Esteban Arias (born August 26, 1982, Bakersfield, CA) is an American former

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 of Mexican heritage.

Career

College

Arias began his

college soccer College soccer, called college football in some countries, is played by teams composed of soccer players who are enrolled in colleges and universities. While it is most widespread in the United States, it is also prominent in Japan, South Kore ...

career at

Albertus Magnus College Albertus Magnus College is a private Catholic university in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. It was founded in 1925 by the Dominican Sisters of St. Mary of the Springs (now Dominican Sisters of Peace). Its campus is in the Prospect Hill ...

in 2001. After one year there he transferred to the

University of Connecticut The University of Connecticut (UConn) is a public land-grant research university system with its main campus in Storrs, Connecticut, United States. It was founded in 1881 as the Storrs Agricultural School, named after two benefactors. In 1893, ...

, where he played in 54 games in three seasons and managed 1 goal and 7 assists.

Professional

Arias was selected in the fourth round (38th overall) in the

2005 MLS SuperDraft The 2005 MLS SuperDraft, held in Baltimore, Maryland, on January 14, 2005, was the sixth incarnation of the annual MLS SuperDraft. Expansion club Real Salt Lake had the first pick as the result of a coin toss (fellow newcomers C.D. Chivas USA g ...

by Chivas. He made his professional debut for Chivas on July 9, 2005, in a 5–1 win over

Real Salt Lake Real Salt Lake (RSL) is an American professional Association football, soccer club based in the Salt Lake City metropolitan area. The club competes in Major League Soccer (MLS) as a member of the Western Conference (MLS), Western Conference. Fou ...

, and went on to make 19 appearances and score 1 goal in his two years with the team, before being waived at the end of the 2006 season. Arias signed with his home town team,

Bakersfield Brigade Bakersfield Brigade was an American soccer team based in Bakersfield, California, United States. Founded in 2005, the team played in the USL Premier Development League (PDL), the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, until 2009, after which ...

of the

USL Premier Development League USL League Two (USL2), formerly the Premier Development League (PDL), is a semi-professional soccer league sponsored by United Soccer Leagues in the United States, forming part of the United States soccer league system. The league will featu ...

, in 2008.

References

External links

Chivas USA bio
{{DEFAULTSORT:Arias, Esteban 1982 births Living people American men's soccer players American sportspeople of Mexican descent Men's association football defenders Bakersfield Brigade players Chivas USA draft picks Chivas USA players UConn Huskies men's soccer players Major League Soccer players Soccer players from Bakersfield, California USL League Two players Albertus Magnus College alumni