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2021 New Mexico United Season
The 2021 New Mexico United season was the third season for New Mexico United in the USL Championship, the second-tier professional soccer league in the United States. This article covers the period from November 1, 2020, the day after the cancellation of the 2020 USL playoff final, to the conclusion of the 2021 USL playoff final. The USL Championship 2021 season began on April 24, and New Mexico United played its first competitive match of the season on May 1. Season in review Off-season and pre-season The club concluded the 2020 season with a loss to El Paso Locomotive FC in the Western Conference semifinal. They ended the regular season in 2nd place in Group C. Six players departed in November after the conclusion of play. Romeo Parkes returned to Sligo Rovers at the end of his loan. Chris Wehan and Saalih Muhammed transferred to Orange County SC and Oakland Roots SC, respectively. Ryan Williams and David Estrada announced their retirements from professional football, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Mexico United
New Mexico United is an American professional soccer team based in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Founded in 2018, the team currently plays in the USL Championship, the second division of American soccer. History Former teams The state of New Mexico gained its first professional soccer team in the 1990s, the New Mexico Chiles of the American Professional Soccer League and later the USISL. The team was runner-up for the league title in 1995 and attracted an average home attendance of 3,854, but was folded by its owners in 1996. The Chiles was replaced the following season by the Albuquerque Geckos, who entered USISL's Division 3 with new owners and played at a new soccer stadium shared with the collegiate New Mexico Lobos. The Geckos won the Division 3 championship and were promoted to the second division A-League in 1998, but struggled to win matches and were unable to pay players and creditors. The team had an average attendance of 1,200 and announced their move to Sacramento, Cali ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2020 USL Championship Playoffs
The 2020 USL Championship Playoffs was the post-season championship of the 2020 USL Championship. It was the tenth edition of the USL Championship Playoffs. The playoffs began on October 10, and originally scheduled to conclude with the USL Championship Final on November 1. The Final was then cancelled the day before because several Tampa Bay Rowdies players and staff tested positive for COVID-19. The championship would not be awarded. Real Monarchs were the defending USL Championship champions, but failed to qualify for the playoffs. Qualified teams Group A *Reno 1868 FC * Sacramento Republic FC Group B *Phoenix Rising FC *LA Galaxy II Group C *El Paso Locomotive FC *New Mexico United Group D *San Antonio FC *FC Tulsa Group E *Louisville City FC *Saint Louis FC Group F *Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC *Hartford Athletic Group G *Charlotte Independence *Birmingham Legion FC Group H *Tampa Bay Rowdies *Charleston Battery Format The top two teams in each group will qualify for t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sergio Rivas
Sergio Rivas (born 3 October 1997) is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for USL Championship club New Mexico United. Career College Rivas spent his entire college career at Seattle University. He made a total of 85 appearances for the Redhawks and tallied 21 goals and 27 assists. While at college, Rivas played for Premier Development League sides Albuquerque Sol and Seattle Sounders FC U-23. Professional On January 11, 2019, Rivas was selected 26th overall in the 2019 MLS SuperDraft by San Jose Earthquakes. On March 20, 2019, Rivas signed with San Jose's USL Championship affiliate side Reno 1868 FC. Reno folded their team on November 6, 2020, due to the financial impact of the COVID-19 pandemic The COVID-19 pandemic, also known as the coronavirus pandemic, is an ongoing global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The novel virus was first ident ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harry Swartz
Harrison "Harry" Swartz (born March 19, 1996) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder for USL Championship club New Mexico United. Career Swartz is from Needham, Massachusetts. He played soccer at Needham High School, where he was a 2011 Bay State League First Team pick after breaking the school record for most points as a sophomore. In 2012, he was a silver medalist with the United States in the 2012 Pan American Games in Sao Paulo, Brazil. In 2013, he was rated among the top 150 high school seniors by ''College Soccer News''. College and amateur Swartz spent five years playing college soccer at Northeastern University between 2014 and 2018, scoring 5 goals and tallying 5 assists in 71 appearances. Swartz is Jewish, and was named to the 2017 ''Jewish Sports Review'' Division 1 Men's Soccer All-America Team, along with Sam Raben and Jake Rozhansky. Swartz also played for USL PDL sides Ocean City Nor'easters, Boston Bolts and Brazos Valley Cavalry. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ilija Ilić
Ilija Ilić (born 26 April 1991) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a forward for USL League One club One Knoxville SC. Career Ilić began his career with the youth clubs of FK Čukarički and Red Star Belgrade, as well as a loan spell with FK Sopot during their 2010 and 2011 season. Ilić played college soccer in the United States with Young Harris College between 2011 and 2014. While at college, he also spent time with USL PDL club Ocala Stampede. After leaving college, he signed with USL club Louisville City on March 26, 2015. Ilić signed for USL Championship side Indy Eleven on 3 December 2018. On 14 December 2020 he moved to USL Championship side New Mexico United ahead of their 2021 season. He was released by New Mexico in July 2022. On December 12, 2022, Ilić signed with USL League One club One Knoxville SC. He was the newly promoted club's first major signing announcement, and will also serve as assistant coach. Career statistics Honors ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joris Ahlinvi
