| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Place of birth | United States | ||
| Position(s) | Defender /Midfielder | ||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1990–1994 | Rutgers Scarlet Knights | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1996–1997 | North Jersey Imperials | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| 1995 | Rutgers Scarlet Knights(assistant) | ||
| 1996 | Centenary Cyclones(assistant) | ||
| 1997–2002 | Rutgers Scarlet Knights(assistant) | ||
| 2003–2010 | NJIT Highlanders | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Pedro Lopes is a retired Americansoccer player who coached theNJIT Highlanders men's soccer team. He played professionally in theUSISL.
Lopes was raised inNewark, New Jersey and graduated fromSaint Benedict's Preparatory School where he was a 1989 NSCAA High School All American soccer player.[1] He then attendedRutgers University, playing on the men's soccer team from 1990 to 1994, starting all 86 games during his collegiate career. In 1990, Rutgers finished runner-up to theUCLA Bruins in theNCAA Men's Division I Soccer Championship. He was a1993 First Team and 1994 Second Team All American.[2][3] He was the 1994Atlantic 10 Player of the Year.[4] In 2004, Rutgers inducted Lopes into the school's Athletic Hall of Fame.
In 1996 and 1997, Lopes played professionally with theNorth Jersey Imperials of theUSISL.
Lopes began coaching as a volunteer assistant at Rutgers in 1995. In August 1996, he became an assistant with the Centenary College men's team before returning to the Scarlet Knights as a full-time assistant coach. In 1996, Lopes joined the Jersey Knights Soccer Club, becoming the club's Director of Coaching in 2000.[5] In 2003, theNew Jersey Institute of Technology hired Lopes as head coach of the men's soccer team.