Caleb Calvert
{{short description|American soccer player|bot=PearBOT 5}}
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|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1996|10|22}}
|birth_place = Wrightwood, California, United States
|height = {{convert|1.88|m|abbr=on}}
|position = Forward
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|youthyears1 = 2011–2013
|youthclubs1 = Chivas USA
|years1 = 2013–2014
|clubs1 = Chivas USA
|caps1 = 0
|goals1 = 0
|years2 = 2015–2018
|clubs2 = Colorado Rapids
|caps2 = 21
|goals2 = 1
|years3 = 2015–2016
|clubs3 = → Charlotte Independence (loan)
|caps3 = 41
|goals3 = 8
|years4 = 2017
|clubs4 = → Charlotte Independence (loan)
|caps4 = 6
|goals4 = 1
|years5 = 2018
|clubs5 = → Charlotte Independence (loan)
|caps5 = 18
|goals5 = 1
|years6 = 2019
|clubs6 = Saint Louis FC
|caps6 = 28
|goals6 = 2
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Caleb Calvert (born October 22, 1996) is an American soccer player who most recently played for Saint Louis FC in the USL Championship.
Early life and education
Caleb attended Serrano High School in Phelan, California. He had originally committed to playing NCAA Division I collegiate soccer for the University of California, Santa Barbara men's soccer team alongside his Chivas USA Academy teammate Ben Spencer before electing to turn professional.{{cite web |url=http://www.thegoatparade.com/2013/2/7/3962550/chivas-usa-academy-seven-players-commit-college-national-signing-day |title=Chivas USA Academy: Seven Players Commit to College on National Signing Day |last=Rodriguez |first=Alicia |date=February 7, 2013 |website=www.thegoatparade.com |accessdate=October 22, 2015}}{{cite web |url=http://www.topdrawersoccer.com/club-soccer-articles/chivas-usa-signs-newest-homegrown-player_aid28963 |title=Chivas USA signs newest Homegrown Player |last=Eskilson |first=J.R. |date=July 2, 2013 |website=www.topdrawersoccer.com |accessdate=October 22, 2015}}{{cite web |url=http://www.thegoatparade.com/2013/7/2/4487020/report-chivas-usa-set-sign-academy-player-caleb-calvert-homegrown-forward |title=Report: Chivas USA set to sign Academy player Caleb Calvert to Homegrown deal |last=Rodriguez |first=Alicia |date=July 2, 2013 |website=www.thegoatparade.com |accessdate=October 22, 2015}}
Career
=Professional=
On July 5, 2013, Calvert signed a homegrown player contract with Chivas USA, making him the youngest signing in club history.{{cite web|title=Chivas USA sign 16-year-old forward Caleb Calvert as Homegrown player|url=http://www.mlssoccer.com/news/article/2013/07/05/chivas-usa-sign-16-year-old-forward-caleb-calvert-homegrown-player|website=MLSsoccer.com|publisher=Major League Soccer|accessdate=28 March 2015|date=5 July 2013}} However, he never got a chance to play for the club as Chivas folded after the 2014 season.
On November 19, 2014, Calvert was selected by the Colorado Rapids in the 2014 MLS Dispersal Draft.{{cite web|title=Rapids select Caleb Calvert in the Chivas USA Dispersal Draft|url=http://www.coloradorapids.com/news/2014/11/rapids-select-caleb-calvert-chivas-usa-dispersal-draft|website=ColoradoRapids.com|publisher=Colorado Rapids Media Relations|accessdate=28 March 2015|date=19 November 2014|archive-date=18 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150418063752/http://www.coloradorapids.com/news/2014/11/rapids-select-caleb-calvert-chivas-usa-dispersal-draft|url-status=dead}} On March 27, 2015, it was announced that Calvert had been sent on loan to USL affiliate club Charlotte Independence.{{cite web|title=Rapids loan Berner, Eloundou and Calvert to Charlotte Independence|url=http://www.coloradorapids.com/news/2015/03/rapids-loan-berner-eloundou-and-calvert-charlotte-independence|website=ColoradoRapids.com|publisher=Colorado Rapids Media Relations|accessdate=28 March 2015|date=27 March 2015}} He made his professional debut that same day in a 3–2 defeat to the Charleston Battery.{{cite web|last1=Fay|first1=Jillian|title=Charlotte Left To Rue First Half Errors|url=http://www.charlotteindependence.com/charlotte-left-to-rue-first-half-errors/|website=CharlotteIndependence.com|accessdate=28 March 2015|date=27 March 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150330012151/http://www.charlotteindependence.com/charlotte-left-to-rue-first-half-errors/|archive-date=2015-03-30|url-status=dead}}
References
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External links
- {{MLS player|caleb-calvert}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Calvert, Caleb}}
Category:American men's soccer players
Category:Colorado Rapids players
Category:Charlotte Independence players
Category:Saint Louis FC players
Category:Men's association football forwards
Category:People from Wrightwood, California
Category:Soccer players from San Bernardino County, California
Category:Major League Soccer players