Mario Sanchez (soccer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Place of birth | United States | ||
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1993–1997 | Fresno State Bulldogs | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1996–1997 | Central Coast Roadrunners | ||
| 1998–1999 | Orange County Zodiac | 38 | (2) |
| 2001 | Stanislaus County Cruisers | 14 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1999–2003 | Fresno State Bulldogs (assistant) | ||
| 2003–2005 | Akron Zips (assistant) | ||
| 2006–2009 | UNLV Rebels | ||
| 2010–2015 | Louisville Cardinals (assistant) | ||
| 2015– | SIUE Cougars | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Mario Sanchez is a retired American soccer midfielder who is the head coach of the SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team. He played professionally in the USISL and USL A-League, winning the 1996 and 1997 USISL championship with the Central Coast Roadrunners.
Sanchez graduated from Etiwanda High School in 1993. He played soccer for the Alta Loma Soccer Club which won the 1992 U-17 National Championship. He attended the California State University, Fresno, playing on the men's soccer team from 1993 to 1997. In August 1996, he tore his anterior cruciate ligament in practice and lost the season. He returned in 1997 for his senior season and graduated in 1999 with a bachelor's degree in business administration.
In 1996 and 1997, Sanchez spent the collegiate off-season with the Central Coast Roadrunners of the USISL. Sanchez and his team mates won the USISL championship both seasons. In February 1, 1998, the Kansas City Wizards selected Sanchez in the third round (thirty-second overall) of the 1998 MLS College Draft. The Wizards released him in the pre-season and he signed with the Orange County Zodiac of the USL A-League. Sanchez began the 1999 season with the Zodiac, but left in July when Fresno State hired him as an assistant coach. In 2001, he returned to playing with the Stanislaus County Cruisers.
Sanchez earned a bachelor's in business administration from Fresno State.
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