Sidney Rivera

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Sidney Rivera
Personal information
Full name Sidney Adam Rivera
Date of birth (1993-11-15) November 15, 1993 (age 28)
Place of birth Staten Island, New York, United States
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 Morris Elite
Youth career
2009–2011 Match Fit Academy
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2014 Old Dominion Monarchs 48 (11)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014 Virginia Beach City
2015 Orlando City 0 (0)
2015 → Louisville City (loan) 10 (1)
2015 → Pittsburgh Riverhounds (loan) 1 (0)
2016–2017 Puerto Rico FC 36 (5)
2018 Atlantic City FC 7 (6)
2018 Reno 1868 0 (0)
2019 Than Quảng Ninh 2 (0)
2019 FC Motown 5 (2)
2019 Philadelphia Fury 1 (0)
2019–2020 Bangladesh Police FC 9 (5)
2021– Morris Elite SC 5 (2)
National team‡
2019– Puerto Rico 10 (3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12 June 2021
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 26 April 2021

Sidney Adam Rivera (born November 15, 1993) is a professional soccer player who plays for USL League Two side Morris Elite SC. Born in the United States, he represents Puerto Rico internationally.

Born and raised in Staten Island, New York, Rivera moved to Hampton, New Jersey and played high school soccer at Saint Benedict's Preparatory School and North Hunterdon High School.[1][2]

Career[]

College[]

Rivera spent his entire college career at Old Dominion University. He made a total of 48 appearances for the Monarchs and tallied 11 goals and one assist. He led the team with nine goals in 2014, where he won the first ever Conference-USA tournament championship in Old Dominion University history while being named tournament offensive MVP. Rivera played for Virginia Beach City FC in the summer of 2014.

Professional[]

On January 20, 2015, Rivera was selected in the third round (63rd overall) of the 2015 MLS SuperDraft by Orlando City.[3] While he earned a contract with Orlando, the team loaned him out on May 8 to USL affiliate club Louisville City FC.[4] He made his professional debut four days later in a 3–0 victory over the Wilmington Hammerheads.[5] Rivera went on to make 10 appearances for Louisville before leaving the team under circumstances that neither Louisville, nor Orlando would comment on.[6] On July 30, he was sent on loan to the Pittsburgh Riverhounds along with teammate, Conor Donovan, in a bid to gain more experience.[7] However, Rivera would only make 1 appearance for the Riverhounds and he was released by Orlando on November 25, 2015.[8]

On April 6, 2016, Rivera signed with NASL expansion side Puerto Rico FC.[9] In his first season with the club, Rivera found consistent playing time for the first time in his professional career, making 16 appearances and scoring 3 goals.[10] After a successful first season with the club, Rivera appeared in 20 matches for Puerto Rico FC, however, he only started 6 matches and his minutes over the course of the season decreased.[10] Due to the hiatus by both the NASL, due to operations reasons, and the team, because of the devastation caused by Hurricane Maria, Rivera left the club at the end of the 2017 season.

After leaving Puerto Rico, Rivera had a brief stint in the semi-professional National Premier Soccer League, making 7 appearances for Atlantic City FC. Then he had a brief stint with USL Championship side, Reno 1868, where he failed to make an appearance for the club. After leaving Reno, Rivera moved to V.League 1 side Than Quang Ninh. However, despite playing and starting in the first two matches for the club, Rivera was dropped from the squad for undisclosed reasons.[11] After leaving Vietnam, Rivera returned to New Jersey where he began playing for FC Motown in the National Premier Soccer League.[12]

After the NPSL season, Rivera signed with the Philadelphia Fury of the National Independent Soccer Association, along with several of his FC Motown teammates, ahead of the league's inaugural season.[13]

On April 26, 2021, Rivera signed with USL League Two side Morris Elite SC to compete in the clubs inaugural season.[14] On May 24, 2021, he scored the first goal for the club in a 1-0 victory over F.A. Euro, the first victory in club history.

International[]

Rivera was born in the United States to a Colombian father and Cape Verdean mother. After a stint with Puerto Rico FC, he gained the option to represent the Puerto Rico national football team.[15] He made his debut for Puerto Rico on 24 March 2019 in a CONCACAF Nations League qualifier against Grenada, as a 58th-minute substitute for Héctor Ramos.[16]

International goals[]

Scores and results Puerto Rico's goal tally first.[17]
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 19 November 2019 Juan Ramón Loubriel Stadium, Bayamón, Puerto Rico  Anguilla 1–0 3–0 2019–20 CONCACAF Nations League C
2. 2–0

References[]

  1. ^ "MLS Bio". MLSSoccer.com.
  2. ^ "New Jersey Standout Sidney Rivera Signs With Soccer Monarchs", Old Dominion Monarchs soccer, February 5, 2011. Accessed August 16, 2016. "Old Dominion University head men's soccer coach Alan Dawson announced the signing of All-State midfielder Sidney Rivera (Hampton, NJ.) of North Hunterdon High School to a letter of intent to play for the Monarchs in the 2011 season."
  3. ^ "Orlando City Select Two In Final Two Rounds Of The SuperDraft". OrlandoCitySC.com. Orlando City SC. January 20, 2015. Retrieved May 14, 2015.
  4. ^ "Louisville Adds Rivera On Loan From Orlando". USLsoccer.com. United Soccer League. May 8, 2015. Archived from the original on May 18, 2015. Retrieved May 14, 2015.
  5. ^ "LOU4 - United Soccer League". uslsoccer.com. Archived from the original on May 18, 2015.
  6. ^ Citro, Michael (July 23, 2015). "Sidney Rivera Out at Louisville City?". The Mane Land. Retrieved September 6, 2019.
  7. ^ Orlando Sentinel (July 30, 2015). "Orlando City loans forward Sidney Rivera to Pittsburgh Riverhounds". OrlandoSentinel.com.
  8. ^ "Tally Hall, Lewis Neal among 8 cut from Orlando City". O-Town's 11.
  9. ^ "MLS Experienced Player Trevor Spangenberg And Sidney Rivera Join The Puerto Rico Football Club". PuertoRicoFC.com. Retrieved April 8, 2016.
  10. ^ a b "Puerto Rico - S. Rivera - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". us.soccerway.com. Retrieved September 6, 2019.
  11. ^ "Quảng Ninh axe American striker Sydney Rivera after two matches". vietnamnews.vn. Retrieved September 6, 2019.
  12. ^ "Team Roster – FC Motown". Retrieved September 6, 2019.
  13. ^ Dolgenos, Charlie. "Franklin Field will welcome the return of professional soccer to Philadelphia". www.thedp.com. Retrieved September 6, 2019.
  14. ^ "Puerto Rico National Team Player Sidney Rivera Joins Morris Elite". morriselitesoccer.com. Retrieved April 26, 2021.
  15. ^ "Criolos no Estrangeiro: Futebol Porto Rico – Golo de Sidney Rivera garante vitória da seleção do Porto Rico". criolosports.com.
  16. ^ "Puerto Rica v Grenada game report". CONCACAF. March 24, 2019.
  17. ^ "Sidney Rivera". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved November 28, 2019.

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