2006 Highlights: (09/02 vs. Roanoke): Scored the game-winning goal in NJCU's 1-0 win over Roanoke College at the Stevens College Classic...(10/02 vs. Staten Island): Scored once in NJCU's 9-0 rout CSI. Had four shots...
High School: A June 2003 graduate of Memorial High School in West New York, NJ…Played four years of varsity soccer with the Tigers for head coach Rudy Sapp…Was tabbed First-Team All-Hudson County in soccer as a senior in 2002…Also competed in indoor track for two seasons on the varsity level, running the 200 and 400-meter dash for head coach Julio Lopez.
Club: Played club soccer for Kevin East for five years as part of the Ironbound Strikers and Sports Club Portuguese…Played on the team that advanced to the to the Super Y League national tournament in three straight years from 2001-2003.
Personal: Born April 26, 1985 in Manta, Ecuador, South America…Full name is Julio Cesar Garcia, Jr.…Nickname is “Pony”…Parents are Rosa and Julio Garcia, Sr…Has a 17-year-old brother, William Garcia…Major at NJCU is undeclared…Career goal is to work on Wall Street and the financial field…Transferred to NJCU after one year at Bergen Community College…Right-footed…Lists Roberto Carlos, a star on the Brazilian national team, as his hero.
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Hobbies/interest: Soccer
Hero/Idol: Roberto Carlos
Sports Team: Brazilian national soccer team
2006 Highlights: (09/02 vs. Roanoke College): 15th career goal in the 34:35 of the first half, as he deflected a shot off a keeper...(10/02 vs. College of Staten Island): Scored his second goal of the season and made it 3-0 at 53:50 off a cross from the left wing by Chris Cesare...(10/19 vs. Mount Saint Mary College, NY): Scored what proved to be his second game-winning goal of the season and third tally overall. It was minutes into the second half, when he knocked a shot over the keeper at 51:39 inside the far post off a feed from teammate Cristhian Acuna.
