![]() Torres and Las Vegas Lights FC will kick off the club’s sixth season on Sunday night as it visits Rio Grande Valley FC at H-E-B Park, with kickoff scheduled for 8 p.m. Torres’ lone senior international goal came later that year as he found the net in an international exhibition against Panama that October. In addition to his club career, Torres has made seven appearances for Mexico, making his debut for the side on Sept. Torres has played for both Chivas de Guadalajara and Chivas USA, while also competing for Houston Dynamo FC and Atlanta United FC in MLS and Club Tijuana, Cruz Azul and Pumas UNAM in Liga MX. In Major League Soccer he recorded 37 goals and eight assists across 137 regular season appearances, while also recording 19 goals and 13 assists in 94 regular season appearances in LigaMX. The 30-year-old native of Guadalajara had previously competed in the top flight in both his native Mexico and the United States. Open Cup in OCSC’s Third Round contest with Los Angeles FC. Torres also scored once in the Lamar Hunt U.S. During the 2022 campaign, he recorded nine goals and two assists in 33 appearances for the side, recording 23 shots on target and 20 chances creating while posting a shot conversion rate of 22 percent. Torres joins Las Vegas having spent the past campaign with fellow USL Championship club Orange County SC. The transaction is pending league and federation approval. There could be an influx of Mexicans in MLS, national teamers too, and when the league is at that level, it will be interesting to see how it is viewed both at home, and in Mexico.įor now, it is just Cubo, who is getting very different feedback from his manager than many MLS-based Americans are getting from their national team manager.LAS VEGAS – Las Vegas Lights FC announced on Tuesday the club had signed forward Erick “Cubo” Torres ahead of the 2023 USL Championship season. It will be on that level and it may even begin competing with the league for players. "… MLS is a growing league and very strong, with very good teams and players."Īs MLS grows, it will begin to challenge Liga MX for regional superiority. "I think, without a doubt, that Erick has done an outstanding job here in MLS," Herrera said. He's pushing one of his brighter young talents to the league. Still, it is notable that at a time when MLS has been under attack and is looking to its next phase in 2015, Herrera is heaping praise upon the league. Liga MX is also an established league that has fueled El Tri for its entire existence, so there has never been a need to push players to Europe. The system, from top to bottom, doesn't need an overhaul, like Klinsmann is trying down to the youth levels because Mexico changed their youth development several years ago. There is no great push to overhaul things within Mexican soccer and to constantly challenge a status quo that, in the opinion of the manager, has grown stale. Klinsmann also manages a very different team with a very different culture than El Tri. El Cubo presenta un nuevo concepto en la arquitectura de torres. His opposition to the league has probably being misconstrued, with criticisms of MLS - some of them very valid, like season length, competitiveness and depth - being taken too far by observers. El concepto de la torre de 50 metros de altura es simple pero eficaz: maximizar, optimizando los deseos del cliente, el potencial del sitio, el código de construcción local y de las fantásticas vistas sobre Beirut y el Mediterráneo. Of course, to say that Klinsmann is vehemently MLS would be unfair. (Las Vegas, NV) - Las Vegas Lights FC announced. ![]() That he is happy with someone in the league, is pushing him to the league and is valuing guaranteed playing time as opposed to always challenging themselves in Europe is very different than what we've heard from the American boss. Former Mexican National Team & MLS All-Star Player Erick Cubo Torres Signs with Lights FC. It appears as if the Mexican manager is a bigger fan of MLS than Jurgen Klinsmann. What we want is for him to have the same activity he had this year." "It's his decision and his agent's and his family's, and what he thinks is best for him. "Without a doubt, for his benefit and for me, should continue in MLS," Herrera told in Miami last week. ![]()
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