Alex Pineda Chacón

Alex Pineda Chacón
Personal information
Full name	Alex Mauricio Pineda Chacón
Date of birth	(1969-12-19) 19 December 1969
Place of birth	Santa Cruz de Yojoa, Honduras
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Playing position	Attacking midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1988–1993	Olimpia	58	(28^[1])
1993–1994	UA Tamaulipas	16	(3)
1994	Sporting Cristal
1995–1998	Olimpia	41	(18)
1998–1999	UA Tamaulipas
1999–2000	Olimpia	30	(6)
2001	Miami Fusion	25	(19)
2002	New England Revolution	20	(2)
2003	Los Angeles Galaxy	6	(0)
2003	Columbus Crew	8	(0)
2003–2004	Atlanta Silverbacks	75	(7)
National team
1992–2000	Honduras	45	(5)
Teams managed
2007–2008	Atlanta Silverbacks (assistant)
2011	Atlanta Silverbacks (assistant)
2012	Atlanta Silverbacks
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Pineda and the second or maternal family name is Chacón.

Alex Mauricio Pineda Chacón (born 19 December 1969 in Santa Cruz de Yojoa) is a retired Honduran soccer player.

Club career

Chacón spent most of his career with Club Olimpia of Honduras, joining the side in 1988, and leading the team to two Honduran championships and a CONCACAF Champions' Cup in 1988. He later played with UA Tamaulipas of Mexico during the 1993–94 season, and then for Sporting Cristal of Peru during the 1994–95 season, appearing in four Copa Libertadores matches.

In 2001, Chacón joined Major League Soccer side Miami Fusion. During the 2001 season, Chacón played a crucial attacking role on a team stacked with offensive talent, including Preki, Diego Serna, Ian Bishop, and Chris Henderson. Chacón registered 19 goals and 9 assists for the team and led the league in goals and points. He was recognized with the MLS Most Valuable Player Award.^[2]

Unfortunately, the Fusion were contracted after the 2001 season along with the Tampa Bay Mutiny, and he was unable to recapture the form that served him so well in his first year. He was selected by the New England Revolution in the 2002 MLS Dispersal Draft, but the emergence of Taylor Twellman and the arrival of a new manager Steve Nicol led to a diminished role on the squad for Chacón. He moved to the Los Angeles Galaxy after the 2002 season and soon later to the Columbus Crew, but neither move reinvigorated his career.

After the 2003 season, Chacón, without a place in MLS, moved to the American A-League, where he found plenty of playing time for the Atlanta Silverbacks. Although he only registered 3 goals and 2 assists in 2004, Chacón's leadership was recognized with a selection to the A-League All-League first team.^[3]

International career

Pineda Chacón made his debut for Honduras in a December 1992 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Costa Rica and has earned a total of 45 caps, scoring 5 goals. He has represented his country in 12 FIFA World Cup qualification matches^[4] and played at the 1993 UNCAF Nations Cup as well as at the 1993,^[5] 1996,^[6] 1998^[7] and 2000 CONCACAF Gold Cups.^[8]

His final international was an April 2000 FIFA World Cup qualification against Nicaragua.

International goals

N.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	18 April 1993	Swangard Stadium, Burnaby, Canada	Canada	1–0	1–3	1994 FIFA World Cup qualification
2	10 July 1993	Cotton Bowl, Dallas, USA	Panama	3–1	5–1	1993 CONCACAF Gold Cup
3	17 November 1998	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, USA	Guatemala	3–3	3–3	Hurricane Relief Tournament
4	18 November 1998	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, USA	El Salvador	2–1	2–1	Hurricane Relief Tournament
5	4 March 2000	Estadio Francisco Morazán, San Pedro Sula, Honduras	Nicaragua	1–0	3–0	2002 FIFA World Cup qualification

Coaching career

Chacón joined the Silverbacks as an assistant coach in 2007. The squad when on hiatus for the 2008 and 2009 seasons, but Chacón remained in the role. While the club was being restructured, he coached youth soccer club Forsyth Fusion, now known as the United Futbol Academy.^[9]

After four years with the club as an assistant, he was named head coach on 7 November 2011.

