Aaron Herrera (footballer)
Personal information | |||||||||||
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Date of birth | June 6, 1997 | ||||||||||
Place of birth | Las Cruces, New Mexico, United States | ||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||||||||||
Position(s) | Defender | ||||||||||
Team information | |||||||||||
Current team | Real Salt Lake | ||||||||||
Number | 22 | ||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||
2012–2015 | Real Salt Lake AZ | ||||||||||
College career | |||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||
2015–2017 | New Mexico Lobos | 54 | (7) | ||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||
2016–2017 | FC Tucson | 11 | (0) | ||||||||
2018– | Real Salt Lake | 71 | (0) | ||||||||
2018 | Real Monarchs | 5 | (0) | ||||||||
International career‡ | |||||||||||
2017 | United States U20 | 3 | (0) | ||||||||
2019– | United States U23 | 2 | (0) | ||||||||
2021– | United States | 1 | (0) | ||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of May 22, 2021 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of January 31, 2021 |
Aaron Joseph Herrera[1] (born June 6, 1997) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a defender for Real Salt Lake in Major League Soccer.
College and amateur
Herrera played three years of college soccer at the University of New Mexico between 2015 and 2017, scoring 7 goals and tallying 8 assists in 54 appearances.[2]
Herrera also played with Premier Development League side FC Tucson in 2016 and 2017.[3]
Professional career
On December 15, 2017, Herrera signed as a Homegrown Player for Real Salt Lake of Major League Soccer.[4]
International career
Herrera was born in the United States to a Guatemalan father (Diego Herrera) and American mother (Donni Herrera). Internationally, he represented the United States U20s.[5] Herrera was named to the final 20-player United States under-23 roster for the 2020 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship in March 2021.[6]
References
- ^ "Concacaf Men's Olympic Qualifying – Rosters Provisional Lists" (PDF). mcusercontent.com. Retrieved May 3, 2020.
- ^ "Aaron Herrera – 2017". golobos.com. The University of New Mexico. Retrieved May 3, 2020.
- ^ "Aaron Herrera". uslpdl.com. USL PDL. Archived from the original on May 16, 2017. Retrieved May 3, 2020.
- ^ "Real Salt Lake sign Homegrown defender Aaron Herrera, Monarchs' Taylor Peay". mlssoccer.com. Major League Soccer. December 15, 2017. Retrieved May 3, 2020.
- ^ "Las Cruces born soccer player riding high after U-20 World Cup experience". lcsun-news.com. Las Cruces Sun-News. June 16, 2017. Retrieved May 3, 2020.
- ^ "U.S. Under-23 Men's National Team Head Coach Jason Kreis Names Roster for Concacaf Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship". www.ussoccer.com. March 11, 2021.
External links
- Aaron Herrera at Major League Soccer
- Real Salt Lake Player Profile
- Aaron Herrera at Soccerway
- 1997 births
- Living people
- American soccer players
- American people of Guatemalan descent
- Association football defenders
- FC Tucson players
- Homegrown Players (MLS)
- Major League Soccer players
- New Mexico Lobos men's soccer players
- Real Salt Lake players
- Real Monarchs players
- Soccer players from New Mexico
- Sportspeople from Las Cruces, New Mexico
- USL Championship players
- United States men's youth international soccer players
- USL League Two players
- United States men's under-20 international soccer players
- United States men's under-23 international soccer players
- United States men's international soccer players
- American soccer defender stubs