Raúl Mendiola

Raúl Mendiola (born May 18, 1994) is a Mexican professional footballer who currently plays as an attacking midfielder for Las Vegas Lights in the USL Championship.

Raúl Mendiola
Personal information
Date of birth (1994-05-18) 18 May 1994
Place of birth Ciudad Juárez, Mexico
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Attacking Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Las Vegas Lights
Number 40
Youth career
2011–2014 LA Galaxy
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2017 LA Galaxy 13 (0)
2014–2017 → LA Galaxy II (loan) 69 (6)
2018 Las Vegas Lights 22 (10)
2019 Reno 1868 28 (4)
2020 San Diego Loyal 1 (0)
2020– Las Vegas Lights 10 (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of October 4, 2020

Career

Born in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, Mendiola joined the LA Galaxy Academy in 2011.[1] While at the academy level Mendiola won back-to-back U-16 Development Academy Player of the Year awards after the 2009–10 and 2010–11 seasons, playing for California-based development academy club Arsenal FC.[1]

On February 20, 2014 it was announced that Mendiola was signed as a homegrown player by the Galaxy.[1] He then made his professional debut with the LA Galaxy II, the reserve side of the LA Galaxy, on March 22, 2014 in the side's first ever USL Pro match against the Orange County Blues. His first appearance with the LA Galaxy first team came on May 17, 2014 in a regular season MLS match against the Houston Dynamo.[2][3]

On May 31, 2018, Mendiola joined United Soccer League side Las Vegas Lights.[4]

Mendiola joined USL Championship side Reno 1868 on December 10, 2018.[5]

On July 23, 2020, Las Vegas Lights Head Coach Frank Yallop announced that Mendiola would reunite with the team for the remainder of the 2020 season.[6] Mendiola had signed with the San Diego Loyal in January 2020.

Career statistics
As of April 27, 2015[7]
Club Season League League Cup U.S. Open Cup CONCACAF Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
LA Galaxy 2014 Major League Soccer300000——30
2015 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0
2016 6 0 0 0 3 1 9 1
2017 4 0 0 0 2 0 6 0
Major League Soccer Total 13 0 0 0 8 1 0 0 18 1
LA Galaxy II 2014 USL Pro20200————202
2015234——234
2016 17 2 17 2
2017 13 1 13 1
Las Vegas Lights 2018 22 10 0 0 0 0 22 10
Reno 1868 2019 USL Championship 29 4 0 0 1 0 29 4
San Diego Loyal 2020 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Las Vegas Lights 2020 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
USL Championship Total 125 23 0 0 1 0 0 0 125 23
Career total 283000000283

Honors
LA Galaxy

References
  1. "LA Galaxy sign forwards Bradford Jamieson, Raul Mendiola to Homegrown contracts". Major League Soccer. Retrieved March 22, 2014.
  2. "No jitters for LA Galaxy Homegrown Player Raul Mendiola in confident MLS debut". Major League Soccer. Retrieved May 20, 2014.
  3. https://twitter.com/joetutino/status/447553012307734528/photo/1
  4. https://www.uslsoccer.com/news_article/show/923107?referrer_id=3279422
  5. https://www.uslchampionship.com/news_article/show/976009
  6. https://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/lights-fcs-second-all-time-leading-scorer-raul-mendiola-signs-for-2020-season/n-5631833
  7. Raúl Mendiola at Soccerway
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