Hearts of Pine Captain Mikey Lopez Announces Retirement

Hearts of Pine midfielder Mikey Lopez announces retirement

Lopez will play his final professional game Saturday after 14 seasons, including two with Portland.

Across State Lines: Lopez Retiring at Season's End

Former Sporting Kansas City draft pick, Mikey Lopez, is calling time on his career at the end of the current season. Lopez is currently the captain of USL1 side, Portland Hearts of Pine, where he's spent the last few seasons. He'll retire after their final game of the season this coming weekend. Lopez was drafted by Sporting KC in the 2013 MLS SuperDraft, he spent much of his time with Kansas City out on loan with KC's USL affiliates, Orlando Ci…

Hearts of Pine Captain Mikey Lopez Announces Retirement

Portland Hearts of Pine captain Mikey Lopez announced his retirement in a video statement on club socials this morning."As the saying goes, all good things must come to an end," he said. "So after 14 years as a professional soccer player, this weekend will be my last game. I started playing soccer when I was three or four years old, played for most of my youth in Mission, Texas. When I turned 12, 13, I went to boarding school in Austin; St. Step…