Aaron López (footballer)

Aaron Lopez (born 28 February 1983 in Mexico) is a former footballer who last played for Chivas USA in 2005.

Aaron Lopez
Personal information
Full name Rogelio Aaron Lopez[1]
Date of birth (1983-02-28) February 28, 1983[1]
Place of birth Mexico[1]
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
– Carpinteria High School[1]
– Santa Barbara High School[1]
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2001–2004 UCLA Bruins 80 (9)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005 Chivas USA[2] 4 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career

College

Helped the UCLA Bruins to the 2002 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship title, their fourth-ever title in the competition, with a free-kick goal versus Stanford in the dying minutes of the game to make it 1-0.[3][4]

Chivas USA

Featuring in 4 league games and starting three, registering 238 minutes, Lopez' time at Chivas USA proved ephemeral as he was released from the club alongside Alfonso Loera in August 2005.[5]

Honors

All honors listed on his UCLA profile.[1]

High school
  • CIF Div. III Defensive Player of the Year
  • Channel League MVP
  • Athletic Round Table Soccer Player of the Year
  • Student Sports All-America selection

College
  • UCLA's Rookie of the Year(1): 2001
  • NCAA College Cup Offensive MVP(1): 2002
  • Honorable mention All-Pac-10 selection(2): 2002
  • UCLA's Team MVP(1): 2002
  • Pac-10 Player of the Week(1): 2003[6]
  • Second-team All-Pac-10 selection(1): 2003
  • M.A.C. Hermann Trophy watch list(2): 2003,[1] 2004[7]
  • First-team NSCAA All-Far West(1): 2004
  • First-team All-Pac-10 selection(1): 2004
  • Soccer America pre-season All-American(1): 2004

References
  1. "Player Bio: Aaron Lopez - UCLA Official Athletic Site". Uclabruins.com. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
  2. "Chivas USA vs. DC United - Football Match Summary - April 2, 2005 - ESPN". ESPNFC.com. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
  3. "Lopez goal with minute left gives UCLA fourth NCAA title 1-0 over Stanford". Soccertimes.com. Archived from the original on 14 December 2006. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
  4. "Lopez's late tally leads UCLA to College Cup". Deseretnews.com. 16 December 2002. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
  5. "Chivas USA release defenders Alfonso Loera and Aaron Lopez". Mlssoccer.com. 22 January 2010. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
  6. "UCLA's Aaron Lopez Named Men's Soccer Player of the Week". Pac-12. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
  7. "Aaron Lopez One Of 15 Semifinalists For 2004 MAC Hermann Trophy :: Bruin senior up for college soccer's highest individual honor". Cstv.com. Retrieved 11 November 2017.


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