Facundo Adrián Erpen Bariffo (born May 19, 1983, in Gualeguaychú) is an

Argentine Argentines, Argentinians or Argentineans are people from Argentina. This connection may be residential, legal, historical, or cultural. For most Argentines, several (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of their ...

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Career

Early career in Argentina

Erpen was part of the

Boca Juniors Club Atlético Boca Juniors () is an Argentine professional sports club based in La Boca, a neighbourhood of Buenos Aires. The club is best known for its men's professional Association football, football team which, since its promotion in 1913 ...

youth system and played for Club Juventud Unida and

Talleres de Córdoba Club Atlético Talleres (; ), mostly known simply as Talleres ( in Rioplatense Spanish, Rioplatense accent and or in Cordobés Spanish, Cordobés accent; ), is an Football in Argentina, Argentine professional sports club based in the city of C ...

before signing with

D.C. United D.C. United is an American professional soccer club based in Washington, D.C. The club competes in Major League Soccer (MLS) as a member of the Eastern Conference. Domestically, the club has won four MLS Cups (league championships), four Supp ...

in the summer of 2005.

United States

Erpen made 40 appearances for

, scoring 4 goals, and took part in the 2006 MLS All Star game, against

FA Premier League The Premier League is a professional association football league in England and the highest level of the English football league system. Contested by 20 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the English Football ...

champions Chelsea after being called up as a replacement for injured

Eddie Pope George Edward Pope (born December 24, 1973) is an American former soccer player who last played for Real Salt Lake of Major League Soccer and spent eleven years as a defender for the United States national team. He spent most of his career pla ...

. Erpen was traded to the

Colorado Rapids The Colorado Rapids are an American professional Association football, soccer club based in the Denver metropolitan area. The Rapids compete in Major League Soccer (MLS) as a member of the Western Conference (MLS), Western Conference. Founded in ...

for

Greg Vanney Greg Vanney (born June 11, 1974) is an American former professional soccer player and head coach of the LA Galaxy in Major League Soccer. A defender and one of MLS's original players, Vanney spent 10 seasons in the league and another three-and ...

in June 2007, and played for two seasons for the Denver team before being released January 2009. He was signed by

USL First Division The USL First Division (USL-1) was a professional men's soccer league in the second tier of the United States league system. It was organized by the United Soccer League as its premier league for men from 1996 to 2010, above the USL Second ...

side

Miami FC Miami FC is an American professional association football, soccer team based in Miami, Florida that competes in the USL Championship, the second tier of the American soccer pyramid. The club began play in the North American Soccer League (201 ...

in April 2009,Miami signs Serna, Erpen
but was waived after having just played five games for the team.

Honors

;D.C. United *

Major League Soccer Major League Soccer (MLS) is a professional Association football, soccer league in North America and the highest level of the United States soccer league system. It comprises 30 teams, with 27 in the United States and 3 in Canada, and is sanc ...

Supporter's Shield:

2006 2006 was designated as the International Year of Deserts and Desertification. Events January * January 1– 4 – Russia temporarily cuts shipment of natural gas to Ukraine during a price dispute. * January 12 – A stampede during t ...

2007 2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International Polar Year. Events January * January 1 **Bulgaria and Romania 2007 enlargement of the European Union, join the European Union, while Slovenia joins the Eur ...

;Puebla *

Copa MX Copa MX, also known as Copa Corona MX for sponsorship reasons, was an association football competition in Mexico and the domestic cup tournament for clubs at the highest and second levels of Mexican football league system. Formerly known as Copa ...

: Clausura 2015

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Erpen, Facundo 1983 births Living people Argentine men's footballers Argentine expatriate men's footballers Men's association football defenders Footballers from Entre Ríos Province Argentine people of German descent Boca Juniors footballers Talleres de Córdoba footballers D.C. United players Colorado Rapids players Fort Lauderdale Strikers (2006–2016) players Instituto Atlético Central Córdoba footballers Atlas F.C. footballers Club Puebla players Atlético Morelia players San Martín de San Juan footballers Major League Soccer players Major League Soccer All-Stars USL First Division players Liga MX players Argentine Primera División players Primera Nacional players Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Mexico Argentine expatriate sportspeople in the United States Expatriate men's footballers in Mexico Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States 21st-century Argentine sportsmen