Matthew Sánchez

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Matthew Sanchez
Personal information
Date of birth (1994-08-04) August 4, 1994 (age 29) [1] [2]
Place of birth Owings Mills, Maryland, United States [1]
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) [1]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2013 Old Dominion Monarchs 1 (0)
2014–2016 Loyola Greyhounds 48 (0)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2018 Rio Grande Valley FC Toros 1 (0)
International career‡
Puerto Rico U20
Puerto Rico U23
2015–2018 Puerto Rico 14 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of April 13, 2021
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of April 13, 2021

Matthew Sanchez [3] (born August 4, 1994) is a professional soccer player who plays as a goalkeeper. [1] Born in the United States, he represented Puerto Rico at international level.

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Career

College

Sánchez began his college career at Old Dominion. From 2014 to 2016, he played with Loyola Greyhounds, earning numerous honours including Patriot League Goalkeeper of the Year award in 2016. [4]

Professional

In January 2017, Sánchez was chosen to participate in the MLS side D.C. United preseasons trial. [5]

In January 2018, Sánchez signed with USL side Rio Grande Valley FC Toros. [6]

International

Sánchez was called up for the Puerto Rico U20 national team in 2012. They played as U19 team at the 2012 Dallas Cup months before the World Cup Qualifiers in July 2012. [7] He helped Puerto Rico reach the CONCACAF U20 Championship for the first time. [8]

In 2015, Sánchez made his first appearance with the Puerto Rico Senior national football team in a friendly match against Canada. [9] He also represented Puerto Rico in the U23 national team for the 2016 Olympics Qualification Tournament. [10]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Matthew Sánchez". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved December 28, 2016.
  2. ↑ Matthew Sánchez – FIFA competition record (archived)
  3. ↑ "Bio for Matt Sanchez". loyolagreyhounds.com. Archived from the original on December 30, 2016. Retrieved December 29, 2016.
  4. ↑ "Patriot League Men's Soccer Major Awards and All-League Honors Announced". patriotleague.org.
  5. ↑ Anderson, Jason (January 25, 2017). "Meet D.C. United's first batch of preseason trialists". Black And Red United.
  6. ↑ Communications, Toros (January 18, 2018). "RGV FC Adds 10 Players to Roster Ahead of 2018 Season". Rio Grande Valley FC.
  7. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on March 19, 2018. Retrieved March 19, 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  8. ↑ "CONCACAF Under-20 Championship 2013". Issuu.
  9. ↑ "Repite la dosis Canadá en el Loubriel | FutbolBoricua.net".
  10. ↑ "Lista la Selección Olímpica para su compromiso clasificatorio | FutbolBoricua.net".


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