Devon Sandoval

Devon Sandoval (born June 16, 1991) is an American soccer player who plays as a forward for New Mexico United in the USL Championship.

Devon Sandoval
Personal information
Full name Devon Sandoval
Date of birth (1991-06-16) June 16, 1991
Place of birth Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 New Mexico United
Number 9
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009 San Diego State Aztecs 7 (1)
2010–2012 New Mexico Lobos 64 (26)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2016 Real Salt Lake 58 (7)
2014 → Carolina RailHawks (loan) 5 (3)
2015–2016 → Real Monarchs (loan) 5 (1)
2016 → Rayo OKC (loan) 12 (1)
2017 San Francisco Deltas 30 (5)
2018 Atlanta United 2 25 (3)
2019– New Mexico United 43 (16)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of October 5, 2020

Early career

The son of Diana and Greg Sandoval and native of Albuquerque, Sandoval attended Eldorado High School in New Mexico, where he played soccer. He continued his education and soccer career at San Diego State University, but remained there only until his freshman year. He then transferred to the University of New Mexico, where he would spend the remainder of his three college years.

Professional career

Major League Soccer

Sandoval was selected by Real Salt Lake in the second round (29th overall) of the 2013 MLS SuperDraft. On March 3, 2013, Sandoval made his professional soccer debut with Real Salt Lake against the San Jose Earthquakes in their opening day game for the 2013 Major League Soccer season. He came on as a substitute in the 87th minute for the Man of the Match, Álvaro Saborío, who scored two goals to lead the club to a 2–0 victory.[1] He scored his first goal for Salt Lake in an away game against the New England Revolution on May 8, 2013.[2] During a Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup round match against the NASL's (North American Soccer League) Atlanta Silverbacks in Rio Tinto Stadium on May 28, 2013, Sandoval scored an overtime goal, assisted by teammates Javier Morales and Joao Plata to help Real Salt Lake clinch a 3–2 victory and advanced to the fourth round of the tournament. On June 12, 2013, Sandoval scored twice (once in overtime) against the Charleston Battery to help Real Salt Lake win 5–2 and advance to the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup quarterfinals. With Alvaro Saborio injured, Sandoval got the start in RSL's home leg against the Portland Timbers in the 2013 Western Conference Finals, and scored the team's third goal on an assist from Robbie Findley. RSL won the game 4–2.[3]

Sandoval was sent on a two-game loan deal to NASL club Carolina RailHawks on September 10, 2014.[4] On May 22, 2015, Sandoval won MLS Goal of the Week for a goal scored against the Montreal Impact on May 16, 2015.[5] On 13 July 2016, Sandoval was loaned to Rayo OKC, where he played the NASL Autumn Regular Season and Playoffs. Sandoval and Rayo OKC advanced to the NASL semi-finals before losing to the eventual NASL Champions, New York Cosmos.

NASL and MLS Reserves

On January 30, 2017, the San Francisco Deltas of the NASL announced Sandoval had signed with the team. On February 15, 2017 Sandoval scored the winning goal in the Delta's pre-season 1–0 win over the MLS San Jose Earthquakes. On November 12, 2017, Sandoval was subbed into the 90th minute in the 2017 NASL finals against the New York Cosmos. Sandoval would go on to score a late goal in stoppage time to put the Deltas up 2–0, over the Cosmos.

On March 22, 2018, Sandoval joined Atlanta United 2 of the United Soccer League.[6]

New Mexico United

On June 6, 2018, Sandoval was named as the first player to sign with the newly formed USL side New Mexico United ahead of their inaugural 2019 season.[7] On March 9, 2019, he scored the team's first-ever goal in their opening match against Fresno FC.[8]

On October 10, 2019, Sandoval was voted the USL Championship Player of the Month for September. [9]

Career Statistics
Team Season League Cup
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals
Real Salt Lake 2013 Major League Soccer 20 4 3 3
2014 15 0 1 0
2015 30 3 3 0
2016 12 0 1 0
San Francisco Deltas 2017 NASL 30 5 2 0
Atlanta United 2 2018 USL Championship 25 3 -
New Mexico United 2019 32 13 5 3
Loans
Carolina Railhawks 2014 NASL 3 1 -
Real Monarchs 2015 USL Championship 1 0
2016 4 1
Rayo OKC 2016 NASL 13 1

References
  1. "San Jose Earthquakes vs Real Salt Lake 03-04-2013 – Stats". MLSsoccer.com. Major League Soccer. March 3, 2013. Retrieved January 21, 2014.
  2. "New England Revolution vs Real Salt Lake 05-09-2013 – Stats". MLSsoccer.com. Major League Soccer. May 8, 2013. Archived from the original on January 17, 2014. Retrieved January 21, 2014.
  3. "¡Golazo! – Real Salt Lake vs. Portland Timbers". golazo.mlssoccer.com. Major League Soccer. November 10, 2013. Archived from the original on November 11, 2013. Retrieved January 21, 2014.
  4. "Railhawks Acquire Devon Sandoval On Loan". carolinarailhawks.com. Carolina RailHawks. September 10, 2014. Archived from the original on September 11, 2014. Retrieved September 11, 2014.
  5. "Real Salt Lake forward Devon Sandoval runs away with Week 11 AT&T Goal of the Week honors". MLSsoccer.com. Major League Soccer. May 22, 2015. Retrieved May 27, 2015.
  6. "Atlanta United 2 signs Jose Carranza and Devon Sandoval". atlutd.com. Major League Soccer. March 22, 2018. Retrieved March 25, 2018.
  7. Chester, Jared (June 6, 2018). "Devon Sandoval is the first player to sign with New Mexico's new USL Soccer Team". KRQE. Nexstar Broadcasting. Retrieved October 10, 2018.
  8. Seligman, Noah (March 9, 2019). "NM United plays to a draw; 12,896 witness debut". abqjournal.com. Albuquerque Journal. Retrieved March 10, 2019.
  9. "New Mexico's Sandoval Voted Championship's Player of the Month". uslchampionship.com. USL Championship. October 10, 2019. Retrieved May 12, 2020.
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