Aaron Herrera (soccer)
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| Full name | Aaron Joseph Herrera[1] | |||||||||
| Date of birth | June 6, 1997 | |||||||||
| Place of birth | Las Cruces, New Mexico, United States | |||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | |||||||||
| Position(s) | Right-back | |||||||||
| Club information | ||||||||||
Current team | Real Salt Lake | |||||||||
| Number | 22 | |||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||
| 2012–2015 | Real Salt Lake AZ | |||||||||
| College career | ||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||
| 2015–2017 | New Mexico Lobos | 54 | (7) | |||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||
| 2016–2017 | FC Tucson | 11 | (0) | |||||||
| 2018– | Real Salt Lake | 97 | (1) | |||||||
| 2018 | Real Monarchs | 5 | (0) | |||||||
| National team‡ | ||||||||||
| 2017 | United States U20 | 3 | (0) | |||||||
| 2019–2021 | United States U23 | 6 | (0) | |||||||
| 2021– | United States | 1 | (0) | |||||||
Honours
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of December 3, 2021 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of January 31, 2021 | ||||||||||
Aaron Joseph Herrera (born June 6, 1997) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a right-back for Real Salt Lake in Major League Soccer.
College and amateur[]
Herrera played three years of college soccer at the University of New Mexico between 2015 and 2017, scoring 7 goals and tallying 8 assists in 54 appearances.[2]
Herrera also played with Premier Development League side FC Tucson in 2016 and 2017.[3]
Professional career[]
On December 15, 2017, Herrera signed as a Homegrown Player for Real Salt Lake of Major League Soccer.[4]
International career[]
Herrera was born in the United States to a Guatemalan father, Diego Herrera and American mother, Donni Herrera. Internationally, he represented the United States U20s.[5] Herrera was named to the final 20-player United States under-23 roster for the 2020 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship in March 2021.[6]
Honors[]
United States U20
References[]
- ^ "Concacaf Men's Olympic Qualifying – Rosters Provisional Lists" (PDF). mcusercontent.com. Retrieved May 3, 2020.
- ^ "Aaron Herrera – 2017". golobos.com. The University of New Mexico. July 30, 2015. Retrieved May 3, 2020.
- ^ "Aaron Herrera". uslpdl.com. USL PDL. Archived from the original on May 16, 2017. Retrieved May 3, 2020.
- ^ "Real Salt Lake sign Homegrown defender Aaron Herrera, Monarchs' Taylor Peay". mlssoccer.com. Major League Soccer. December 15, 2017. Retrieved May 3, 2020.
- ^ "Las Cruces born soccer player riding high after U-20 World Cup experience". lcsun-news.com. Las Cruces Sun-News. June 16, 2017. Retrieved May 3, 2020.
- ^ "U.S. Under-23 Men's National Team Head Coach Jason Kreis Names Roster for Concacaf Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship". www.ussoccer.com. March 11, 2021.
- ^ "U-20 MEN'S NATIONAL TEAM CLAIMS FIRST CONCACAF U-20 CHAMPIONSHIP WITH SHOOTOUT WIN VS. HONDURAS". ussoccer.com. March 5, 2017.
External links[]
- Aaron Herrera at Major League Soccer
- Real Salt Lake Player Profile
- Aaron Herrera at Soccerway
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