Dillon Serna

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Dillon Serna
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Personal information
Full name Dillon Paul Serna
Date of birth (1994-03-25) March 25, 1994 (age 30)
Place of birth Thornton, Colorado, United States
Height 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Position(s) Midfielder, Defender
Youth career
2009–2012 Colorado Rapids
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2012 Akron Zips 22 (2)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2013–2019 Colorado Rapids 105 (9)
2020 Sporting Kansas City II 15 (0)
2021 Colorado Springs Switchbacks 7 (0)
2022–2023 Colorado Rapids 2 20 (1)
International career‡
2011 United States U17 4 (1)
2012–2013 United States U20 9 (0)
2014–2016 United States U23 14 (0)
Medal record
Representing Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Runner-up CONCACAF U-20 Championship 2013
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of January 12, 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of January 30, 2018

Dillon Paul Serna (born March 25, 1994) is an American former professional soccer player who played as a midfielder. He spent most of his career in Major League Soccer for Colorado Rapids and in the USL Championship for Sporting Kansas City II and Colorado Springs Switchbacks.

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Career

Club

Serna joined the U.S. Soccer Development Academy with the Rapids' academy in 2009. After graduating from high school, he played one year of college soccer for the University of Akron, scoring two goals and contributing eight assists. He signed with the Rapids as a homegrown player in January 2013. [1]

Serna made his MLS debut in a 3–0 loss to Vancouver Whitecaps FC in the 2013 regular season finale. [2]

Serna scored his first professional and his first MLS goal on April 26, 2014, in a 4–1 loss to Seattle Sounders FC. [3]

On November 21, 2019, the Rapids announced that Serna was out of contract with the club, but did not announce that they were working on a new contract. [4] Serna was included on Seattle Sounders FC 2020 preseason training roster as an unsigned player. [5]

On February 28, 2020, the MLS veteran signed with USL Championship side Sporting Kansas City II. [6]

Serna signed with USL Championship side Colorado Springs Switchbacks on January 28, 2021. [7] His contract option wasn't picked up by the Switchbacks following the 2021 season. [8]

On April 10, 2024, Serna announced his retirement from playing professional soccer. [9]

International

Serna was selected by coach Wilmer Cabrera to be part of the United States U-17 squad for the 2011 FIFA U-17 World Cup. During the tournament, Serna did not feature in any of the four matches the United States played. Serna played in several matches with the United States U-20 team, but he was not part of the final squad that Tab Ramos selected to the 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup. [10]

He was called up to the United States senior squad for a friendly against Panama in February 2015. [11]

Career statistics

As of November 5, 2020 [12] [13]
ClubSeasonLeagueCup [lower-alpha 1] ContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Colorado Rapids 2013 MLS 1000–0010
2014 27320––293
2015 15312––165
2016 9121–00112
2017 19110––201
2018 2011000–211
2019 14010–00150
Total105983000011312
Sporting Kansas City II 2020 USL Championship 150––00150
Career total120983000012812
  1. ↑ All appearances in the U.S. Open Cup

Honors

Individual

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References

  1. ↑ "Rapids sign homegrown player Dillon Serna". The Denver Post. January 18, 2013. Retrieved October 29, 2013.
  2. ↑ "Colorado Rapids will open MLS Cup Playoffs on Wednesday in Seattle". Boxscorenews.com. Retrieved October 29, 2013.
  3. ↑ "GOAL: Dillon Serna goes up the gut and brings one back". mlssoccer.com. Major League Soccer. April 26, 2014. Retrieved April 26, 2014.
  4. ↑ "Colorado Rapids announce roster moves ahead of the 2020 season". coloradorapids.com. Colorado Rapids. Retrieved January 19, 2020.
  5. ↑ Turner, Miki (January 14, 2020). "Sounders training notes: Snow welcomes players on first day back". Sounder at Heart. Vox Media. Retrieved January 19, 2020.
  6. ↑ Bergabo, Patrik (February 28, 2020). "Sporting Kansas City II adds seven-year MLS veteran Dillon Serna". Sporting KC. Retrieved August 5, 2020.
  7. ↑ "Switchbacks Sign Colorado Native Dillon Serna". January 28, 2021.
  8. ↑ "2022 Switchbacks FC Player Tracker". www.switchbacksfc.com.
  9. ↑ Rapids, Colorado. "Video | ColoradoRapids.com". Colorado Rapids.
  10. ↑ "Rapids' Dillon Serna doesn't make U.S. U-20 World Cup roster, but could still be called in". coloradorapids.com. Colorado Rapids. June 7, 2013. Archived from the original on October 20, 2014. Retrieved October 29, 2013.
  11. ↑ "USA 2-0 Panama - International friendlies". eurosport.co.uk. Eurosport. February 8, 2015. Retrieved November 13, 2015.
  12. ↑ Dillon Serna at Soccerway. Retrieved August 2, 2019.
  13. ↑ Dillon Serna at Major League Soccer
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