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name: Carlos Ruiz
position: F height: 5-9 weight:180 Birthdate: September 15, 1979 Hometown: Guatemala City, Guatemala |
| Regular Season Stats | full bio l year-by-year stats l video highlights |
| year | club | gp | gs | min | g | a | sht | sog | fc | fs | c | ej |
| 2009 | Toronto FC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Career | 155 | 137 | 12,349 | 82 | 17 | 433 | 233 | 339 | 371 | 38 | 2 | |
| Most Recent Video Highlights |
| date | teams | video description |
| 07/19/08 | Galaxy @ Red Bulls |
 Carlos Ruiz nets his first of the season
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| 07/19/08 | Galaxy @ Red Bulls |
Carlos Ruiz half-time interview
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| 11/02/07 | FC Dallas @ Dynamo |
Hoops' Ruiz drives one home
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Acquired
From the Los Angeles Galaxy on March 30, 2005 in exchange for an allocation.Professional Experience
2006: Led the team and finished third in MLS with 13 goals, adding five assists while playing in 25 of the 32 games…tied an MLS record by scoring in seven consecutive games from 5/6-6/11. He scored eight goals during that time...His two goals on 9/16 gave him 21 in an FCD uniform, making him the eighth player in league history to score 20 or more goals for two different clubs…has now scored 10 or more goals in all five of his seasons in MLS and is the only player in MLS history to do so in five consecutive seasons…won back-to-back Sierra Mist Goal of the Week awards in Week 8 and Week 9 and was named MLS May Player of the Month…missed just more than a month of action after suffering a Grade Two strain of his right hamstring in the 2-1 win vs. NY on 7/8…was named as one of 14 alternates for the MLS All-Star Game…scored two playoff goals to give him 15 for his career, which is the all-time MLS record for post-season goal.2005: Selected to start his 4th consecutive MLS All-Star game…Made FC Dallas debut and recorded first assist with FCD in 2-1 win over Chicago on 4/2… Scored first FCD goal in 3-1 win over Chivas USA at the Home Depot Center on 4/16…His five goals in May earned him the MLS Player of the Month…Scored twice in 2-0 win over D.C. United including a bicycle kick goal which earned him the MLS Player of the Week and was later voted the MLS Goal of the Decade…Scored the first two goals in Pizza Hut Park history in 2-2 tie vs. MET on 8/6…Scored the tying goal in the 90th minute of the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Quarterfinal game vs. D.C. United on 8/24.
2004: Led the Galaxy in scoring with 11 goals, good for a second place tie on the League scoring charts…Opened the season with goals in his first four matches (5 goals), including two goals on 4/24 vs. CLB…Tallied his second multi-goal game with two goals on 7/4 vs. SJ. 2003: Was named MLS Player of the Month for August and was twice MLS Player of the Week…Scored the first two goals in the history of The Home Depot Center in a 2-0 win over Colorado on 6/7. 2002: Selected to first MLS Best XI team as season's end…Set a new Galaxy record for goals in a season (24)…Led the league in goals and game-winning goals (9), setting a new league-record for game-winners in a season…Registered seven multi-goal matches on the season, including his first hat trick in 3-0 win over the MetroStars on 8/31 in the Rose Bowl…During his MLS debut, scored two goals including the overtime winner in 2-1 win over DC on 3/23 at the Rose Bowl. 2001-2002: Made his professional debut in a match against Xelaju Mario Camposeco of the Guatemalan First Division after returning from a stint in Greece…His team captured the Clausura and Apertura tournament for the Guatemalan First Division…Was champion of UNCAF (United Nations of Central American Football), the club championship of Central America. 2000: Spent six months in the Greek First Division with PAS loanina 1995-2000: Started his professional career at 16 with CSD Municipal in the Guatemalan First Division in 1995…Scored his first professional goal with Municipal on 6/28/96 in the Copa Gallo tournament…Ruiz began joined the Municipal's youth academy at age 12.
