Jose Botello (born April 24, 1976 in

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) is a retired American soccer player. He is currently the head coach of the Hollywood United Hitmen in the

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Career

College

Botello played

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East Los Angeles College East Los Angeles College (ELAC) is a public community college in Monterey Park, California, a suburb of Los Angeles. It is part of the California Community Colleges System and the Los Angeles Community College District. With fourteen communitie ...

and at

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Professional

Botello signed a

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contract with

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in 1997, and was assigned to the

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. He played in 10 MLS games for Galaxy in his three years with the team, but never truly established himself as a regular starter, and was waived at the end of the 1999 season. After being released by Galaxy, Botello played for

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in the old

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, and for

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in Mexico, before retiring from top flight competitive soccer in the mid-2000s. He went on to play for the L.A. Blues team in various amateur leagues in the

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area, and won several local cups and leagues between 2005 and 2009.

Coaching

Botello worked a coach for Southern California youth soccer organization Legends FC, alongside fellow ex-Galaxy player Alex Bengard. He was hired as head coach of the Hollywood United Hitmen in the

in 2010.

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