lead the club to a 2–0 victory. [1] He scored his first goal for Salt Lake in an away game against the New England Revolution on May 8, 2013. [2] During a Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup round match against the NASL's (North American Soccer League) Atlanta Silverbacks in Rio Tinto Stadium on May 28, 2013, Sandoval scored an overtime goal, assisted by teammates Javier Morales and Joao Plata to help Real Salt Lake clinch a 3–2 victory and advanced to the fourth round of the tournament. On June 12, 2013, Sandoval scored twice (once in overtime) against the Charleston Battery to help Real Salt Lake win 5–2 and advance to the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup quarterfinals. With Alvaro Saborio injured, Sandoval got the start in RSL's home leg against the Portland Timbers in the 2013 Western Conference Finals, and scored the team's third goal on an assist from Robbie Findley. RSL won the game 4–2. [3]

NASL and USL

Sandoval was sent on a two-game loan deal to NASL club Carolina RailHawks on September 10, 2014. [4] On May 22, 2015, Sandoval won MLS Goal of the Week for a goal scored against the Montreal Impact on May 16, 2015. [5] On 13 July 2016, Sandoval was loaned to Rayo OKC, where he played the NASL Autumn Regular Season and Playoffs. Sandoval and Rayo OKC advanced to the NASL semi-finals before losing to the eventual NASL Champions, New York Cosmos.

On January 30, 2017, the San Francisco Deltas of the NASL announced Sandoval had signed with the team. On February 15, 2017, Sandoval scored the winning goal in the Delta's pre-season 1–0 win over the MLS San Jose Earthquakes. On November 12, 2017, Sandoval was subbed into the 90th minute in the 2017 NASL finals against the New York Cosmos. Sandoval would go on to score a late goal in stoppage time to put the Deltas up 2–0, over the Cosmos. [6]

On March 22, 2018, Sandoval joined Atlanta United 2 of the United Soccer League. [7]

New Mexico United

On June 6, 2018, Sandoval was named as the first player to sign with the newly formed USL side New Mexico United ahead of their inaugural 2019 season. [8] On March 9, 2019, he scored the team's first-ever goal in their opening match against Fresno FC. [9]

On October 10, 2019, Sandoval was voted the USL Championship Player of the Month for September. [10]

Sandoval announced his retirement from professional soccer on January 17, 2023. [11]

Career statistics

As of match played October 9, 2021 [12]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueDomestic CupLeague CupContinentalTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Real Salt Lake 2013 MLS 1733 [lower-alpha 1] 33 [lower-alpha 2] 1—237
2014 1501 [lower-alpha 1] 000—160
2015 3043 [lower-alpha 1] 0—3 [lower-alpha 3] 0364
2016 1201 [lower-alpha 1] 00000130
Total7478331308811
Real Salt Lake Reserves 2013 MLS Reserve League 124———124
2014 32———32
Total156000000156
Carolina Railhawks (loan) 2014 NASL 3100——31
Real Monarchs (loan) 2015 USL 1000——10
2016 41———41
Total5100000051
Rayo OKC (loan) 2016 NASL 121001 [lower-alpha 4] 0—131
San Francisco Deltas 2017 3042 [lower-alpha 1] 02 [lower-alpha 4] 1—345
Atlanta United 2 2018 USL 253———253
New Mexico United 2019 USL Championship 31125 [lower-alpha 1] 31 [lower-alpha 5] 1—3716
2020 124—2 [lower-alpha 5] 0—144
2021 285———285
Total71215331007925
Career total23544156933024649
  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Appearance(s) in U.S. Open Cup
  2. ↑ Appearance(s) in MLS Cup playoffs
  3. ↑ Appearances in CONCACAF Champions League
  4. 1 2 Appearance(s) in Soccer Bowl (2011-2017)
  5. 1 2 Appearance(s) in USL playoffs

Honors

San Francisco Deltas

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  1. ↑ "San Jose Earthquakes vs Real Salt Lake 03-04-2013 – Stats". MLSsoccer.com. Major League Soccer. March 3, 2013. Retrieved January 21, 2014.
  2. ↑ "New England Revolution vs Real Salt Lake 05-09-2013 – Stats". MLSsoccer.com. Major League Soccer. May 8, 2013. Archived from the original on January 17, 2014. Retrieved January 21, 2014.
  3. ↑ "¡Golazo! – Real Salt Lake vs. Portland Timbers". golazo.mlssoccer.com. Major League Soccer. November 10, 2013. Archived from the original on November 11, 2013. Retrieved January 21, 2014.
  4. ↑ "Railhawks Acquire Devon Sandoval On Loan". carolinarailhawks.com. Carolina RailHawks. September 10, 2014. Archived from the original on September 11, 2014. Retrieved September 11, 2014.
  5. ↑ "Real Salt Lake forward Devon Sandoval runs away with Week 11 AT&T Goal of the Week honors". MLSsoccer.com. Major League Soccer. May 22, 2015. Retrieved May 27, 2015.
  6. ↑ staff. "San Francisco Deltas Shut Out New York Cosmos To Win NASL Title In Front Of Home Fans". NORTH AMERICAN SOCCER LEAGUE. nasl.com. Retrieved January 4, 2024.
  7. ↑ "Atlanta United 2 signs Jose Carranza and Devon Sandoval". atlutd.com. Major League Soccer. March 22, 2018. Retrieved March 25, 2018.
  8. ↑ Chester, Jared (June 6, 2018). "Devon Sandoval is the first player to sign with New Mexico's new USL Soccer Team". KRQE . Nexstar Broadcasting. Retrieved October 10, 2018.
  9. ↑ Seligman, Noah (March 9, 2019). "NM United plays to a draw; 12,896 witness debut". abqjournal.com. Albuquerque Journal. Retrieved March 10, 2019.
  10. ↑ "New Mexico's Sandoval Voted Championship's Player of the Month". uslchampionship.com. USL Championship. October 10, 2019. Retrieved May 12, 2020.
  11. ↑ "NEW MEXICO LEGEND DEVON SANDOVAL ANNOUNCES RETIREMENT". NewMexicoUtd.com. New Mexico United . Retrieved January 18, 2023.
  12. ↑ "USA - D. Sandoval - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". us.soccerway.com. Retrieved July 10, 2021.
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