Isidro Sánchez Macip (born June 5, 1987) is a professional

soccer Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...

coach and former player who played as a midfielder. He is currently the head coach for

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in the USL Championship. Born in Mexico, he represented the Canada national under-23 team.

Career

Isidro Sánchez Macip (

Puebla Puebla ( en, colony, settlement), officially Free and Sovereign State of Puebla ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Puebla), is one of the 32 states which comprise the Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided into 217 municipalities and its cap ...

, Mexico, June 5 of 1987) is a former soccer player and Mexican coach with Canadian nationality who played as a midfielder for

Puebla F.C. Club Puebla, formerly Puebla F.C. is a Mexican professional football club based in the city of Puebla, competing in the Liga MX. Known as ''La Franja'' ("The Striped Ones"), the team shirt features a diagonal stripe (traditionally blue on white ...

and Canada's minor teams. He acquired Canadian nationality in 2007, to participate with the pre-Olympic team of that country, in the CONCACAF qualifying tournament, prior to the Beijing Olympic Games. After his career as a soccer player, he began to prepare to be a coach. Currently the Mexican-Canadian has 4 professional coaching certificates (RFEF Spain, ENDIT Mexico, CONMEBOL PRO, Pro License USA Soccer), as well as a master's degree in sports psychology. His first experience was in 2013, when he obtained a position as an assistant coach with the Chivas USA (MLS). Isidro made his debut as head coach in 2015 at Real Cuautitlán where he managed to get the team out of the relegation zone. Sánchez returned to Las Vegas in January 2023 as head coach for the

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As a coach

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* 1987 births Living people Footballers from Puebla Canadian soccer players Canada men's under-23 international soccer players Mexican emigrants to Canada Canadian people of Mexican descent Naturalized citizens of Canada Canadian expatriate soccer players Expatriate footballers in Mexico Liga MX players Club Puebla players Association football midfielders Las Vegas Lights FC coaches USL Championship coaches Mexican footballers {{Canada-footy-bio-stub