Freddy Juarez (born April 1, 1978) 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 ...

coach and player. He is currently an assistant coach with

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 ...

. Juarez most recently was the head coach of

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 ...

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Playing career

He began his professional career in 1998 with the

El Paso Patriots El Paso Patriots was an American soccer team based in El Paso, Texas, United States. Founded in 1989, the team played in the Premier Development League (PDL), the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, in the Mid South Division of the South ...

. In 2004, he moved to the

Minnesota Thunder Minnesota Thunder was an American professional association football, soccer team based in Minnesota, United States. Founded in 1990, the team played in the USL First Division (USL-1), the second tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, until 2009. T ...

for four seasons. *1999-2000 Wichita Wings NPSL (MISL) *2005 Invited into U.S. Men's National Team Camp *2007 U.S. Men's National Futsal Team

Coaching career

During the off season, Freddy also coaches a premier club team in Las Cruces, New Mexico, where he is from. He has had much success coaching many teams from the New Mexico Striker F.C. His U19 team has won the New Mexico state championship six times and made it to the Far West Regional finals on more than one occasion. Coaching, Freddy has produced two professional players, brothers

Edgar Castillo Edgar Eduardo Castillo Carrillo (born October 8, 1986) is an American former professional soccer player who played as a left-back. Castillo is noted for being one of five players to earn a senior cap for both sides of the United States-Mexico ...

and Noel Castillo. He served as an assistant coach for

; he was elevated to interim head coach on August 11, 2019, after the firing of

Mike Petke Mike Petke (born January 30, 1976) is an American former soccer player and coach who was most recently head coach of Major League Soccer club Real Salt Lake. Prior to his tenure with Real Salt Lake, he was head coach of the New York Red Bulls, ...

. In December 2019, he became the team's fifth head coach. On August 27, 2021, it was announced that Freddy had parted ways with immediate effect from Real Salt Lake for a new opportunity, with

Pablo Mastroeni Pablo Mastroeni (born August 29, 1976) is an American soccer coach and former player who is the head coach of Major League Soccer club Real Salt Lake. He was formerly head coach of the Colorado Rapids, and assistant coach of the Houston Dynamo ...

taking over as interim head coach. On September 1, 2021,

announced that Juarez had been hired as an assistant coach.

Coaching record

References

1978 births Living people El Paso Patriots players USL First Division players American sportspeople of Mexican descent Minnesota Thunder players Soccer players from New Mexico A-League (1995–2004) players American men's soccer players Real Salt Lake non-playing staff Men's association football defenders Real Monarchs coaches American soccer coaches Real Salt Lake head coaches Sportspeople from Las Cruces, New Mexico Wichita Wings (NPSL) players National Professional Soccer League (1984–2001) players American men's futsal players Seattle Sounders FC non-playing staff {{US-footy-defender-1970s-stub