![]() ![]() Torres was signed by Houston Dynamo prior to the 2015 season as a Designated Player but was loaned to Guadalajara for six months where he scored two goals in five appearances. That year he scored 15 goals in 29 regular season matches, was named to the 2014 MLS All-Star Team and became the league’s all-time leading Mexican goal-scorer. Torres went on to score seven goals in 15 appearances and returned for the 2014 campaign. He was loaned to Chivas USA from its then-sister club Chivas Guadalajara midway through the 2013 MLS season and was signed as a Designated Player. The striker played parts of five seasons in MLS from 2013-2017 where he amassed 36 goals in 93 MLS regular season matches. Prior to Tijuana, Torres spent the 2018 season with UNAM Pumas where he scored two goals in eight appearances. He spent the last two years playing in Liga MX, most recently with Club Tijuana where he scored seven goals in 37 appearances across all competitions. ![]() Torres was a 2014 MLS-All Star and assisted on Bradley Wright-Phillips’ equalizing goal against Bayern Munich.Torres, 27, joins Atlanta United with more than 230 professional appearances and 65 goals scored at the club level while also featuring for the Mexican National Team. ![]() In 2014, Torres scored in each of the first four games of the season and had eight goals through ten games. In 2013, Torres scored six goals in his first seven games in MLS. In November 2014, Torres scored five goals in four appearances-including two goals in the final versus Venezuela-as the Mexico U-21s won the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games. Torres appeared in seven games and scored one goal. Torres scored six goals in 15 games in the 2011 Clausura season as Chivas reached the semifinals of the Liga MX playoffs.Īt 18, he was the youngest member of the squad at the 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup as Mexico finished in third place. In his first Súper Clásico, between Mexican super clubs Chivas and Club América, Torres scored the opening goal in a 3-0 win on April 11, 2011. The striker made his Mexico national team debut in September 2014 against Bolivia and scored his first goal for El Tri against Panama a month later, a game-winning goal in the 89th minute.Ī Guadalajara native, Torres made his Mexican Primera Division debut with Chivas in November 2010 at age 17. Torres scored 15 goals in 29 games in 2014, a Chivas USA club record for a single season that was previously held by Ante Razov.Ĭubo scored 22 goals in 44 appearances in one and a half seasons with Chivas USA, the most goals by a Mexican-born player in MLS history. The 21-year-old is also known for his “robot” goal celebration, which he picked up off of EA Sports' FIFA video games. He also has a reputation for good aerial ability and scoring goals using said large head. Here is some history on the man they call “Cubo”:Įrick is often called “Cubo” due to the large, cubical shape of his head. Torres will join the Dynamo full-time at the conclusion of the 2015 Torneo Clausura, which runs from January 9 – May 10. As part of the agreement, Torres will be loaned to his boyhood club, Chivas de Guadalajara, for the spring season in Liga MX. The Houston Dynamo signed Mexico international forward Erick “Cubo” Torres as a Designated Player on December 23.
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