Freddy Juarez

Freddy Juarez (born April 1, 1978) is an American former soccer player who is currently the head coach of Real Salt Lake in Major League Soccer.[1]

Freddy Juarez
Personal information
Full name Frederico Juarez
Date of birth (1978-04-01) April 1, 1978
Place of birth Las Cruces, New Mexico, U.S.
Height 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Playing position(s) Defender
Club information
Current team
 Real Salt Lake (head coach)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1998–2003 El Paso Patriots 133 (3)
2004–2007 Minnesota Thunder 89 (3)
Teams managed
2014–2016 Real Monarchs
2016–2019 Real Salt Lake (assistant)
2019– Real Salt Lake
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of September 24, 2012

Playing career

He began his professional career in 1998[2] with the El Paso Patriots. In 2004, he moved to the Minnesota Thunder[3] for four seasons.

  • 1999-2000 Wichita Wings NPSL (MISL)
  • 2005 Invited into US Men's National Team Camp
  • 2007 US Men's National Futsal Team

Coaching career

During the off season, Freddy also coaches a premier club team in Las Cruces, New Mexico. He has had much success coaching many teams from the New Mexico Striker F.C. His U19 team has won the New Mexico state championship six times and made it to the Far West Regional finals on more than one occasion. Coaching, Freddy has produced two professional players, brothers Edgar Castillo and Noel Castillo. He has most recently served as an assistant coach for Real Salt Lake of Major League Soccer; he was elevated to interim head coach on August 11, 2019, after the firing of Mike Petke. In December 2019 he became the team's fifth head coach.[4]

Coaching record
As of 7 March 2020[5]
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team Nat From To Record
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Real Monarchs 23 December 2014 6 December 2016 60 18 14 28 64 84 −20 030.00
Real Salt Lake 11 August 2019 Present 14 6 3 5 14 13 +1 042.86
Total 74 24 17 33 78 97 −19 032.43

References
  1. Bogert, Tom. "Real Salt Lake name Freddy Juarez head coach, Elliot Fall general manager". MLSSoccer.
  2. Boehm, Charles. "Who is Real Salt Lake interim head coach Freddy Juarez?". MLSSoccer.
  3. "3 Thunder players get national team tryouts". Star Tribune. January 18, 2005.
  4. "RSL Names Freddy Juarez Head Coach". RSL.
  5. "Freddy Juarez career sheet". footballdatabase. footballdatabase. Retrieved 19 April 2020.


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