Personal information | |||
---|---|---|---|
Full name | Carlos Octavio Palacios Salazar | ||
Date of birth | 26 July 1996 | ||
Place of birth | Cali, Colombia | ||
Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||
Position(s) | Defender/Midfielder | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2016 | Fort Lauderdale Strikers U-23 | 5 | (0) |
2018 | Boca Raton FC | 3 | (0) |
2019 | Florida Soccer Soldiers | ||
2021–2022 | Miami FC | 44 | (1) |
2023 | Union Omaha | 13 | (2) |
2024 | Miami FC | 18 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 31 October 2024 |
Carlos Octavio "Junior" Palacios Salazar (born 26 July 1996) is a Colombian professional footballer.
In the 2010s, Palacios played amateur soccer for multiple teams across Florida. In 2016, he played five regular season matches for Fort Lauderdale Strikers U-23 during the team's first and only season in the National Premier Soccer League. [1] He played for NPSL side Boca Raton FC in 2018, making his debut in the season opener against Miami United FC and getting sent off in the 75th minute. [2] The following year, he played with the Florida Soccer Soldiers during the 2020 U.S. Open Cup qualification tournament's second round in a losing effort to Miami United FC's U-23 team. [3]
On 5 January 2021, Palacios signed a professional contract with Miami FC of the USL Championship after spending 2020 as a trialist with the team. [4] [5] He made his first appearance as a second half substitute on 8 May against Hartford Athletic. [6]
On January 31, 2023, it was announced that Palacios had signed with Union Omaha of USL League One. [7]
On 19 June 2024, Palacios returned to Miami FC on a short-term deal. [8]
Club | Season | League | Cup [lower-alpha 1] | League Cup | Total | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Fort Lauderdale Strikers U-23 | 2016 | National Premier Soccer League | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
Boca Raton FC | 2018 | National Premier Soccer League | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
Miami FC | 2021 | USL Championship | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 |
Career total | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 0 |
The Fort Lauderdale Strikers were an American soccer team established in 1988 as part of the third American Soccer League. In 1990, it moved to the American Professional Soccer League where it spent five seasons before folding in 1994. The Strikers won the 1989 ASL championship, as well as the 1989 National Pro Soccer Championship.
Ariel Pedro Martinez González is a Cuban footballer.
The Tampa Bay Rowdies are an American professional soccer team based in St. Petersburg, Florida. The club was founded in 2008 and first took the pitch in 2010. Since 2017, the Rowdies have been members of the USL Championship in the second tier of the American soccer pyramid. They formerly played in USSF Division 2 and the North American Soccer League (NASL), which were also second-tier leagues. The Rowdies play their home games at Al Lang Stadium on St. Petersburg's downtown waterfront.
The U.S. state of Florida has three National Football League teams, two Major League Baseball teams, two National Basketball Association teams, two National Hockey League teams, two Major League Soccer teams and 13 NCAA Division I college teams.
Hugh Alexander Dixon is an American professional soccer player who plays as a winger for USL Championship club Monterey Bay FC.
Miami FC is an American professional soccer team based in Miami, Florida that competes in the USL Championship, the second tier of the American soccer pyramid.
The Fort Lauderdale–Tampa Bay rivalry, also known as the Florida Derby, refers to the suspended soccer rivalry that most recently involved the Fort Lauderdale Strikers and the Tampa Bay Rowdies, both of whom played in the North American Soccer League through the 2016 season. Over the years the rivalry has spanned more than one hundred matches across eight soccer leagues and several tournaments, and involved nine different teams from the two regions of Florida. At times it has involved players, coaches, management and fans. Even the press has fanned the rivalry's flames at times. From 2010 through 2014, the winner of the regular season series automatically won the Coastal Cup as well. The status of the rivalry beyond 2016 remains unclear because the Rowdies have since joined the United Soccer League, while the Strikers ongoing ownership and legal battles of 2016 and 2017 have left them defunct.
Lionel Brown is a professional soccer player who plays as a goalkeeper. Born in Jamaica, he plays for the US Virgin Islands internationally.
The Coastal Cup is a trophy and soccer competition among the USL Championship (USL) teams based in Florida. Established in 2010, the trophy was originally awarded to the best team in regular season play among Florida-based franchises. Head-to-head playoff games, U.S. Open Cup matches and friendlies have no bearing on the outcome of this competition. The Fort Lauderdale Strikers did not field a team in 2017 and were later dissolved. The Tampa Bay Rowdies also participated in this cup from 2010 though 2016, before leaving the NASL for the USL. With Miami FC joining the USL, the competition restarted in 2020.
Stéfano Souza Pinho is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Birmingham Legion in the USL Championship.
The 2016 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup was the 103rd edition of the oldest ongoing competition in American soccer.
Brian James is an American professional soccer.
Samuel O'Connell Howard is an American soccer player who currently plays as a goalkeeper for Hartford Athletic in the USL Championship.
Luke Vincent Ferreira is an American soccer player who currently plays for Flower City Union in the National Independent Soccer Association.
Callum Chapman-Page is an English footballer who plays for USL Championship club Indy Eleven.
Kenan Hot is an American soccer player who plays as a midfielder for the Duke Blue Devils.
Bryant Martin Gammiero is an American soccer player who plays as a goalkeeper.
Andrew Booth is a Jamaican footballer who plays as a midfielder for FC Tulsa.
Daniel Gagliardi is an American soccer player who plays as a goalkeeper for Miami FC in the USL Championship.
The 2021 Miami FC season was the club's second season in the USL Championship, the second-tier of American soccer, and seventh overall.