Victor Pineda (soccer)

Victor Pineda (born March 15, 1993) is an American soccer player.

Victor Pineda
Personal information
Full name Victor Pineda
Date of birth (1993-03-15) March 15, 1993
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*
Years Team Apps (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)
National team‡
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)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15:30, October 20, 2017 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of August 16, 2014

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).[1] He was subsequently called up to the United States U-18 national team[2] 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.[3]

Pineda made his MLS debut on March 23, 2014 in a match against New York Red Bulls.[4]

On June 13, 2014, Pineda moved to NASL team Indy Eleven on loan.[5] He signed with Indy for the 2015 season after he was released by Chicago.

In December 2015, Pineda signed with Fort Lauderdale Strikers.[6]

Personal

His brother, Mauricio, signed with the Fire in early 2020 after playing several years of college soccer.[7]

References
  1. "Chicago Fire's U16 Academy Wins USSFDA National Championship". July 21, 2010.
  2. "U-18 MNT Roster Named for Lisbon International Tournament". May 12, 2011.
  3. "MLSers Salgado, Pineda called into US U-20 camp". February 17, 2012.
  4. "Long Time Coming: Original Homegrown Victor Pineda makes his Fire debut". chicago-fire.com. March 23, 2014.
  5. "ELEVEN ADD MIDFIELDER VICTOR PINEDA". indyeleven.com. Indy Eleven. Retrieved July 24, 2014.
  6. http://www.strikers.com/news/2015/12/28/strikers-bolster-2016-roster-with-four-signings
  7. "Chicago Fire FC keep it in the family, sign North Carolina's Mauricio Pineda to Homegrown Player deal | MLSsoccer.com".
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