Omar Ontiveros (born May 15, 1995) is an American soccer player who most recently played for

LA Galaxy II LA Galaxy II is an American professional soccer team based in the Los Angeles suburb of Carson, California, United States founded in 2014. It is the reserve team of the LA Galaxy. The team competes in MLS Next Pro, the third tier of the United Sta ...

of the

USL Championship The USL Championship (USLC) is a professional men's soccer league in the United States that began its inaugural season in 2011. The USL is sanctioned by the United States Soccer Federation (U.S. Soccer) as a Division II league since 2017, p ...

Career

Ontiveros joined the under-20 side of Liga MX club

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in November 2014, before heading to Luxembourg to play for side

CS Grevenmacher Club Sportif Grevenmacher is a football club, based in Grevenmacher, in eastern Luxembourg. History The club was founded in 1909 as '' 'Stade Mosellan' ''. The current name of the club, '' 'CS Grevenmacher' '', was adopted in 1919. During t ...

. Ontiveros signed with

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side

Rio Grande Valley FC Toros Rio Grande Valley FC, also known as RGVFC or Rio Grande Valley FC Toros, is an American semi-professional soccer team based in Edinburg, Texas operated by Lone Star, LLC. They joined the USL Championship in the 2016 season. The team served as a ...

on May 5, 2017. On March 8, 2019, he signed with the

Controversy

On September 25, 2020, Ontiveros was initially suspended by the USL Championship for seven games after using a racial slur and receiving a red card in a league game against

San Diego Loyal San Diego Loyal Soccer Club is an American professional Association football, soccer team based in San Diego, California. The team was founded by Warren Smith and Landon Donovan. San Diego Loyal made its debut in 2020 as an expansion team in the ...

, he was eventually removed from the team.

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* 1995 births Living people American soccer players Association football defenders CS Grevenmacher players LA Galaxy II players People from Pharr, Texas Rio Grande Valley FC Toros players Soccer players from Texas USL Championship players American expatriate soccer players American expatriate sportspeople in Luxembourg Expatriate footballers in Luxembourg {{US-footy-defender-stub