Quick Facts
Biography
Dillon Paul Serna (born March 25, 1994) is an American soccer player who currently plays as a midfielder for Sporting Kansas City II in the USL Championship. He previously played in Major League Soccer for Colorado Rapids.
Career
Club
Serna joined the U.S. Soccer Development Academy with the Rapids' academy in 2009. After graduating from high school, he played one year of college soccer for the University of Akron, scoring two goals and contributing eight assists. He signed with the Rapids as a homegrown player in January 2013.
Serna made his MLS debut in a 3–0 loss to the Vancouver Whitecaps in the 2013 regular season finale.
Serna scored his first professional and his first MLS goal on April 26, 2014, in a 4–1 loss to the Seattle Sounders.
On November 21, 2019, the Rapids announced that Serna was out of contract with the club, but did not announce that they were working on a new contract. Serna was included on the Seattle Sounders 2020 preseason training roster as an unsigned player.
International
Serna was selected by coach Wilmer Cabrera to be part of the United States U-17 squad for the 2011 FIFA U-17 World Cup. During the tournament, Serna did not feature in any of the four matches the United States played. Serna played in several matches with the United States U-20 team, but he was not part of the final squad that Tab Ramos selected to the 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup.
He was called up to the United States senior squad for a friendly against Panama in February 2015.
Career statistics
- As of September 7, 2019
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Colorado Rapids | 2013 | MLS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2014 | 27 | 3 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 29 | 3 | ||||
| 2015 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 2 | – | – | 16 | 5 | ||||
| 2016 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 1 | – | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | |||
| 2017 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 20 | 1 | ||||
| 2018 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 21 | 1 | |||
| 2019 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | |||
| Career total | 105 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 113 | 12 | ||
Honors
Individual
- Mid-American Conference Men's Soccer Newcomer of the Year: 2012