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Jan 18, 1978 Fayetteville, North Carolina, United States 46 years old
American soccer player-coach
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About Daniel Alvarez Soccer
- Daniel Alvarez is a retired American soccer midfielder. Alvarez graduated from Pine Forest High School.
- He attended Furman University, where he was a 1999 First-Team All-American.
- He graduated with a bachelor's degree in health and exercise science.
- He was inducted into the Furman Paladins Hall of Fame in 2005.In January 2000, the MetroStars selected Alvarez in the fourth round (thirty-seventh overall) of the 2000 MLS SuperDraft.
- The MetroStars sent him on loan to the Atlanta Silverbacks for three games at the start of the USL A-League season.
- On April 19, 2000, the MetroStars traded Alvarez to the Tampa Bay Mutiny in exchange for Daniel Hernández.
- Alvarez chose to pursue a contract in Germany.
- After unsuccessful trials with Borussia Dortmund, FC Cloppenburg, and FC Nuremberg, he returned to the United States and signed with the Charleston Battery of the USL A-League.
- In the spring of 2001, Alvarez was training with the Mutiny when he tore his left anterior cruciate ligament.
- He returned home to Fayetteville to recuperate.
- While there, he coached with the Fayetteville Force Soccer Club.
- In February 2002, the Colorado Rapids selected Alvarez in the third round (twenty-ninth overall) of the 2002 MLS SuperDraft.
- The Rapids did not sign him and he began the 2002 season with the Cincinnati Riverhawks before finishing it with the Virginia Beach Mariners of the USL First Division.
- He played for the Mariners through the 2004 season. In 2005, he became an assistant with the Old Dominion University men's soccer team.
