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Raúl Mendiola
Personal information
Date of birth (1994-05-18) 18 May 1994 (age 30)
Place of birth Ciudad Juárez, Mexico
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Attacking Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 San Diego Loyal
Number 40
Youth career
2011–2014 LA Galaxy
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2017 LA Galaxy 13 (0)
2014–2017 → LA Galaxy II (loan) 39 (6)
2018 Las Vegas Lights 22 (10)
2019 Reno 1868 28 (4)
2020– San Diego Loyal 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of October 27, 2019

Raúl Mendiola (born May 18, 1994) is a Mexican professional footballer who currently plays as an attacking midfielder for San Diego Loyal in the USL Championship.

Career

Born in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, Mendiola joined the LA Galaxy Academy in 2011.[1] While at the academy level Mendiola won back-to-back U-16 Development Academy Player of the Year awards after the 2009–10 and 2010–11 seasons, playing for California-based development academy club Arsenal FC.[1]

On February 20, 2014 it was announced that Mendiola was signed as a homegrown player by the Galaxy.[1] He then made his professional debut with the LA Galaxy II, the reserve side of the LA Galaxy, on March 22, 2014 in the side's first ever USL Pro match against the Orange County Blues. His first appearance with the LA Galaxy first team came on May 17, 2014 in a regular season MLS match against the Houston Dynamo.[2][3]

On May 31, 2018, Mendiola joined United Soccer League side Las Vegas Lights.[4]

Mendiola joined USL Championship side Reno 1868 on December 10, 2018.[5]

Career statistics

As of April 27, 2015[6]
Club Season League League Cup U.S. Open Cup CONCACAF Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
LA Galaxy 2014 Major League Soccer 3 0 0 0 0 0 — — 3 0
2015 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0
2016 6 0 0 0 3 1 9 1
2017 4 0 0 0 2 0 6 0
Major League Soccer Total 13 0 0 0 8 1 0 0 18 1
LA Galaxy II 2014 USL Pro 20 2 0 0 — — — — 20 2
2015 23 4 — — 23 4
2016 17 2 17 2
2017 13 1 13 1
Las Vegas Lights 2018 22 10 0 0 0 0 22 10
Reno 1868 2019 USL Championship 29 4 0 0 1 0 29 4
San Diego Loyal 2020 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
USL Championship Total 124 23 0 0 1 0 0 0 125 23
Career total 28 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 3

Honors

LA Galaxy

References

  1. ^ a b c "LA Galaxy sign forwards Bradford Jamieson, Raul Mendiola to Homegrown contracts". Major League Soccer. Retrieved March 22, 2014.
  2. ^ "No jitters for LA Galaxy Homegrown Player Raul Mendiola in confident MLS debut". Major League Soccer. Retrieved May 20, 2014.
  3. ^ https://twitter.com/joetutino/status/447553012307734528/photo/1
  4. ^ https://www.uslsoccer.com/news_article/show/923107?referrer_id=3279422
  5. ^ https://www.uslchampionship.com/news_article/show/976009
  6. ^ Raúl Mendiola at Soccerway

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