In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Pareja and the second or maternal family name is Gómez.
Óscar Alexander Pareja Gómez (born 10 August 1968) is a Colombian professional football manager and former player. He is currently the head coach of Orlando City in Major League Soccer. Pareja is nicknamed El Generalito, the Little General, but is now called Papi.
Pareja came up through the youth system of Independiente Medellin; however, he began his professional career in 1987, debuting for renowned club Independiente Medellín. In his debut, he assisted on the winning goal in a 1–0 victory. He played eight years with the club, from 1987 to 1995, helping them to be Categoría Primera A runners-up in 1993, and leading them to a respectable performance in the 1994 Copa Libertadores. In 1995, Deportivo Cali purchased Pareja from Independiente Medellín; he paid immediate dividends, helping Cali to a championship in the 1995–1996 season, their first in 22 years. He would stay with them four years.
Pareja then signed with Major League Soccer (MLS) of the United States. After joining MLS, Pareja was allocated to the New England Revolution on 26 May 1998, but was soon traded to the Dallas Burn for Mexican forward Damian Alvarez. Although Pareja played little for Dallas in 1998, he earned himself a place at the center of Dallas's midfield for the 1999 season, playing 27 games and scoring four goals and six assists, while coordinating the Burn attack.[1] He remained in this position for six more years, playing in 189 regular season games for Dallas, while scoring 13 goals and 52 assists, and was named to the MLS Best XI in 2002. He announced he would retire following the 2005 MLS season and remained with the club, now renamed as FC Dallas, as an assistant coach.
Pareja spent two seasons as an assistant coach with FC Dallas in 2006 and 2007. He then left the club to join the United States men's national under-17 soccer team as an assistant coach at the IMG Soccer Academy in 2007–08.[2] He then returned to the coaching staff at FC Dallas as a director and coach in their youth system. He was praised for the system's achievements and was named the U-18 Academy Coach of the Year for the 2010–11 season.[3] For the 2011 MLS season, Pareja returned to the first team as an assistant coach. He was also head coach for the reserve team.[3]
The Colorado Rapids signed Pareja to his first head coach job on 5 January 2012.[4] After finishing 7th in his debut season, Pareja led the Rapids to the playoffs in 2013. After two seasons he stepped down as Colorado head coach on 4 January 2014.[5]
Pareja was announced as the head coach of his former club, FC Dallas, on 10 January 2014, after Dallas traded a first-round 2015 MLS SuperDraft pick and allocation money to Colorado.[6] Having missed the playoffs the last two seasons prior to Pareja's arrival, FC Dallas made the postseason in his debut season as head coach. In 2015, Dallas topped the Western Conference regular season table, finishing runners-up for the Supporters' Shield to New York Red Bulls. The following year the club did a domestic double winning both the Supporters Shield and the U.S. Open Cup, defeating New England Revolution 4–2 in the final.[7] It was the club's first Supporters' Shield win and second time lifting the U.S. Open Cup having last done so in 1997.
Amid speculation about interest from Liga MX, Pareja stepped down as manager of Dallas following the completion of the 2018 season. He had a combined 18 years at the club as a player, coach, and manager.[8][9]Club Tijuana announced Pareja as their new manager on 27 November 2018.[10] After 12 months, Pareja leaves Tijuana under mutual agreement [11][12]
On 4 December 2019, Pareja returned to MLS, becoming the fourth permanent head coach of Orlando City.[13] With the season affected by the COVID-19 pandemic two rounds into the season, Pareja guided Orlando to the MLS is Back Tournament final on the resumption of play, the team's first final in their MLS era. Orlando finished top of Group A taking 7 points from three matches and notably eliminated reigning Supporters' Shield winners Los Angeles FC in the quarter-final before eventually losing to Portland Timbers 2–1 in the final.[14]
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In this Spanish name the first or paternal surname is Pareja and the second or maternal family name is Gomez oscar Alexander Pareja Gomez born 10 August 1968 is a Colombian professional football manager and former player He is currently the head coach of Orlando City in Major League Soccer Pareja is nicknamed El Generalito the Little General but is now called Papi oscar Parejaoscar Pareja as coach of FC Dallas Personal informationFull nameoscar Alexander Pareja GomezDate of birth 1968 08 10 10 August 1968 age 55 Place of birthMedellin ColombiaHeight1 73 m 5 ft 8 in Position s MidfielderTeam informationCurrent teamOrlando City head coach Senior career YearsTeamApps Gls 1987 1995Independiente Medellin263 18 1995 1998Deportivo Cali122 11 1998New England Revolution13 0 1998 2005FC Dallas170 13 Total568 42 International career1991 1996Colombia11 3 Managerial career2005 2007FC Dallas assistant 2007 2008United States U 17 assistant 2008 2011FC Dallas assistant 2012 2014Colorado Rapids2014 2018FC Dallas2018 2019Tijuana2019 Orlando City Club domestic league appearances and goals Contents 1 Playing career 1 1 International 2 Coaching career 3 Coaching record 4 Player honors 5 Coaching honors 6 See also 7 References 8 External linksPlaying career editThis section of a biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification Please help by adding reliable sources Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately from the article and its talk page especially if potentially libelous Find sources oscar Pareja news newspapers books scholar JSTOR January 2017 Learn how and when to remove this template message Pareja came up through the youth system of Independiente Medellin