Victor Chavez

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COLLEGE: 2013: Second-team All-Pac-12 selection ... second-team NSCAA All-Far West selection ... earned All-Pac-12 honors for the fourth straight season, making him the first UCLA player to accomplish the feat since David Estrada did it from 2006-09 ... one of just two members of the team to start all 20 matches ... finished second on the team in goals (8), assists (7) and points (23) ... ranked second in points, fifth in assists and sixth in goals in the Pac-12 ... 2012: Second-team All-Pac-12 selection ... Finished tied for third on the team and ninth in the Pac-12 with five goals ... Played in 13 games, making eight starts ... missed six matches due to injury... 2011: Received honorable mention All-Pac-12 acclaim ... Finished fourth on the team in scoring with 11 points ... Scored a goal in three of the team's last six games and totaled four goals overall ... Recorded three assists on the year ... Played in all 24 games and made seven starts... 2010: Second-team All-Pac-10 ... Voted UCLA's Offensive MVP ... Pac-10 leader in goals scored with 10 ... Team leader and ranked second in the Pac-10 in points scored with 25 (10g, 5a) ... Ranked third on the team with five assists ... Tied for the team lead with three game-winning goals ...

U.S. National Team -- Scored the game-winner for the U-18s in a 1-0 win over Romania in the 2010 Lisbon International Tournament ... Played with the U-20 National Team at the Chivas Tournament in Mexico ... Member of the 2009 U.S. U-17 World Cup team and a member of the 2009 Macae Cup championship squad ... Had five caps and two goals with the U-17s in 2009 ... Played with U.S. Beach Soccer National Team at the 2011 Miami Cup, scoring one goal to help the U.S. earn second place.

High School/Club -- Parade and NSCAA Youth All-American ... Played soccer during his freshman and sophomore seasons at A.B. Miller HS ... Scored seven goals and five assists for 19 points as a freshman ... Recorded 16 goals, 10 assists and 42 points during his sophomore season to earn all-league honors ... Also played one year of varsity volleyball as a freshman ... Played club soccer with the successful Real So Cal club team, leading his team to the 2007 League Cup Championship and the 2008 Region IV Championship and National finals ... In 2009, scored 14 goals for Real So Cal and was named to the U16 West Conference Starting XI and the U16 U.S. Soccer Academy Starting XI ... Led Real SoCal to the Development Academy Finals in 2010.

Personal -- Hobbies are playing guitar and drums ... Admires Barcelona forward Zlatan Ibrahimovic ... Parents: Jose and Beatriz Chavez ... Has younger siblings, Alejandra and Christian ... Full name is Victor Ruben Chavez Lopez ... Born August 25, 1992 in San Bernardino, CA ... Philosophy major.