Eloy Salgado is a retired American

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who played professionally in the Major Indoor Soccer League, National Professional Soccer League and

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Professional

In 1988, Salgado graduated from

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where he was a 1988 Parade Magazine All American High School soccer player. On June 17, 1988, the Dallas Sidekicks selected Salgado in the third round (twenty-eight) overall of the Major Indoor Soccer League draft. He played three seasons for the Sidekicks. Salgado spent the summers of 1990 and 1991 with the Richardson Rockets of the

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. In August, the Rockets finished runner up to the

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in the 1991 U.S. Open Cup. In September 1991, Salgado signed with the

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of the National Professional Soccer League. In the fall of 1992, of the

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signed Salgado for the upcoming NPSL season. On February 25, 1993, the Rockers traded him and their first round draft pick to the

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in exchange for

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. In 1994, Salgado began the summer outdoor season with the Dallas Rockets, but joined the Houston Force of the

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. The Force played one game, then folded. That fall, Salgado began the indoor season with the Wave, then left the team in December for family reasons. In August 1995, he returned to professional soccer with the

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of the

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. At the end of the CISL season, Salgado returned to the Milwaukee Wave. On December 22, 1995, the Wave traded him to the

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for

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.1995–1996 Chicago Power stats
On March 7, 1995, the Power then traded him to the

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for "future considerations." Salgado played for the Attack until sold to the Montreal Impact in February 1998. In 1998, he signed as free agent with the Sidekicks, playing only one game for them in the

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. In October 1999, Salgado joined the Harrisburg Heat of the NPSL. On February 19, 2000, the Heat sent Salgado to the St. Louis Ambush for Ian Carter.

International

In 1987, Salgado played for the

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during a tour of Europe. He was also a member of the U.S. soccer team with won the

1991 Pan American Games The 1991 Pan American Games were held in Havana, Cuba from August 2 to August 18, 1991. There were 4,519 athletes from 39 countries of the Pan American Sports Organization, PASO community, with events in 33 different sports. The main stadium was ...

gold medal.

References

External links

Dallas Sidekicks: Eloy Salgado
{{DEFAULTSORT:Salgado, Eloy Living people 1970 births American men's soccer players American Professional Soccer League players Chicago Power players Dallas Rockets players Dallas Sidekicks (original MISL) players Detroit Rockers players Continental Indoor Soccer League players Harrisburg Heat players Houston Force players Houston Hotshots players Major Indoor Soccer League (1978–1992) players National Professional Soccer League (1984–2001) players Milwaukee Wave players Parade High School All-Americans (boys' soccer) World Indoor Soccer League players St. Louis Ambush (1992–2000) players Tulsa Ambush players USISL players Men's association football forwards Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States Pan American Games medalists in football Medalists at the 1991 Pan American Games Footballers at the 1991 Pan American Games