however he began his professional career in 1987 debuting for renowned club Independiente Medellin In his debut he assisted on the winning goal in a 1 0 victory He played eight years with the club from 1987 to 1995 helping them to be Categoria Primera A runners up in 1993 and leading them to a respectable performance in the 1994 Copa Libertadores In 1995 Deportivo Cali purchased Pareja from Independiente Medellin he paid immediate dividends helping Cali to a championship in the 1995 1996 season their first in 22 years He would stay with them four years Pareja then signed with Major League Soccer MLS of the United States After joining MLS Pareja was allocated to the New England Revolution on 26 May 1998 but was soon traded to the Dallas Burn for Mexican forward Damian Alvarez Although Pareja played little for Dallas in 1998 he earned himself a place at the center of Dallas s midfield for the 1999 season playing 27 games and scoring four goals and six assists while coordinating the Burn attack 1 He remained in this position for six more years playing in 189 regular season games for Dallas while scoring 13 goals and 52 assists and was named to the MLS Best XI in 2002 He announced he would retire following the 2005 MLS season and remained with the club now renamed as FC Dallas as an assistant coach International edit Pareja also played for the Colombia national football team In 11 caps he scored three goals and played in the 1991 Copa America Coaching career editPareja spent two seasons as an assistant coach with FC Dallas in 2006 and 2007 He then left the club to join the United States men s national under 17 soccer team as an assistant coach at the IMG Soccer Academy in 2007 08 2 He then returned to the coaching staff at FC Dallas as a director and coach in their youth system He was praised for the system s achievements and was named the U 18 Academy Coach of the Year for the 2010 11 season 3 For the 2011 MLS season Pareja returned to the first team as an assistant coach He was also head coach for the reserve team 3 The Colorado Rapids signed Pareja to his first head coach job on 5 January 2012 4 After finishing 7th in his debut season Pareja led the Rapids to the playoffs in 2013 After two seasons he stepped down as Colorado head coach on 4 January 2014 5 Pareja was announced as the head coach of his former club FC Dallas on 10 January 2014 after Dallas traded a first round 2015 MLS SuperDraft pick and allocation money to Colorado 6 Having missed the playoffs the last two seasons prior to Pareja s arrival FC Dallas made the postseason in his debut season as head coach In 2015 Dallas topped the Western Conference regular season table finishing runners up for the Supporters Shield to New York Red Bulls The following year the club did a domestic double winning both the Supporters Shield and the U S Open Cup defeating New England Revolution 4 2 in the final 7 It was the club s first Supporters Shield win and second time lifting the U S Open Cup having last done so in 1997 Amid speculation about interest from Liga MX Pareja stepped down as manager of Dallas following the completion of the 2018 season He had a combined 18 years at the club as a player coach and manager 8 9 Club Tijuana announced Pareja as their new manager on 27 November 2018 10 After 12 months Pareja leaves Tijuana under mutual agreement 11 12 On 4 December 2019 Pareja returned to MLS becoming the fourth permanent head coach of Orlando City 13 With the season affected by the COVID 19 pandemic two rounds into the season Pareja guided Orlando to the MLS is Back Tournament final on the resumption of play the team s first final in their MLS era Orlando finished top of Group A taking 7 points from three matches and notably eliminated reigning Supporters Shield winners Los Angeles FC in the quarter final before eventually losing to Portland Timbers 2 1 in the final 14 Coaching record editAll competitive games are included As of 25 November 2023Coaching record by team and tenure Team Nat From To RecordP W D L GF GA GD Win Colorado Rapids nbsp 5 January 2012 4 January 2014 72 26 13 33 93 96 3 0 36 11FC Dallas 10 January 2014 16 November 2018 207 97 52 58 327 267 60 0 46 86Club Tijuana nbsp 27 November 2018 25 November 2019 48 22 6 20 65 70 5 0 45 83Orlando City nbsp 4 December 2019 present 148 65 42 41 220 193 27 0 43 92Career totals 475 210 113 152 705 626 79 0 44 21Player honors editIndividual MLS Best XI 2002Coaching honors editFC Dallas MLS Supporters Shield 2016 Runners up 2015 U S Open Cup 2016Orlando City SC U S Open Cup 2022See also editList of MLS coachesReferences edit 1 MLSNET com official player stats 2 USsoccer com 26 November 2007 a b OSCAR PAREJA FC Dallas Head Coach FC Dallas Retrieved 23 July 2016 Andrew Wiebe 5 January 2012 Rapids hire FC Dallas assistant Pareja as head coach MLSsoccer com Retrieved 5 January 2014 Report Oscar Pareja steps down as Colorado Rapids head coach MLSsoccer com Retrieved 5 January 2014 Oscar Pareja joins FC Dallas Colorado Rapids Retrieved 24 November 2014 The Double FC Dallas wins 2016 Supporters Shield Empire of Soccer Bogert Tom Head coach Oscar Pareja FC Dallas mutually agree to part ways MLS FC Dallas parts ways with head coach Oscar Pareja SBIsoccer com 19 November 2018 Retrieved 2 December 2018 Oscar Pareja officially named Club Tijuana manager SBIsoccer com 27 November 2018 Retrieved 2 December 2018 COMUNICADO OFICIAL CLUB TIJUANA XOLOITZCUINTLES DE CALIENTE Sitio Oficial del Club Tijuana Xoloitzcuintles de Caliente Former FC Dallas head coach Pareja out at Club Tijuana SBI Soccer 26 November 2019 Orlando City SC Names oscar Pareja as Head Coach www orlandocitysc com Portland Timbers 2 Orlando City SC 1 2020 MLS Match Recap mlssoccer com External links editoscar Pareja at Major League Soccer Deportivo Cali in Spanish Independiente Medellin in Spanish Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title oscar Pareja amp oldid 1186957422, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
