Rudy Pena | |
Birth Date: | 17 September 1958 |
Birth Place: | Dallas, Texas, United States |
Position: | Midfielder |
Youthyears1: | 1969–1976 |
Youthclubs1: | Dallas Oak Cliff Pirates |
Clubs1: | Dallas Tornado |
Years2: | 1983 |
Clubs2: | Oklahoma City Slickers |
Years3: | 1984 |
Clubs3: | Oklahoma City Stampede |
Years4: | 1985–1986 |
Clubs4: | Milwaukee Wave (indoor) |
Caps4: | 39 |
Goals4: | 5 |
Nationalteam1: | United States U-19 |
Nationalgoals1: | United States under 23 national Team |
Rudy Pena is a retired American soccer player who played professionally in the North American Soccer League, American Soccer League and United Soccer League.
Pena graduated from Sunset High School where he was an All American. A member of the Oak Cliff Dallas Pirates. Who won the under-19 Robbie International Cup, (1976) in Toronto, Canada. He was a member of the U.S. under-19 National Team. He also played on the U.S. under 23 National team. He then played soccer at Hartwick College from 1977 to 1980.[1] He was a member of the team which won the 1977 NCAA championship.[2] In 1981, he played for the Dallas Tornado of the North American Soccer League. In 1983, he played for the Oklahoma City Slickers of the American Soccer League.[3] In 1984, he played for the Oklahoma City Stampede in the American Indoor Soccer Association]].In 2011 he was inducted to the Hartwick College Athletic Hall of Fame with the 1977 NCAA Div. I National Soccer Championship Team.