Jaime Ambriz

Jaime Ambriz
Personal information
Date of birth (1978-12-07) December 7, 1978
Place of birth Ventura, California, United States
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Playing position Forward
Youth career
1993–1997 Rio Mesa High School
1997–1999 Santa Barbara City College
1999–2001 UC Santa Barbara Gauchos
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
2002–2003 SV Lyss (24)
2003–2004 FC Winterthur
2004–2005 FC Concordia Basel
2006–2007 Portland Timbers 4 (1)
2008 Ventura County Fusion 9 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

† Appearances (goals)

Jaime Ambriz (born December 7, 1978) is an American former professional soccer player who played in Europe and the United States.

Early life and education

Ambriz played high school soccer at Rio Mesa High School in Oxnard, California. He was a three-time All-Channel League and two-time All-California Interscholastic Federation player, as well as being the Channel League MVP in his senior season en route to the Spartans winning the Channel League title. He currently holds the school record with thirty-one goals in his senior season and is second in career goals with fifty-nine.

Ambriz moved on to Santa Barbara City College, then coached by Tim Vom Steeg. During his freshman season he accumulated twenty-four goals and eleven assists for fifty-nine points on the 1997 State Final Four team. However, he had to redshirt his entire sophomore year due to a season-ending injury before play started. Ambriz then transferred to neighbors University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) and joined up with the UC Santa Barbara Gauchos men's soccer team. He played with UCSB for three seasons, completing his sophomore through senior years with UCSB. As a junior, Ambriz appeared in fourteen games, tallying six goals and one assist for thirteen points. He was second on the team in scoring, trailing only Thiago Martins despite playing four less games. As a senior, Ambriz appeared in the same number of games (fourteen), but could only manage three goals and six assists for twelve points. Most of the goal scoring went to emerging star Rob Friend. Ambriz finished third in scoring, trailing Friend and Drew McAthy (four goals, five assists, thirteen points), but finishing above other professionals in Nate Boyden (four goals, eight points), Tony Lochhead (one goal, six assists, eight points), and Neil Jones (three goals, one assist, seven points).

Professional career

After graduating from UCSB with a psychology degree, Ambriz sought a professional career. He moved to Switzerland and played with SV Lyss, FC Winterthur, and FC Concordia Basel from 2002 to 2005. With Lyss, he scored twenty-four goals in his first season, a total that led the league. In 2006, Jaime traveled back to the United States and signed with the Portland Timbers. The signing was announced on June 29, 2006.[1] It was announced Ambriz was re-signed for the following season on April 20, 2007, on a one-year contract.[2][3] However, he was not re-signed for a third season.

Ambriz then played the 2008 season with the Ventura County Fusion of the Premier Development League. Recently, he has been playing with the amateur sides in the United States Adult Soccer Association-affiliated La Gran Liga de Oxnard based in Oxnard, California.[4][5]

References

  1. ↑ Timbers announce addition of Hutton, Ambriz at the Wayback Machine (archived October 31, 2007)
  2. ↑ Kellett, Bob (April 20, 2007). "Timbers Sign Four Trialists". The Oregonian (Portland, Oregon). Retrieved February 5, 2016.
  3. ↑ Kellett, Bob (May 8, 2007). "Jaime Ambriz Cleared to Play". The Oregonian (Portland, Oregon). Retrieved February 5, 2016.
  4. ↑ Curley, Joe (August 19, 2013). "Correa's late bolt allows SP Barcelona to retain Gran Liga title". Ventura County Star (Camarillo, California). Retrieved February 5, 2016.
  5. ↑ "RESULTADOS TORNEO CLAUSURA 2013-2014". http://www.lagranliga.com (in Spanish). Retrieved February 5, 2016. External link in |website= (help)

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