Angel Josue España (born April 4, 1995) is an American

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 ...

player who plays as a

midfielder A midfielder is an 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 central midfielders often go across boundarie ...

Career

College & Amateur

España began playing

college soccer College soccer is played by teams composed of soccer players who are enrolled in colleges and universities. It is very prominent in United States, Japan, South Korea, Canada, and as well as in South Africa and the Philippines. The United Kingd ...

Florida International University Florida International University (FIU) is a public university, public research university with its main campus in Miami-Dade County. Founded in 1965, the school opened its doors to students in 1972. FIU has grown to become the third-largest uni ...

in 2013, before transferring to the

University of California, Santa Barbara The University of California, Santa Barbara (UC Santa Barbara or UCSB) is a Public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Santa Barbara County, California, Santa Barbara, California with 23,196 undergraduate ...

in 2015. During and following college, España appeared for

USL League Two USL League Two (USL2), formerly the Premier Development League (PDL), is a semi-professional developmental soccer league sponsored by United Soccer Leagues in the United States and Canada, forming part of the United States soccer league syste ...

sides Ventura County Fusion,

SIMA Águilas SIMA Águilas were an amateur soccer team based in Montverde, Florida that competed in USL League Two. The team was affiliated with the Montverde Academy. History SIMA Águilas was announced as a Premier Development League expansion team on 2 ...

and

Cedar Stars Rush Cedar Stars Rush are an American soccer club competing in the USL League Two. They are owned by Cedar Stars Academy which has numerous branches in the Tri-State area with the two primary locations being in Bergen County, NJ (Boys U8–U19/Girls ...

Professional

In September 2019, España signed for NISA side

Stumptown Athletic Stumptown AC, formerly Stumptown Athletic, is an American professional soccer team that plays in the National Independent Soccer Association (NISA). The club is based in Matthews, North Carolina, a suburb of Charlotte. History Following an initi ...

ahead of the league's inaugural season. He later joined NISA side

Los Angeles Force Los Angeles Force is an American professional soccer club based in Los Angeles, California, that plays in the National Independent Soccer Association (NISA). History On August 2, 2019, the National Independent Soccer Association announced the a ...

. In December 2020, España joined USL League One club Chattanooga Red Wolves SC for the 2021 season.

References

External links

Profile at Florida International University Athletics

Profile at University of California, Santa Barbara Athletics

Stumptown Athletic profile

Los Angeles Force profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:España, Josue 1995 births Living people American soccer players Soccer players from California Association football midfielders FIU Panthers men's soccer players UC Santa Barbara Gauchos men's soccer players Ventura County Fusion players SIMA Águilas players Stumptown AC players Chattanooga Red Wolves SC players USL League Two players National Independent Soccer Association players Los Angeles Force players Sportspeople from Glendale, California