Marco Franco (born October 6, 1991) is an American

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player who plays as a defender.

Career

Youth & College

Franco played four years of

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UC Irvine UC may refer to: Education In the United States * University of California system * University of Charleston, West Virginia * University of Chicago, Illinois * University of Cincinnati, Ohio * Upsala College, East Orange, New Jersey (''defunct ...

between 2010 and 2013. While at college, Franco also appeared for

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club's

Orange County Blue Star Orange County Blue Star was an amateur American soccer team based in Irvine, California. Founded in 1997, the team played in the USL Premier Development League (PDL), the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, in the Southwest Division of th ...

and OC Blues Strikers FC in 2012 and 2013 respectively.

Professional

On January 16, 2014, Franco was selected 13th overall in the

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by Chicago Fire. Franco was loaned to

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club Orange County Blues on August 8, 2014. In September 2014, Franco joined NASL side

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on loan.

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* 1991 births Living people American men's soccer players Men's association football defenders Chicago Fire FC draft picks Chicago Fire FC players Indy Eleven players North American Soccer League (2011–2017) players OC Pateadores Blues players Orange County Blue Star players Orange County SC players Penn FC players Miami FC players Sportspeople from Chino Hills, California Soccer players from San Bernardino County, California UC Irvine Anteaters men's soccer players USL Championship players USL League Two players National Independent Soccer Association players 21st-century American sportsmen {{US-footy-defender-1990s-stub