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Miguel Aguilar (Mexican footballer)

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Miguel Aguilar
Personal information
Full name Miguel Aguilar
Date of birth (1993-08-30) 30 August 1993 (age 30)
Place of birth Ciudad Juárez, Mexico
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
2009–2010 CASA Boca
2011–2014 San Francisco Dons
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014 Portland Timbers U23s 8 (1)
2015–2016 D.C. United 23 (0)
2015Richmond Kickers (loan) 1 (0)
2016Richmond Kickers (loan) 14 (1)
2017–2018 LA Galaxy II 30 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 09:38, 16 October 2018 (UTC)

Miguel Aguilar (born 30 August 1993) is a Mexican professional footballer.

College and amateur soccer

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Aguilar's high school years were at Encina Preparatory High School, where he later graduated from in 2011. Aguilar spent his entire college career at the University of San Francisco where he made a total of 73 appearances and tallied 15 goals and 9 assists. While in college, he was a youth coach for USL League Two side San Francisco Glens' academy.[1]

He also spent the 2014 season with Portland Timbers U23s in the Premier Development League.[2]

Professional career

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D.C. United

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Aguilar was drafted in the first round (17th overall) of the 2015 MLS SuperDraft by D.C. United and signed a professional contract with the club.[3][4] He made his professional debut on 26 February in a 5–2 defeat to Alajuelense in the first leg of the CONCACAF Champions League Quarterfinal.[5] On 19 August 2015, Aguilar scored his first professional goal against Árabe Unido in the 2015–16 CONCACAF Champions League group stage.[citation needed]

LA Galaxy II

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On 12 December 2016, Aguilar was traded by D.C. along with a fourth-round pick in the 2019 MLS SuperDraft to LA Galaxy in exchange for LA's fourth-round pick in the 2018 MLS SuperDraft.[6] On 18 December 2017, Aguilar signed a new contract with the team after being sidelined for the nearly the whole 2017 season, due to an ACL injury.[7] After the 2018 season, Aguilar's contract ran out.[8]

References

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  1. ^ "Telemundo: Miguel Aguilar, former SF Glens trainer and first DACA recipient to play in MLS". youtube.com. YouTube. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
  2. ^ "2014 Portland Timbers U23s stats". uslpdl.com. USL PDL. Archived from the original on 27 February 2015. Retrieved 27 February 2015.
  3. ^ "D.C. United makes two selections at 2015 MLS SuperDraft". DCUnited.com. D.C. United. 15 January 2015. Retrieved 27 February 2015.
  4. ^ "D.C. United signs midfielder Miguel Aguilar". DCUnited.com. D.C. United. 18 February 2015. Retrieved 27 February 2015.
  5. ^ Mauer, Pablo (26 February 2015). "CONCACAF Champions League Match Recap". MLSsoccer.com. Major League Soccer. Retrieved 27 February 2015.
  6. ^ "LA Galaxy acquire the rights to midfielder Miguel Aguilar from D.C. United". LAGalaxy.com. LA Galaxy Communications. Retrieved 13 January 2017.
  7. ^ "LA Galaxy II sign midfielder Miguel Aguilar to new contract". lagalaxy.com. 18 December 2017. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
  8. ^ "LA Galaxy II exercise 2019 contract options on five players". lagalaxy.com. 10 January 2020. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
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