Junior Gonzalez (soccer), Date of Birth

    

Junior Gonzalez (soccer)

Date of Birth: 26-Sep-1977

Profession: association football manager

Zodiac Sign: Libra


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About Junior Gonzalez (soccer)

  • Othoniel "Junior" Gonzalez (born September 26, 1977) is an American professional soccer coach.
  • He is currently the interim head coach of LA Galaxy II, and had previous coaching positions with Seattle Sounders FC, Chivas USA and was head coach with Rio Grande Valley FC Toros.
  • Junior attended UCLA where he played on the Men's NCAA soccer team and won the NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship in 1997. Gonzalez's coaching career began in 2001 as an assistant coach for the University of California, Riverside men's program.
  • Three years later he became the head coach and under his tenure 30 players were named All-Big West Conference - including two Big West Conference Players of the Year - and six players went on to MLS and USL careers.
  • In 2011, Gonzalez was named the Big West Coach of the Year. As a player, Gonzalez won the 1997 NCAA National Championship with UCLA.
  • His collegiate career included four trips to the NCAA tournament and three Mountain Pacific Conference Championships.
  • Gonzalez continued his playing career with the USL's San Diego Flash and his career continued throughout California before his final stop with the Utah Blitz.

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