Alex Pineda Chacón has been released from his duties Coaching the Silverbacks in June 2012 after an unsuccessful season.^[10]

Personal life

Chacón has now settled in Georgia with his wife and two daughters.^[11]

Honours and awards

Country

Honduras

Copa Centroamericana (1): 1993

Club

C.D. Olimpia

Liga Profesional de Honduras (4): 1989–90, 1992–93, 1996–97, 1998–99
Honduran Cup: (2): 1995, 1998
Honduran Supercup: (1): 1997
CONCACAF Champions' Cup (1): 1988

Sporting Cristal

Torneo Descentralizado (2): 1994, 1995
CONCACAF Champions' Cup (1): 1988

Individual

Liga Nacional de Honduras Top Scorer (1): 1993–94
MLS Most Valuable Player (1): 2001
MLS Golden Boot (1): 2001
MLS Scoring Champion (1): 2001
MLS Best XI (1): 2001
MLS Fair Play Award (1): 2001

References

↑ http://www.unitedfa.org/CoachesCorner/Staffs/index_E.html
↑ MLS selects Chacon as MVP – Sports Illustrated
↑ USLSoccer.com. "A-League All-League Teams Announced". 8 September 2004. Retrieved on 14 March 2013.
↑ Alex Pineda Chacón – FIFA competition record
↑ CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 1993 – Full Details – RSSSF
↑ CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 1996 – Full Details – RSSSF
↑ CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 1998 – Full Details – RSSSF
↑ CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 2000 – Full Details – RSSSF
↑ ForsythFusion – League Athletics
↑ Silverbacks Make Coaching Change – NASL
↑ What Ever Happened To: Alex Pineda Chacón – MLS Soccer

External links

MLS profile
Alex Pineda Chacón at National-Football-Teams.com

Awards

Honduran Liga Nacional awards

Top goalscorers	1965–66: Grey 1966–67: Caballero 1967–68: Garden 1968–69: Abrussezze 1969–70: Ortega 1970–71: Alvarado 1971–72: Alvarado 1972–73: none 1973–74: Blandón & Plummer 1974–75: Rodríguez 1975–76: López 1976–77: O. Hernández 1977–78: Carreño 1978–79: Bernárdez 1979–80: Norales 1980–81: Altamirano 1981–82: Altamirano 1982–83: Altamirano 1983–84: Gamboa 1984–85: Altamirano 1985–86: Flores 1986–87: Dueñas 1987–88: Machado 1988–89: Matthews, Alonso, Lobo & Gamboa 1989–90: Ávila 1990–91: Vallejo 1991–92: Bennett 1992–93: Arriola 1993–94: Chacón 1994–95: Ávila 1995–96: Castro 1996–97: Costa 1997–98 A: Velásquez 1997–98 C: Guevara & Velásquez 1998–99: de Lima 1999–00 A: Velásquez 1999–00 C: Cárcamo 2000–01 A: Verón 2000–01 C: Cacho 2001–02 A: Reneau 2001–02 C: M. Ferreira 2002–03 A: M. Ferreira 2002–03 C: Costa, Cacho & Emílio 2003–04 A: Tosello 2003–04 C: Emílio 2004–05 A: Emílio 2004–05 C: Ramírez 2005–06 A: Ramírez 2005–06 C: Emílio 2006–07 A: Costly 2006–07 C: Pavón 2007–08 A: E. Martínez 2007–08 C: Velásquez 2008–09 A: E. Ferreira 2008–09 C: Diduch 2009–10 A: Palacios 2009–10 C: Bengtson 2010–11 A: Bengtson 2010–11 C: Bengtson 2011–12 A: Cardozo 2011–12 C: Torlacoff & Copete 2012–13 A: Rojas 2012–13 C: R. Martínez 2013–14 A: Castillo 2013–14 C: R. Martínez 2014–15 A: E. Hernández 2014–15 C: Castillo 2015–16 A: Vega 2015–16 C: Elis & Vega

Best goalkeepers	1965–66: Chesman 1966–67: Norales 1967–68: Norales 1968–69: Norales 1969–70: Norales 1970–71: Dubois 1971–72: Santini 1972–73: none 1973–74: Mayorga 1974–75: Mayorga 1975–76: Santini 1976–77: Rivera 1977–78: Rivera 1978–79: Morales 1979–80: Mayorga 1980–81: Stewart 1981–82: Morales 1982–83: Rivera 1983–84: Solís 1984–85: Guerrero 1985–86: Banegas 1986–87: Herrera 1987–88: Rivera 1988–89: Banegas 1989–90: Tejeda 1990–91: Bautista 1991–92: Henríquez 1992–93: Cubillo 1993–94: Palacios 1994–95: Banegas 1995–96: Flores 1996–97: Prono 1997–98 A: Vásquez 1997–98 C: Vásquez 1998–99: Prono 1999–00 A: Prono 1999–00 C: Prono 2000–01 A: González 2000–01 C: González 2001–02 A: González 2001–02 C: Flores 2002–03 A: James 2002–03 C: Medina 2003–04 A: Escober 2003–04 C: Coello 2004–05 A: Morales 2004–05 C: Vásquez 2005–06 A: Valladares 2005–06 C: James 2006–07 A: Valladares 2006–07 C: Vallecillo 2007–08 A: Bodden 2007–08 C: Valladares 2008–09 A: Canales 2008–09 C: Escober 2009–10 A: Morales 2009–10 C: de León 2010–11 A: Bodden 2010–11 C: Orio 2011–12 A: Escober 2011–12 C: Orio 2012–13 A: Morales 2012–13 C: Cárcamo 2013–14 A: Bodden 2013–14 C: Portigliatti 2014–15 A: Cárcamo 2014–15 C: Morales 2015–16 A: Zúniga 2015–16 C: Morales