Joris Ahlinvi (born 13 July 1995) is a French professional footballer who plays as a winger. Club career Valenciennes, Montpellier & Lége-Cap-Ferret Ahlinvi played with the Valenciennes academy and their second team in the CFA. Following Valenciennes relegation in Ligue 2, he chose to joined Montpellier in June 2014. He later joined CFA 2 side US Lège-Cap-Ferret, where he scored 6 goals in 16 appearances. College in the United States In 2016, Ahlinvi made the move to the United States to play college soccer at Florida International University, where he played for 3 seasons, scoring 16 goals and tallying 9 assists in 47 appearances. During his time at FIU, Ahlinvi was named C-USA All-Tournament Team, C-USA All-Freshman Team, All-AAC Second Team, All C-USA First Team and USC All-Southeast Region First Team. Ahlinvi transferred to Indiana University for his senior year in 2019. He scored 2 goals in 10 appearances for the Hoosiers and was named USC East Region First Team and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Estrada (soccer)
David Estrada (born February 4, 1988) is a Mexican-American former soccer player who previously played for New Mexico United in the USL Championship. He played as either a forward, or more often for New Mexico United, as a right winger. Early life and amateur Estrada was born in Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico and moved to California with his family at four months old. He was raised in Salinas, California and attended Alisal High School. A successful player at the high school level, Estrada led the nation his senior season with 66 goals, including 11 in one game—the second-most single-game goals in state history. He played four years of college soccer at UCLA. As a walk-on his freshman year, he was the team's top scorer, was named Soccer America's National Freshman of the Year, was a second-team All-Pac-10 selection and was voted UCLA's Offensive MVP. After missing the first seven matches of his sophomore year because of a fractured foot, he was again named to the All-Pac-10 sec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ryan Williams (men's Soccer, Born 1996)
Ryan Williams (born October 11, 1996) is a former American soccer player who plays as an attacking midfielder A midfielder is an Glossary of association football terms#O, outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As #Cent .... Career On January 9, 2019, USL Championship side New Mexico United announced they had signed Ryan Williams ahead of their inaugural 2019 season. Williams announced his retirement from playing professional soccer following New Mexico's 2020 season. Career statistics References External links * Profile at JBU Athletics 1996 births Living people Charlotte Eagles players John Brown Golden Eagles men's soccer players New Mexico United players Sportspeople from Honolulu County, Hawaii USL League Two players USL Championship players American men's soccer players Men's association football midfielders Socc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oakland Roots SC
Oakland Roots Sports Club is an American professional soccer team based in Oakland, California. The club was formed in 2018 by a group of Oakland natives, and began play in the National Independent Soccer Association in the fall of 2019. In 2021, the club joined the second division USL Championship. History The club was formed in July 2018, and would be known as Oakland Roots Sports Club. The club originally was slated to play in the NPSL Founders Cup, but the club ultimately withdrew and instead joined the National Independent Soccer Association, a Division III sanctioned United States Soccer Federation professional league. Oakland Roots began by signing three Oakland-raised players in the spring of 2019: Devante Dubose, Julio Cervantes and Yohannes Harish. This was followed by the signing of several higher profile players as the club built out its inaugural rosters. Those players included former San Jose native and MLS player Benji Joya, former Honduran World Cup veteran and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orange County SC
Orange County Soccer Club is an American soccer team based in the Orange County, California city of Irvine. Founded in 2010 as the Los Angeles Blues, the team currently plays in the second tier USL Championship. The team plays its home games at Championship Soccer Stadium, located inside Great Park in Irvine. History The then Los Angeles Blues were founded by Iranian-American businessman Ali Mansouri in 1998 and announced as a USL Pro expansion franchise on December 7, 2010. The team was associated with the United Soccer Leagues W-League team LA Blues, and is part of the larger Orange County Blues organization, which has competed in Los Angeles-area amateur leagues since 1998. They introduced their first three players—goalkeeper Oscar Dautt and midfielders Cesar Rivera and Josh Tudela—at a formal launch event on December 14, 2010. After an extensive pre-season, the Blues played their first games in the Caribbean over the weekend of April 15–17, 2011, a 3–0 victory ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saalih Muhammad
Saalih Ghana Muhammad (born August 25, 1995) is an American former soccer player who played as a defensive midfielder. Career After time in the academy teams of Dinamo Zagreb and Portland Timbers, Muhammad returned to Croatia and spent time with the first-teams of HAŠK and Croatia Đakovo, appearing in cup competitions for both. Muhammad came back to the United States again when he signed for North American Soccer League side San Francisco Deltas on February 15, 2017. However, he missed the entirety of the 2017 season after tearing his Achilles tendon in March. On March 15, 2018, Muhammad signed for United Soccer League club Penn FC. On February 21, 2019, Muhammad joined USL side New Mexico United. On November 24, 2020, Muhammad joined Oakland Roots Oakland Roots Sports Club is an American professional soccer team based in Oakland, California. The club was formed in 2018 by a group of Oakland natives, and began play in the National Independent Soccer Association in the fal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sligo Rovers F
Sligo ( ; ga, Sligeach , meaning 'abounding in shells') is a coastal seaport and the county town of County Sligo, Ireland, within the western province of Connacht. With a population of approximately 20,000 in 2016, it is the largest urban centre in the county, with Sligo Borough District constituting 61% (38,581) of the county's population of 63,000. Sligo is a commercial and cultural centre situated on the west coast of Ireland. Its surrounding coast and countryside, as well as its connections to the poet W. B. Yeats, have made it a tourist destination. History Etymology Sligo is the anglicisation of the Irish name ''Sligeach'', meaning "abounding in shells" or "shelly place". It refers to the abundance of shellfish found in the river and its estuary, and from the extensive shell middens in the vicinity. The river now known as the Garavogue ( ga, An Ghairbhe-og), perhaps meaning "little torrent", was originally called the Sligeach. It is listed as one of the seven "roya ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
