Alberto "Beto" Navarro (born March 25, 1989) is an American

soccer Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 Football player, players who almost exclusively use their feet to propel a Ball (association football), ball around a rectangular f ...

player. He currently serves on the coaching staff for California United Strikers FC in the

National Independent Soccer Association The National Independent Soccer Association (NISA) is a professional men's soccer league in the United States. The league is previously in the third tier of American soccer and began play in 2019. NISA initially used a fall-to-spring season for ...

Career

In 2012, Navarro was a part of

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's improbable

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run that saw them defeat the

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Wilmington Hammerheads Wilmington Hammerheads FC was a semi-professional American soccer team based in Wilmington, North Carolina. Founded in 1996, the team last competed in the Premier Development League, the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid in 2017. Histor ...

and

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Portland Timbers The Portland Timbers are an American professional Association football, soccer club based in Portland, Oregon. The Timbers compete in Major League Soccer (MLS) as a member of the Western Conference (MLS), Western Conference. The Timbers have p ...

before falling to

Seattle Sounders FC Seattle Sounders FC is an American professional association football, soccer club based in Seattle. The Sounders compete in Major League Soccer (MLS) as a member of the Western Conference (MLS), Western Conference. The club was established on ...

in the

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. Navarro followed coach

Eric Wynalda Eric Boswell Wynalda (born June 9, 1969) is an American soccer coach, television commentator, and former player. He was formerly an analyst and color commentator for soccer coverage on Fox Sports 1 and ESPN. Previously, he served as head coach ...

to Atlanta to join the NASL's

Atlanta Silverbacks The Atlanta Silverbacks FC were an American professional soccer club based in Atlanta, Georgia. Founded in 1998 as Atlanta Ruckus, the club played in many leagues over the years before folding after the 2015 season. The team played its home game ...

soon after. Navarro returned to his native California for the

2015 USL season The 2015 USL season was the fifth season of the United Soccer League (USL) and the first under its new name (previously the league was called USL Pro). This season represented a substantial expansion from 14 teams in 2014 to 24 teams in 2015, an ...

, joining the

Orange County Blues Orange County Soccer Club is an American association football, soccer team based in the Orange County, California city of Irvine, California, Irvine. Founded in 2010 as the Los Angeles Blues, the team currently plays in the Western Conference ( ...

. On December 17, 2015, Navarro re-joined the NASL by signing a contract with

Jacksonville Armada FC Jacksonville Armada FC is an American professional soccer team based in Jacksonville, Florida. They were founded in 2013 as an expansion franchise in the North American Soccer League (NASL), the second tier of American soccer, and played unt ...

. On August 13, 2019, Navarro signed with California United Strikers FC ahead of its inaugural season in the

Honors

;Atlanta Silverbacks FC :Spring Season Champions:

2013 2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years). 2013 was designated as: *International Year of Water Cooperation *International Year of Quinoa Events January * January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...

;Orange County Blues FC :USL Team of the Week: 2015 Week 22 : Western Conference Regular Season Champions: 2015 ;California United Strikers FC :West Coast Conference Champions:

2019 This was the year in which the first known human case of COVID-19 was documented, preceding COVID-19 pandemic, the pandemic which was declared by the World Health Organization the following year. Up to that point, 2019 had been described as ...

References

External links

Atlanta Silverbacks bio

Cal State Bakersfield bio
* 1989 births Living people American men's soccer players Cal State Bakersfield Roadrunners men's soccer players Fresno FC U-23 players Cal FC players Atlanta Silverbacks FC players FC Edmonton players Jacksonville Armada FC players Orange County SC players Fresno FC players California United Strikers FC players USL League Two players North American Soccer League (2011–2017) players USL Championship players National Independent Soccer Association players Men's association football defenders People from Delano, California Sportspeople from Kern County, California National Independent Soccer Association coaches Player-coaches {{US-footy-defender-1980s-stub