2018 Men's Soccer Roster

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4 Ari Claro

  • Position Defender
  • Height 6-0
  • Weight 180
  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Prev. School Long Beach CC
  • Hometown Hawaiian Gardens, Calif.
  • High School Artesia HS

Biography

2018: Named All-PacWest First Team...Played and started in 16 games...Played 1227 minutes on the season...Earned three assists...Took 11 shots and had three shots on goal...Kicked an assist to help beat Cal Poly Pomona (Sept. 12)... Academic All-PacWest Team.... Finished his CUI career in top ten for most minutes played.

2017: Named All-PacWest Second Team… Team's Defensive Player of the Year... Appeared and started in all 17 games… Played 1,582 minutes on the season… Collected two assists and scored three goals as a defender... Scored goals in three straight games against Dixie State (Oct. 28), at Holy Names (Oct. 31), and at Notre Dame de Namur (Nov. 2)… Had one assist each in wins over Cal State San Bernardino (Sept. 2) and Dixie State (Oct. 28)... Named to the Academic All-PacWest Team

2016: Appeared and started in all 18 games... Played 1,530 minutes on the season... Collected three points, three assists, and took seven shots with two being on goal... Took a career-high two shots at Cal State Dominguez Hills (Sep. 22)... Dished out one assist in games against Cal State San Marcos (Sep. 1), Cal State San Bernardino (Sep. 10), and BYU-Hawaii (Oct. 10)... Named to the Academic All-PacWest Team

2015-16 (Long Beach City College): Played one season for the Vikings... Named Defensive Player of the Year... Appeared in 22 games with 20 starts... Collected four points, two goals, and took six shots with five being on goal

HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated from Artesia High School in 2014... Four-year varsity player

CLUB: Played for H.G. Eagles

PERSONAL: Born January 4th, 1996 to Alfredo Claro and Yuriko Cuan Claro... Has two siblings: Vanessa (28) and Luis (26)... Majoring in Business Administration: Marketing... Hobbies include being a certified personal trainer and learning about human history... Favorite athletes are Matthew Fraser and LeBron James... Favorite teams are LAFC, FC Barcelona, Manchester United... Career Goals are to play professionally for LAFC and develop athletes and start his own personal training service... Favorite quote is "Anything less than the best, is a sacrifice of the gift"... Biggest heroes are his parents... Favorite music artists are YG, Logic, J. Cole, Tupac, K. Dut... Favorite movies are The Dark Knight and Marvel Cinematic Universe... Favorite TV show is The Flash... Favorite quote is "Compare yourself to who you were yesterday, not someone else's today" - Dr. Jordan Peterson

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Historical Player Information

  • 4

    2016Junior

    Defender
    6'0" 171 lbs
    4
  • 4

    2017Senior

    Defender
    6'0" 180 lbs
    4
  • 4

    2018Redshirt Senior

    Defender
    6'0" 180 lbs
    4