Aaron Christopher Cervantes (born March 20, 2002) is an American soccer player who plays as a
goalkeeper for
MLS Next Pro side
Austin FC II
Austin FC II is an American professional soccer team that is located in Austin, Texas. It is the reserve team of Austin FC and participates in MLS Next Pro.
History
On August 4, 2022, Austin FC was named as one of seven MLS clubs that would fi ...
. Cervantes previously played for
Orange County SC of the
USL Championship.
Professional career
Orange County SC
Cervantes signed his first professional deal with
Orange County SC on March 15, 2018, at the age of 15.
He was the youngest ever player to sign a professional deal with the club.
Cervantes did not make any appearances in his first season with the club.
In his second season with the club, Cervantes broke into Orange County's first team, making 11 league appearances and 1 further appearance in the
U.S. Open Cup
The Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup, commonly known as the U.S. Open Cup (USOC), is a Single-elimination tournament, knockout cup competition in men's Soccer in the United States, soccer in the United States of America. It is the oldest ongoing nati ...
.
His professional debut came against
New Mexico United on March 23, 2019.
In between his second and third seasons with the club, Orange County and
Rangers F.C. signed a partnership agreement that would result in the movement of players, due to this partnership Cervantes trained with the Glasgow side in December 2019. In his third season with the club, Cervantes made 6 appearances in a season that was cut short due to the
COVID-19 pandemic.
In October 2020 it was announced that Cervantes would leave Orange County for Scottish club
Rangers
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* Park ranger or forest ranger, a person charged with protecting and ...
for a deal that could rise to the high six figures.
Rangers
On October 7, 2020, it was announced that Cervantes would move to Rangers of the
Scottish Premiership.
It was noted that due to the surrounding issues of COVID-19 that Cervantes would train with Orange County through December and then Rangers would loan him to another European team for the latter half of the 2020–21 season.
On January 22, 2022, Cervantes joined
Scottish Championship side
Partick Thistle
Partick Thistle Football Club are a professional association football, football club from Glasgow, Scotland. Despite their name, the club are based at Firhill Stadium in the Maryhill area of the city, and have not played in Partick since 1908. ...
on a seven-day emergency loan deal.
LA Galaxy II
In March 2023, Cervantes returned to the United States to join
MLS Next Pro club
LA Galaxy II. Due to injuries, Cervantes appeared on the bench for
LA Galaxy
LA Galaxy, also known as the Los Angeles Galaxy, are an American professional soccer club based in the Los Angeles metropolitan area. The Galaxy competes in Major League Soccer (MLS), as a member of the Western Conference. The club began pl ...
's
Major League Soccer
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fixture against
Seattle Sounders FC
Seattle Sounders Football Club is an American professional men's soccer club based in Seattle. The Sounders compete as a member of the Western Conference of Major League Soccer (MLS). The club was established on November 13, 2007, and began ...
on April 1, 2023.
International career
Born in the United States, Cervantes is of Mexican descent. He is a youth international for the United States, having played for the
United States U17s.
Career statistics
As of June 2, 2024
References
External links
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2002 births
Living people
People from Chino Hills, California
Soccer players from San Bernardino County, California
American men's soccer players
United States men's youth international soccer players
American sportspeople of Mexican descent
Men's association football goalkeepers
Orange County SC players
Rangers F.C. players
Partick Thistle F.C. players
Ventura County FC players
LA Galaxy players
USL Championship players
American expatriate men's soccer players
Expatriate men's footballers in Scotland
American expatriate sportspeople in Scotland
MLS Next Pro players
21st-century American sportsmen