COLLEGE: Played four seasons at San Francisco and served as team captain ... 2013: Started all 19 matches he played in (1 goal, 3 assists) … 2012: Started all 18 matches for the Dons (5 goals, 2 assists) and earned First Team All-WCC honors … 2011: Started all 14 matches (4 goals, 2 assists) before suffering season-ending injury at the end of October … 2010: Appeared in 17 matches as a freshman (13 starts, 1 goal, 2 assists) and earned WCC All-Freshman Team honors.
HIGH SCHOOL: Four-sport athlete at San Diego High School (soccer, varsity football, swimming, volleyball) … Scored 22 goals for the soccer team and was a 2-time team MVP … No. 29-rated soccer recruit in the nation coming out of high school.
PERSONAL: On pace to graduate a semester early in December with a degree in kinesiology … Moved to the USA from Mexico at age 6 … Father works in construction … Lived with his parents in a conversted garage … Does not hold US citizenship, but has received a work permit under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, part of 2012 US immigration reform that allows children of parents without legal status to stay in the USA and avoid deportation … Received a discretionary “president’s scholarship” at San Francisco that covered the entire cost of his education over four years.