Eddie Soto

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Eddie Soto
Personal information
Full name Edwin Soto
Date of birth (1972-06-14) June 14, 1972 (age 52)
Place of birth Artesia, California, United States
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Position(s) Forward
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1991 Chapman Panthers
1992–1994 Cal State Fullerton Titans
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1994 Montclair Standard Falcons
1995 Los Angeles Salsa U-23
1995 Los Angeles Salsa
1997–2000 Orange County Zodiac
International career
2006–2007 United States (beach)
Managerial career
1997 Long Beach City College (assistant)
2001–2003 Cal State Fullerton (assistant)
2004–2005 Long Beach State (assistant)
2006 Cal State Fullerton (assistant)
2006–2013 UCLA Bruins (assistant)
2009–2020 United States (beach)
2014–2018 San Francisco Dons
2019– Cal State Dominguez Hills Toros
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Eddie Soto (born June 14, 1972) is a former American soccer player who played as a forward. Soto spent five seasons in the USISL and has served as an assistant men's and women's collegiate soccer coach for eight seasons.

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Youth

Soto played for the North Huntington Beach youth club, winning the 1991 James McGuire Trophy as the U.S. U-19 national champion. [1] He was also a member of the U-18 and U-20 national teams. In addition to his national team and club commitments, Soto attended Cerritos High School where he was a two time Parade Magazine high school All-American and the 1990 California 3A Player of the Year. Soto graduated from Cerritos in 1991 and entered Chapman University that fall. [2] He played one season at Chapman before transferring to Cal State Fullerton where he played from 1992 to 1994. He scored thirty-eight goals in his three seasons, earning second team All-American recognition in 1992. [3] His thirty-eight goals places him second on the school's career goals list. He graduated in 1995 with a bachelor's degree in kinesiology.

Professional

In 1994, Soto spent the collegiate off-season playing for the Montclair Standard Falcons of the USISL. In the spring of 1995, Soto signed with the Anaheim Splash of the Continental Indoor Soccer League, but the team released him before he entered a game. In June 1995, Soto signed with the Los Angeles Salsa U-23 in the USISL. In February 1996, the MetroStars of Major League Soccer selected Soto in the eighth round (79th overall) of the Inaugural Player Draft. The team waived him on March 26, 1996. Soto returned to Southern California where he played for U.S. Beach Soccer and worked as a machinist. [4] In 1997, he signed with the Orange County Zodiac of the USL A-League. In March 1998, the San Jose Clash selected Soto in the second round (23d overall) in the 1998 MLS Supplemental Draft. Once again, the team released him in the preseason. In 2000, the Zodiac was renamed the Wave. Soto left the Wave at the end of 2000 season and spent some time with the USA Pro Beach Soccer Team before retiring from playing.

Coaching

In addition to playing, Soto also coached at the collegiate and youth soccer levels. In 1997, he was the assistant coach with the Long Beach City College women's soccer team when they won the California State Championship. [5] In 2001, he was hired as an assistant coach at Cal State Fullerton. In 2004, he moved to Long Beach State as an assistant. On July 12, 2006, UCLA hired Soto as an assistant coach, but he also spent that season with Cal State Fullerton. On April 15, 2009, Soto also became the head coach of the United States national beach soccer team [6] In 2012, the Los Angeles Galaxy hired Soto to coach its U-18 Academy team. In January 2013, Soto became the head of the U-15 team. [7]

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References

  1. ↑ "McGuire Cup winners". Archived from the original on 2011-11-19. Retrieved 2008-03-06.
  2. ↑ Chapman University Men’s Soccer: All-Time Records
  3. ↑ 1992 All American lists Archived September 27, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  4. ↑ Bouncing Around
  5. ↑ "Long Beach City College women's soccer". Archived from the original on 2007-12-31. Retrieved 2008-03-06.
  6. ↑ "US HAS NEW MAN IN CHARGE". Archived from the original on 2011-09-11. Retrieved 2013-07-20.
  7. ↑ "LA Galaxy Academy Update – Alex Yi named U-18 head coach". Archived from the original on 2013-07-20. Retrieved 2013-07-20.
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