I am blessed and thankful for this opportunity and want to thank my parents for all their support, my teammates, Mario Sánchez for recruiting me and trusting me and everyone in the SIUE Athletics department.'įinishing his career at No. 'My dad used to tell me that getting to play professional soccer was going to be really difficult, but if I worked hard and had faith I would accomplish whatever I wanted.
'This means a lot to me as it is all I have ever worked for since I started playing soccer,' Gonzalez said. Gonzalez becomes the eighth SIUE player selected in the MLS SuperDraft and the first since Austin Ledbetter in 2016. – SIUE senior Jorge Gonzalez was selected Monday by Los Angeles FC with the 24th pick in the third round (76th overall) of the 2020 Major League Soccer SuperDraft. Story Links Story Courtesy of SIUE Sports InformationĮDWARDSVILLE, Ill.
