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Victor Emilio Parra

Victor Parra is a Colombian soccer player currently living in the United States. He is playing soccer and studying in College in the great city of New York. Victor has quite the resume for a footballer in the United States. He has traveled to pretty much every state in the United States and traveled to various places all over the world such as Italy, Spain, England, Bermuda, etc. He has trained with various professional Football clubs in different countries including his native country, Colombia. He has been called up for the United States National Team Pool and also made the Region 1 Olympic development team that traveled to Rome, Italy.

Growing up Victor played street soccer with his friends and local club soccer in the state of Rhode Island(US). Here is where his talent caught coaches eyes from around the area and this is when his journey began. Starting off at local Rhode Island team Bruno United, Victor impressed enough to be taken to a new team, FC Greater Boston Bolts. FC Greater Boston is a well respected Football Club in Boston, Massachusetts, that competed in the US Soccer Development Academy. USSDA is the top soccer league for teens that the United States has to offer. It involves all the top players in the country and top academy MLS teams. Victor then made a name for himself scoring in big games against local rivals New England revolution(MLS) to win 1-0.

Victor also scored big goals in Academy Playoffs in North Carolina against top ranked MLS Academy FC Dallas to lead them to a 2-0 victory. After a good 2 seasons, Victor was offered a full ride to attend college for his degree as well as play soccer in New York City. He is currently in New York at the moment and has helped his team in his first season to win the Regional Championship and be District Finalist. He is currently in his second year there and in season. He has 17 goals and 10 assists. Victor has played PDL(Professional Development League) in Tampa Florida this past summer. He played for VSI Tampa Bay and acted as the teams reserves. Tampa Bay has professional USL PRO team. His status remains as an amateur because he has not yet signed an official contract. This allows him to play in school and stil go for his degree. He is planning to get his degree in International Business with a minor in Sports Management.

Victor also participated in the US Futsal Nationals, where his team reached the finals and lost to Brazilian powerhouse Safira. Victor impressed once again and caught the eye of United States national Futsal Head Coach. He was called in after a great 10 goals in the Nationals including 2 in the final.