Nikola Ilich (born March 13, 1992) is an American soccer player who last played 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 ...

for

Orange County Blues FC Orange County Soccer Club is an American soccer team based in the Orange County, California city of Irvine. Founded in 2010 as the Los Angeles Blues, the team currently plays in the second tier USL Championship. The team plays its home games a ...

in the

United Soccer League United Soccer League (USL), formerly known as United Soccer Leagues, is a soccer league in the United States and Canada. It organizes several men's and women's leagues, both professional and amateur. Men's leagues currently organized are the ...

Career

Youth and college

Ilich played two years of

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Vanguard University Vanguard University of Southern California is a private Christian university in Costa Mesa, California. It was the first four-year college in Orange County. The university offers over 39 undergraduate degrees and emphases in 15 different departm ...

Professional

After spending time on trial with clubs in Europe, Ilich went on trial with

club Orange County Blues and signed with the club on April 2, 2015.

References

1992 births Living people American men's soccer players Orange County SC players Men's association football midfielders Soccer players from California USL Championship players {{US-footy-midfielder-stub