Mauricio Castro

Nicknamed Pipo, Castro began his career in his native Honduras, playing for six seasons in Honduras' top division, the Honduran National League, for F.C. Motagua, Universidad, Hispano and Olimpia.

Major League Soccer

Castro signed for the New England Revolution on February 18, 2008. He was seriously injured by Chicago Fire's Mexican forward Cuauhtemoc Blanco in his first season. Castro made his first Revolution start, MLS debut, and Revolution debut, in the 2008 New England Revolution season opener, a 3-0 win over Houston Dynamo FC on March 29. He recorded his first Revolution assist on June 12, setting up a Kheli Dube goal in the Revolution's 2-0 win at Houston. In total, Castro made 24 appearances for the Revolution in league play in 2008, notching three assists. In the 2008 U.S. Open Cup Quarterfinals, Castro scored the decisive penalty kick against Crystal Palace Baltimore to put New England through to the Semifinals. After 30 appearances, including 25 starts, for the Revs in 2008 and 2009, Castro was released by the Revolution on May 14, 2010, having failed to make an appearance in the 2010 season. In 2011 the left-sided midfielder returned to Honduras and signed with second division Municipal. He then joined Necaxa for the 2011 Apertura season and moved to Atlético Choloma ahead of the 2012 Clausura. He was said to have left Choloma in summer 2012 after playing only two matches into the 2012 Apertura season, since he had received only half of his salary but…

Castro made his debut for Honduras in a June 2003 friendly match against Guatemala and has earned a total of 5 caps, scoring no goals. He has represented his country at the 2007 UNCAF Nations Cup. His final international was a March 2007 friendly match against El Salvador.

Castro was born in Honduras' capital Tegucigalpa to Andrés Castro and Lourdes Matamoros. He is married to Glenda and they have two children: Maurizio Alessandro Castro López and Katherine Yanel Castro López.