Juan Pablo Angel

Real Club:

Los Angeles Galaxy - View

Age: 35

Date of Birth: October 24, 1975

Country:

Colombia

Position: Central Striker (CF)

Preferred Foot: Right

Height: 184 cm

Weight: 78 Kg

Squad Number: 9

On 17 April 2007, the New York Red Bulls proclaimed the signing of Ángel as their second designated player, pending the approval of his work visa. After his visa was approved, Ángel made his Red Bull debut 8 May 2007 in a U.S. Open Cup qualifying match. Ángel came on as a substitute and scored a beautiful, curving free kick in extra time during the Red Bulls' 3-1 loss to the Los Angeles Galaxy.

On 28 April 2011, Juan confessed that he misses the NY Red Bulls; and wants to go back to that team. Ángel also recorded an assist and played an important role in a third goal to round off a performance that earned him that week's MLS Player of the Week award. His form showed no signs of letting up in the following game, as he weighed in with two goals and another assist as the Red Bulls overcame Chicago Fire to win by a magnificent score of 3-0, taking them to joint top of the Eastern Conference.
Ángel was voted MLS Player of the Month for May 2007. He is also the first Red Bull to score in six straight games.

On August 18, 2007, Ángel added two more goals to his tally. His team defeated Los Angeles Galaxy 5-4. Ángel scored the first goal early on from a free kick before striking a late winner to seal the game for the Red Bulls. Ángel also scored the first goal of the 2007 MLS All-Star Game on July 19, 2007 against Celtic F.C., and later was named MVP of the Match for his performance. On 29 September 2007, Ángel scored a penalty to tie the Red Bulls' game against Real Salt Lake and in doing so scored his 17th goal of the season in all competitions, setting a new franchise record. Ángel concluded his initial campaign in New York scoring 19 goals and 5 assists in 24 league matches (20 goals in 27 matches in all official competitions). His regular season goal total was one short of Luciano Emilio who led the league with 20 but who had also played more games.

Ángel had a slow start to the 2008 season due to an arthritic nerve-related injury in his lower back that caused him to have pain in his hamstring but he finally scored his first of the season in his fourth appearance - a 2-1 winner against LA Galaxy on May 10. On June 5 he fought through a still painful injury to score the only goal in New York's home win against Chivas USA. However, in doing so he also picked up another slight hamstring strain and after the final whistle he was seen limping off the pitch. As a result of this injury Ángel missed the Red bulls' next 4 consecutive league games. Even through this injury-plagued season, his three goals were enough for coach Steve Nicol to name him to the 2008 MLS All-Star Game vs West Ham United in which he fed the pass that earned the game winning penalty kick and also scored a goal that was disallowed due to a controversial offside. Ángel concluded his second season in New York scoring 14 goals in 23 league matches (16 goals in 28 matches in official competitions).

Juan Pablo Angel's season of 2010 was greatly improved. He started off slow but slowly progressed during the first half of the season and thru 19 games had 11 goals. He slumped in the second half of the season but concluded the season as the club's top scorer with 13 goals in 30 regular season appearances.On October 21, 2010 Angel assisted Dane Richards on the opening goal in a 2-0 victory over New England Revolution which helped New York clinch its second ever regular season Eastern Conference title.

On November 11, 2010 it was announced that he would not be returning to the Red Bulls for the 2011 Major League Soccer season. Angel holds the club record for goals scored in all competitions with 62.

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After the 2010 MLS season New York declined Angel's contract option and Angel elected to participate in the 2010 MLS Re-Entry Draft. On December 15, 2010 Angel was selected by Los Angeles Galaxy in Stage 2 of the Re-Entry draft. On January 19, 2011 the club announced that they had signed Angel to a multi-year contract which would make Angel the Galaxy's third designated player. He scored his first goal of his 2011 galaxy campaign in a 4-1 loss against Real Salt Lake.

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