Pedro Lopes (soccer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Place of birth | United States | ||
| Playing position | Defender / Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1990-1994 | Rutgers Scarlet Knights | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1996-1997 | North Jersey Imperials | ||
| Teams managed | |||
| 1995 | Rutgers Scarlet Knights (assistant) | ||
| 1996 | Centenary College of New Jersey (assistant) | ||
| 1997-2002 | Rutgers Scarlet Knights (assistant) | ||
| 2003- | NJIT Highlanders | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). | |||
Pedro Lopes is a retired American soccer player who coaches the NJIT Highlanders men's soccer team. He played professionally in the USISL.
Player
Lopes graduated from Saint Benedict's Preparatory School where he was a 1989 NSCAA High School All American soccer player.[1] He then attended Rutgers University, playing on the men's soccer team from 1990 to 1994, starting all eighty-six games during his collegiate career. In 1990, Rutgers finished runner-up to the UCLA Bruins in the NCAA Men's Division I Soccer Championship. He was a 1993 First Team and 1994 Second Team All American.[2][3] He was the 1994 Atlantic 10 Player of the Year.[4] In 2004, Rutgers inducted Lopes into the school's Athletic Hall of Fame.
In 1996 and 1997, Lopes played professionally with the North Jersey Imperials of the USISL.
Coach
Lopes began coaching as a volunteer assistant at Rutgers in 1995. In August 1996, he became an assistant with the Centenary College men's team before returning to the Scarlet Knights as a full-time assistant coach. In 1996, Lopes joined the Jersey Knights Soccer Club, becoming the club's Director of Coaching in 2000.[5] In 2003, the New Jersey Institute of Technology hired Lopes as head coach of the men's soccer team.