Raúl Díaz Arce

Raúl Díaz Arce is a Salvadoran football player from San Miguel born in 1970. With 39 goals in 55 matches, he is the all-time leading scorer of his national team: El Salvador. He began his football career in El Salvador, playing for Dragon in the Salvadoran second division during three years (1988-1991). He, then, moved to the first division with C.D. Luis Angel Firpo. During the five years within 1991-1996, he scored 150 goals, 25 of which were scored in the season 1995-96.

In 1996, his story in the United States' Major League Soccer (MSL) began. He scored 23 goals with the professional soccer club D.C. United in his first season with the club. He achieved the second position in the league and the fifth in MLS history. During his second season with United, he scored 15 goals and helped the club win the second MLS Cup in two consecutive seasons. He was considered one of the most important and prolific strikers and scorers of the league and was traded to other clubs in the United States: New England Revolution (1998), San Jose Clash (1999),Tampa Bay Mutiny (1999-2000), D.C. United (again in 2000), Colorado Rapids (2001), and Charleston Battery (2002-2003).

His season with Charleston Battery was not as successful as he expected so he left the club the following year. He played 1319 minutes and scored 6 goals. His last team was a Puerto Rican club called Puerto Rico Islanders. He helped that team gain a level of respectability by scoring 7 goals in 1233 minutes and two goals in his first match with them. Currently, he is the coach of the United States U-17 squad.