Luis Saul Silva Lopez and Spanish Luis Saúl Silva López , genus December 10, 1988 , Los Angeles , California , USA ) - Mexican - American footballer , midfielder of the Finnish club Honka .
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| Full name | Luis Saul Silva Lopez | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | December 10, 1988 (30 years old) Los Angeles , California , USA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Citizenship |  USA  Mexico | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Growth | 180 cm | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 74 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | midfielder | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Club |  Honka | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Career
Youth Career
Silva spent two years in the youth club Pateadores, as well as two years in the youth club Chivas USA . He studied at the Salesian School in Los Angeles [1] . Silva also played at the Santa Barbara Gauchos Club of the University of California, Santa Barbara , where he was repeatedly named the best player and included in the list of the best in the Great Western Conference . In his last year at Silva University, he scored 17 goals and made 10 assists, for which he was nominated for the Hermann Trophy Award - the prize for the best student football player in the United States.
Club career
During his studies at the university, Silva also played at the Orange County Blue Star Club of the PDL League , where his fellow Santa Barbara Gauchos Charlie Pettis and Christian Ramirez played. As part of the club, Silva scored 5 goals and made 2 assists in 10 matches [2] .
In 2012, Silva was drafted in fourth place in the first round of the MLS SuperDraft by the Canadian club Toronto [3] . He made his debut at the club on March 7, scoring a goal against Los Angeles Galaxy in the quarterfinals of the CONCACAF Champions League . Silva scored his first goal in the championship on July 11 in a match against the Vancouver Whitecaps club, the game ended in a home victory 3–2 [4] . Three days later, Silva scored the only and winning goal in an away match against the New England Revolution [5] .
On July 9, 2013, Silva moved from Canada to the American club “ DC United ” [6] . He made his debut on July 20 in the match against the Chicago Fire , where he scored a goal from 27 meters [7] . The game ended with a score of 4: 1 in favor of the Chicago Fire. On June 11, 2014, in a guest match against Montreal Impact , Silva scored a hat-trick for Stud Saputo . The match ended with the victory of “black and red” with a score of 2: 4 [8] .
On July 16, 2015, Silva was traded to Real Salt Lake for Alvaro Saborio [9] . Silva made his debut for RSL on August 1 in a match against his former team, DC United, replacing Devon Sandoval in the 82nd minute.
In early 2016, Silva moved to the club of the championship of Mexico “ WANL Tigres ” [10] . His debut for the new team took place on August 17, 2016 in the CONCACAF Champions League match against Costa Rican Herediano .
In early 2017, Silva returned to Real Salt Lake. [11] [12] On July 22, 2017, in the match against Sporting Kansas City , he scored his first goal for the RSL [13] , it was his 29th game as part of the club [14] .
Statistics
- As of October 21, 2018
| Club | League | Cup | Playoffs | Continental | Total | |||||||
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| Club | League | Season | Games | Goals | Games | Goals | Games | Goals | Games | Goals | Games | Goals |
| Canada | League | Canadian Championship | Playoffs MLS | North America | Total | |||||||
| Toronto | Mls | 2012 | thirty | five | 2 | 0 | - | - | 7 | 2 | 39 | 7 |
| Mls | 2013 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | - | - | - | sixteen | 0 | |
| USA | League | US Open Cup | Playoffs MLS | North America | Total | |||||||
| DC United | Mls | 2013 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 15 | 3 |
| Mls | 2014 | 27 | eleven | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | one | 0 | 28 | eleven | |
| Mls | 2015 | 14 | one | 2 | 0 | - | - | - | - | sixteen | one | |
| Real Salt Lake | Mls | 2015 | ten | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | one | 0 | eleven | 0 |
| Mexico | League | Copa MX | Liguilla | North America | Total | |||||||
| WANL Tigres | League MX | 2016/17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| USA | League | US Open Cup | Playoffs MLS | North America | Total | |||||||
| Real Salt Lake | Mls | 2017 | thirty | 7 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | thirty | 7 |
| Mls | 2018 | nineteen | five | one | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 20 | five | |
| Total career | 157 | 32 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | eleven | 2 | 177 | 34 | ||
Achievements
- Toronto
- Canadian Championship Winner (1): 2012
- DC United
- U.S. Cup Winner (1): 2013
- WANL Tigres
- Champion of Mexico (1): 2016 (A)
Notes
- ↑ UC Santa Barbara Athletics Department. Luis Silva UC Santa Barbara en: UC Santa Barbara Gauchos Men's Soccer (March 7, 2012). Date of treatment March 7, 2012.
- ↑ Orange County Blue Star 2011 Statistics . USLSoccer.com Date of treatment September 8, 2014. Archived on April 8, 2014.
- ↑ Daniel Girard . Toronto FC drafts for help at both ends of the pitch (English) , Toronto Star (January 12, 2012). Date of treatment February 11, 2012.
- ↑ Daniel Girard . Toronto FC beat Vancouver Whitecaps 3–2 in thriller at BMO Field (Eng.) , Toronto Star (July 12, 2012). Date of treatment November 5, 2016.
- ↑ Kyle McCarthy. Silva Strikes Again in Toronto Win . Toronto FC (July 14, 2012). Date of treatment July 15, 2012.
- ↑ Reds Trade Silva To DC . Toronto FC (July 9, 2013). Date of appeal April 14, 2017.
- ↑ Steven Goff . Chicago Fire routs DC United, 4–1 , The Washington Post (July 20, 2013). Date of appeal April 14, 2017.
- ↑ Kelsey Patterson . Luis Silva scores hat trick in first half as DC United dominate Impact (The English) , The Globe and Mail (June 11, 2014). Date of treatment September 28, 2014.
- ↑ Real Salt Lake trade all-time leading scorer Alvaro Saborio to DC United for Luis Silva . MLSsoccer.com (July 16, 2015). Date of treatment November 5, 2016.
- ↑ Aaron Cranford. Luis Silva officially added to Tigres roster ahead of Liga MX season . SBI Soccer (January 5, 2016). Date of treatment November 5, 2016.
- ↑ Real Salt Lake Signs MF / FW Luis Silva . Real Salt Lake (January 27, 2017). Date of treatment October 28, 2018.
- ↑ Alicia Rodriguez. Real Salt Lake bring back attacker Luis Silva after Liga MX stint . MLSsoccer.com (January 27, 2017). Date of appeal April 14, 2017.
- ↑ Real Salt Lake Draws Sporting Kansas City 1-1 . Real Salt Lake (July 22, 2017). Date of treatment October 28, 2018.
- ↑ Matt Gaschk. Luis Silva's Intangibles Lead to his First Goal for RSL . Real Salt Lake (July 26, 2017). Date of treatment October 28, 2018.