Pedro Lopes (soccer)
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Place of birth | United States | ||
| Position | Defender / Midfielder | ||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1990–1994 | Rutgers Scarlet Knights | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1996–1997 | North Jersey Imperials | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| 1995 | Rutgers Scarlet Knights (assistant) | ||
| 1996 | Centenary Cyclones (assistant) | ||
| 1997–2002 | Rutgers Scarlet Knights (assistant) | ||
| 2003–2010 | NJIT Highlanders | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Pedro Lopes is an American retired soccer player who coached the NJIT Highlanders men's soccer team. He played professionally in the USISL.
Lopes was raised in Newark, New Jersey and 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 86 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.