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| Full name | Andy Francisco Herron Aguilar | ||
| Date of birth | March 2, 1978 | ||
| Place of birth | Limón, Costa Rica | ||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Limón Fútbol Club | ||
| Number | 19 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| AD Limonense | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1997–2001 | AD Limonense | 86 | (23) |
| 2001–2002 | Santos de Guápiles | 54 | (15) |
| 2003–2004 | Club Sport Herediano | 47 | (26) |
| 2004–2006 | Chicago Fire | 44 | (15) |
| 2006 | → Club Sport Herediano (loan) | ||
| 2007 | Columbus Crew | 18 | (4) |
| 2008 | Puntarenas FC | 7 | (1) |
| 2008 | Chicago Fire | 17 | (0) |
| 2009 | CS Herediano | ||
| 2009–2010 | AD Ramonense | ||
| 2010–2011 | USAC | ||
| 2011- | Limón Fútbol Club | ||
| National team‡ | |||
| 2004– | Costa Rica | 17 | (8) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23:02, 15 July 2006 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). |
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Andy Francisco Herron Aguilar (born March 2, 1978 in Limón, Costa Rica) is a Costa Rican footballer. He currently plays for Limón FC in Costa Rica.
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Before joining MLS and the Chicago Fire in late in 2004, Herron played two years with Costa Rican Club Sport Herediano, which he led to Costa Rica's 2004's title, by leading the Costa Rican clausura's tournament with 14 goals and 13 assists. Herron had his best season for Chicago in 2006, when the 2006 Budweiser/Fire Golden Boot winner proved his productivity for the "Men it Red" by scoring eight goals in 20 games, with 18 starts. Herron put the team on his shoulders in the team's 2006 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup championship run, scoring four goals and one assist through the competition. His assist and game-winning goal against the Los Angeles Galaxy in the Final at Toyota Park helped the Fire clinch an MLS club-record fourth title to the trophy case. After two and a half seasons in Chicago, he decided to get back to Club Sport Herediano on a loan from Chicago, but soon after that was sent to Columbus for the second pick in the 2007 MLS SuperDraft, on January 12, 2007 which turned out to be Bakary Soumare, also for forward Ryan Coiner and Columbus first round pick (2nd overall) in the 2007 MLS SuperDraft In the MLS Reserve Division he started and played one game for the Crew Reserves, notching one goal in 79 minutes of play.
In February, 2008, Herron re-signed with the Chicago Fire. On November 26, 2008, Andy Herron was waived by the Chicago Fire.
On January 11, 2006, Herron was suspended for six games without pay for his behavior that led to a red card in a 1–0 loss to the New England Revolution during the Eastern Conference Championship game the previous November 6. According to the MLS Soccer Disciplinary Committee, Herron was disciplined for making "unacceptable physical contact" with the referee Terry Vaughn and assistant referee George Gansner, conduct that led to him being sent off in stoppage time. Adding to the severity of his punishment was the fact that Herron returned to the field after the game.
On April 19, 2007, Herron again was involved in a controversial incident during a game against the Revolution. Herron elbowed New England's Jay Heaps early in a nationally-televised game on MLS Primetime Thursday. He did not receive a penalty card, because neither the referee, nor a linesman, saw the action. ESPN commentator Eric Wynalda called the foul, "the worst I've seen in a long time." He was suspended for four games and fined $3,000. [1] According to Herron, the elbow was in response to Jay Heaps grabbing his "private area" as well as xenophobic and racist comments.
Herron has also played for the Costa Rica national team, registering 8 goals in 17 games with the team. Being an unmovable striker in the Jorge Luis Pinto's squad and scoring the goal which took Costa Rica to the quarterfinals in the Copa America 2004 held in Chile. Has scored four goals in 27 contests with the Costa Rican Senior National Team, he started and played 45 min. for Costa Rica on September 6, 2006 vs. Switzerland in a 0–2 defeat and scored a pair of goals for the "Ticos" in a 5–2 loss vs. Honduras on1 August 18, 2004 in a CONCACAF World Cup qualifying match, he tallied 11 goals in eight games with the Costa Rican U-23 squad during Olympic Qualifying from 1999–2000.
Herron is married to Cindy, they have son named Dyan Denilson. He grew up playing in the streets of Puerto Limon, Costa Rica. Herron is a big basketball and Chicago Bulls fan.
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