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name: Tony Beltran
position: D height: 5-8 weight:150 Birthdate: October 11, 1987 Hometown: Claremont, CA last club: |
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| Regular Season Stats | full bio l year-by-year stats l video highlights |
| year | club | gp | gs | min | g | a | sht | sog | fc | fs | c | ej |
| 2009 | Real Salt Lake | 23 | 21 | 1,860 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 28 | 13 | 7 | 0 |
| Career | 38 | 31 | 2,796 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 39 | 23 | 8 | 0 | |
Acquired
RSL: Selected in the first round (3rd overall) of the 2008 MLS SuperDraft on 1/18/08Many raised their eyebrows when the Real Salt Lake braintrust selected UCLA's Tony Beltran with the #3 overall pick in January's MLS SuperDraft, but the U.S. Youth International shed any doubts about the value of that pick with a sturdy rookie campaign. Beltran was thrown into action early on in the season and ended up appearing in half of RSL's League contests - a number that could have been higher were he not sidelined for much of the final third of the year due to injury. With speed to burn and an engine that seemingly never ends, Beltran will be looked upon to provide even more minutes along the RSL right flank in 2009 at both the fullback and midfielder positions.
MLS Career
2008: Only injury kept RSL's top overall SuperDraft selection from appearing in more than half of RSL's regular season contests in 2008, the UCLA product starting in 10 of 15 appearances during his rookie campaign and contributing one assist along the way Selected by RSL 3rd overall in the 2008 MLS SuperDraft on 1/18/08 in Baltimore Made his official MLS debut on 4/12 v. DC, playing 7 minutes in reserve in RSL's 4-0 win Recorded first MLS assist two weeks later on 4/26 @ DC, his deflection off a corner kick leading to Talley's 77' finish in a 1-4 defeat Started and played all 90 minutes on 4/30 v. SJ in helping RSL to a 4-0 USOC Play-In win, and earned his first MLS start four days later via a 74-minute effort on 5/03 v. LA (2-2 T) That start marked the first of nine consecutive first XI nods in League play in which the rookie was available for selection Left RSL camp for two weeks in late May to join U.S. Under-23 squad that competed in the Toulon International Tournament in France, missing only the 5/24 @ FCD match in the process Re-joined squad in mid-Ohio and played final 29 minutes of RSL's 0-2 L @ CLB on 5/27 in U.S. Open Cup play-in action Victimized for first career own goal in 89' of 0-1 loss @ KC on 6/28 Came on and played the last 45 minutes of RSL's 1-4 L v. Santos Laguna (MEX) in XanGo Cup 2008 A lingering adductor strain suffered in mid-August forced Beltran to undergo sports hernia surgery on 9/17 in Munich, Germany Played 1 minute in his return to first-team soccer for RSL on 10/04 @ NE after missing previous 7 League matches due to injury.
College
Played three years of collegiate soccer, beginning his career at St. John's (NY) before transferring closer to home for two more years with national powerhouse UCLA Started in 45 of his 56 collegiate contests, scoring twice and adding six assists 2007: Started all 21 of his contests - and played all but four minutes of the season - for UCLA, notching a pair of assists from the right fullback and defensive midfielder positions Earned All-Pac 10 First-Team and Top Drawer Soccer Team of the Season Second-Team honors Assisted on the game-winners against Cal and at home against Oregon State 2006: Overcame an early-season ankle injury to make 14 appearances for UCLA, his return coinciding with the Bruins' run to the Men's College Cup title contest Missed nearly a full month after undergoing an ankle arthroscopy on 9/29 Earned College Cup All-Tournament honors Recorded his first point for the Bruins with an assist in the Championship match, a 2-1 loss to UC-Santa Barbara 2005: Played in 21 games with 10 starts at St. John's University ... Scored two goals with three assists for a total of seven points, which ranked him fifth on the team Red Storm team in scoring ... Recorded a goal and an assist against Louisville ... Scored a goal in the 4-1 win over second-ranked Duke.
High School/Club
Two-time Parade All-American at Claremont High School under coach Fred Bruce Olivier Also named to the 2004 NSCAA/adidas High School All-America squad Listed as the No. 2 high school prospect at the forward position in 2005 adidas ESP All-Star in 2004 and an adidas All-Star selection in 2003 Served as team captain in 2005 and also earned Baseline League MVP honors Received First-Team All-League honors as a senior and junior and Second-Team acclaim as a freshman Region IV Olympic Development Program (ODP) team member from 2002-05 and captain of the 2004 squad ... ODP State Team member from 2001-05, including a national championship-winning campaign in 2003 ... Played club soccer with Arsenal FC alongside current RSL teammate Yura Movsisyan.
United States National Youth Teams
Has been a member of the U.S. Youth National Teams pool since 2003 Most recently, Beltran made two appearances for the U.S. U-23 squad that competed in the Toulon (France) International Tournament in May 2008 Played the 2nd half of the USA's first match in Toulon against Turkey on 5/21/08 (0-1 L) and went the full 90 minutes on 5/23/08 v. Ivory Coast (2-3 L) Was a starter in all five games for the United States Under-20 MNT that advanced to the quarterfinals at the 2007 FIFA Under-20 World Cup Recorded an assist in the USA's 6-1 group stage win over Poland on 7/03/07 Started all three games for the U-20s at the 2006 Milk Cup Starter for the U-18 team that won the 2005 Milk Cup.
Personal
Lists playing for the U.S. at the 2007 FIFA Under-20 World Cup as the most thrilling moment in his athletic career Admires Manchester United midfielder Cristiano Ronaldo Majored in History at UCLA Full name is Anthony Benjamin Beltran.
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