Freddy Juarez (born April 1, 1978) is an American soccer coach and former player. He is currently an assistant coach with Seattle Sounders FC. Juarez most recently was the head coach of

Real Salt Lake Real Salt Lake, often shortened to RSL, is an American professional soccer franchise based in the Salt Lake City metropolitan area. The club competes as a member club of Major League Soccer (MLS) in the Western Conference. RSL began play in 2 ...

in Major League Soccer.

Playing career

He began his professional career in 1998 with the El Paso Patriots. In 2004, he moved to the

Minnesota Thunder Minnesota Thunder was an American professional soccer team based in Minnesota, United States. Founded in 1990, the team played in the USL First Division (USL-1), the second tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, until 2009. The team played its home ...

for four seasons. *1999-2000 Wichita Wings NPSL (MISL) *2005 Invited into U.S. Men's National Team Camp *2007 U.S. Men's National Futsal Team

Coaching career

During the off season, Freddy also coaches a premier club team in Las Cruces, New Mexico. He has had much success coaching many teams from the New Mexico Striker F.C. His U19 team has won the New Mexico state championship six times and made it to the Far West Regional finals on more than one occasion. Coaching, Freddy has produced two professional players, brothers Edgar Castillo and Noel Castillo. He served as an assistant coach for

of Major League Soccer; he was elevated to interim head coach on August 11, 2019, after the firing of

Mike Petke Mike Petke (born January 30, 1976) is an American former soccer player and coach who was most recently head coach of Major League Soccer club Real Salt Lake. Prior to his tenure with Real Salt Lake, he was head coach of the New York Red Bulls, ...

. In December 2019 he became the team's fifth head coach. On August 27, 2021, it was announced that Freddy had parted ways with immediate effect from Real Salt Lake for a new opportunity, with

Pablo Mastroeni Pablo Mastroeni (born August 29, 1976) is an Argentine born American soccer coach and former player who is the head coach of Major League Soccer club Real Salt Lake. He was formerly head coach of the Colorado Rapids, and assistant coach of the H ...

taking over as interim head coach. On September 1, 2021, Seattle Sounders FC announced that Juarez had been hired as an assistant coach.

Coaching record

References

1978 births Living people El Paso Patriots players USL First Division players American sportspeople of Mexican descent Minnesota Thunder players Soccer players from New Mexico A-League (1995–2004) players American soccer players Real Salt Lake non-playing staff Men's association football defenders Real Monarchs coaches American soccer coaches Real Salt Lake coaches Sportspeople from Las Cruces, New Mexico Wichita Wings (NPSL) players National Professional Soccer League (1984–2001) players American men's futsal players Seattle Sounders FC non-playing staff {{US-footy-defender-stub