Victor Pineda (soccer)

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Victor Pineda
Personal information
Full name Victor Pineda [1]
Date of birth (1993-03-15) March 15, 1993 (age 31) [1]
Place of birth Bolingbrook, Illinois, United States
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
2008–2009 IMG Soccer Academy
2009–2010 Chicago Fire
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2010–2014 Chicago Fire 4 (0)
2014 → Indy Eleven (loan) 17 (3)
2015 Indy Eleven 20 (2)
2016 Fort Lauderdale Strikers 20 (0)
2017 Orange County SC 28 (2)
International career‡
2008–2009 United States U17 2 (0)
2010–2011 United States U18 10 (2)
2012–2013 United States U20 10 (3)
2014 United States U23 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of October 20, 2017
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of August 16, 2014

Victor Pineda (born March 15, 1993) is an American former professional soccer player who played as a midfielder.

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Career

Professional

The first homegrown player in Chicago Fire history, Pineda signed with the first team in August 2010. That year the midfielder lead the Chicago Fire U-16 Academy with eight goals and helped his team win the U.S. Soccer Federation Development Academy National Championship (in which he scored the first penalty kick of the penalty kick shootout). [2] He was subsequently called up to the United States U-18 national team [3] and scored twice during the international tournaments. On February 17, 2012, Pineda was selected to the national U-20 team as one of the two team leaders. [4]

Pineda made his MLS debut on March 23, 2014, in a match against New York Red Bulls. [5]

On June 13, 2014, Pineda moved to NASL team Indy Eleven on loan. [6] He signed with Indy for the 2015 season after he was released by Chicago.

In December 2015, Pineda signed with Fort Lauderdale Strikers. [7]

Personal

His brother, Mauricio, signed with the Fire in early 2020 after playing several years of college soccer. [8]

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References

  1. 1 2 "FIFA U-20 World Cup Turkey 2013 List of Players: United States" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. June 23, 2013. p. 23. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 27, 2013.
  2. ↑ "Chicago Fire's U16 Academy Wins USSFDA National Championship". July 21, 2010.
  3. ↑ "U-18 MNT Roster Named for Lisbon International Tournament". May 12, 2011.
  4. ↑ "MLSers Salgado, Pineda called into US U-20 camp". February 17, 2012.
  5. ↑ "Long Time Coming: Original Homegrown Victor Pineda makes his Fire debut". chicago-fire.com. March 23, 2014.
  6. ↑ "ELEVEN ADD MIDFIELDER VICTOR PINEDA". indyeleven.com. Indy Eleven. Archived from the original on September 30, 2017. Retrieved July 24, 2014.
  7. ↑ "Strikers Bolster 2016 Roster with Four Signings | Fort Lauderdale Strikers". Archived from the original on January 11, 2016. Retrieved December 30, 2015.
  8. ↑ "Chicago Fire FC keep it in the family, sign North Carolina's Mauricio Pineda to Homegrown Player deal | MLSsoccer.com".
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