Landon Donovan MVP Award

1996: Valderrama 1997: Preki 1998: Etcheverry 1999: Kreis 2000: Meola 2001: Pineda Chacón 2002: Ruiz 2003: Preki 2004: Guevara 2005: Twellman 2006: Gómez 2007: Emílio 2008: Barros Schelotto 2009: Donovan 2010: Ferreira 2011: De Rosario 2012: Wondolowski 2013: Magee 2014: Keane 2015: Giovinco 2016: Villa

MLS Top Scorers

1996: Lassiter 1997: Moreno 1998: John 1999: Kreis 2000: Diallo 2001: Pineda Chacón 2002: Ruiz 2003: Ruiz 2003: Twellman 2004: Ching 2005: Twellman 2006: Cunningham 2007: Emílio 2008: Donovan 2009: Cunningham 2010: Wondolowski 2011: De Rosario 2012: Wondolowski 2013: Camilo 2014: Wright-Phillips 2015: Giovinco 2016: Wright-Phillips

MLS Fair Play Award

1997: Chung 1998: Dooley 1999: Ralston 2000: Ralston 2001: Pineda Chacón 2002: Chung 2003: McBride 2004: Pope 2005: Cerritos 2006: Klein 2007: Parkhurst 2008: Parkhurst 2009: Ralston 2010: Le Toux 2011: Le Toux 2012: Pause 2013: Nagbe 2014: Parkhurst 2015: Nagbe Keegan Rosenberry 2016: Rosenberry

Honduras squads

Honduras squad – 1993 CONCACAF Gold Cup

1 Rivera 2 Sambulá 3 G. Cálix 4 Castro 5 Fú Lanza 6 Ávila 7 Flores 8 Espinoza 9 Pavón 10 L. Cálix 11 Suazo 12 Róchez 13 Cruz 14 García 15 Garay 16 Pineda Chacón 17 Ulloa 18 Gayle 19 Bennett Coach: González

Honduras squad – 1996 CONCACAF Gold Cup

1 Flores 2 Peri 3 A. Cruz 4 N. Martínez 5 R. Martínez Sambulá 6 Bonilla 7 Dolmo Flores 8 J. Pineda 9 A. Pineda Chacón 10 Santamaría 11 Núñez 12 W. Cruz 13 Carson 14 Lagos 15 J.L. Pineda 16 Aguilera 17 Reneau 18 Fernández 19 Bennett 20 Bustillo Coach: Guedes

Honduras squad – 1998 CONCACAF Gold Cup

1 Flores 2 Membreño 3 Cruz 4 Arzú 5 Clother 6 Zúñiga 7 Bernárdez 8 Pineda Chacón 9 Pavón 10 Santamaría 11 Velásquez 13 Zapata 14 Hernández 15 Caballero 16 Álvarez 17 Bonilla 18 Martínez 19 Carson 20 Guevara 28 Valladares Coach: Company

Honduras squad – 2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup

1 Cruz 2 Guerrero 3 Clavasquín 4 S. Caballero 5 M. Reyes 6 Medina 7 8 Lagos 9 C. Pavón 10 de León 11 Núñez 12 H. Caballero 14 J.L. Pineda 15 García 16 F. Reyes 18 F. Pavón 19 Turcios 20 Guevara 21 Martínez 22 A. Pineda Chacón 23 Phillips 24 Coello Coach: Maradiaga

Atlanta Silverbacks – managers

Osiander (1995) Morgan (1996) McAlpine (1997) Eristavi (1997–98) Hellenkamp (interim) (1998) Piteira (1999–2000) Dugan (2001) Mosen (2002) Silva (2003) Vaudreuil (2004–05) J. Smith (2005–08) Abundis (2011) Chacón (2012) Wynalda (interim) (2012) Haynes (2012–13) Wynalda (2014) J. Smith (2014) G. Smith (2015–)

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