Othoniel "Junior" Gonzalez (born September 26, 1977) is an American professional soccer coach. He was previously an assistant coach for Chicago Fire FC, and had coaching positions with LA Galaxy II, Seattle Sounders FC, Chivas USA and was head coach with Rio Grande Valley FC Toros. Junior attended UCLA where he played on the Men's NCAA soccer team and won the NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship in 1997. Gonzalez's coaching career began in 2001 as an assistant coach for the University of California, Riverside men's program. Three years later he became the head coach and under his tenure 30 players were named All-Big West Conference – including two Big West Conference Players of the Year – and six players went on to MLS and USL careers. In 2011, Gonzalez was named the Big West Coach of the Year. As a player, Gonzalez won the 1997 NCAA National Championship with UCLA. His collegiate career included four trips to the NCAA tournament and three Mountain Pacific Conference Championships. Gonzalez continued his playing career with the USL's San Diego Flash and his career continued throughout California before his final stop with the Utah Blitz. Wikipedia text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License - Full article TacticsPlayersComments (0)Country coaches Chivas USA Asst13/14 Rio Grande Valley FC Toros16/17 LA Galaxy Asst17/18 LA Galaxy II19/21 USLC 2122 Chicago Fire Asst21/23González, O last games LA Galaxy II 07-Aug-21 away OC SC 2-3 in USLC 01-Aug-21 home SD Loyal 0-2 in USLC 25-Jul-21 home Oakland 3-0 in USLC games black=tourn incomplete --- Today Top Games --- CF Montréal - Inter Miami CF D.C. United - Atlanta United FC Estudiantes de La Plata - Velez Sarsfield FC Cincinnati - Chicago Fire GAIS - Malmö FF Paris Saint-Germain FC - Bayern München Portland Timbers - New England Revolution Real Madrid - Borussia Dortmund Real Salt Lake - St. Louis City SC San Jose Earthquakes - New York Red Bulls Unión Española - Universidad de Chile --- Tomorrow Top Games --- IFK Göteborg - IK Sirius Seattle Sounders - Columbus Crew Universidad Católica - Colo Colo USA - Mexico --- Recent games --- Peru - Liga 1Peru - Liga 3------ - Club World Cup------ - CONCACAF Gold Cup------ - Womens Euro select match 02-Jul --- Juan P II 1:1 Melgar select match 03-Jul --- Rauker 0:3 H/ncayo B03-Jul --- Univers B 3:1 Pariacoto select match 01-Jul --- R. Madrid 1:0 Juventus01-Jul --- Dortmund 2:1 Monterrey04-Jul --- Fluminense 2:1 Al-Hilal04-Jul --- Palmeiras 1:2 Chelsea select match 02-Jul --- USA 2:1 Guatemala02-Jul --- Mexico 1:0 Honduras select match 02-Jul --- Iceland 0:1 Finland02-Jul --- Switz 1:2 Norway03-Jul --- Belgium 0:1 Italy03-Jul --- Spain 5:0 Portugal04-Jul --- Denmark 0:1 Sweden04-Jul --- Germany 2:0 Poland05-Jul --- Wales 0:3 Nth lands Stories Club World Cup Qualification A-League 2025 ending Transfer talk Liverpool 2025 Season Liverpool Influence in the Champions League Sports-Themed Online Games Taiwo Awoniyi at Nottingham Forest