PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
2018: Tallied three starts in the five matches he appeared in ... recorded his first career MLS brace in his first start as a Red Bull against the Portland Timbers on March 10 ... loaned to Colombia's Atletico Nacional on July 9 for the remainder of the season. CCL: Appeared in four matches during New York's run in the Scotiabank Concacaf Champions League. Open Cup: Started against the Philadelphia Union in the Open Cup Round of 16 match. USL: Started and played in three matches for Red Bulls II ... tallied one goal and one assist in 177 minutes played.
2017 (Orlando City SC): Appeared in 30 matches, starting in 21 … had career bests in goals (5), assists (5), games played (30) and games started (21) … opened the season with back-to-back assists against New York City FC (March 5) and Philadelphia (March 18) … strung together three-straight matches with a point, tallying an assist against NYCFC (April 23), a goal versus Colorado (April 29) and an assist against Toronto (May 3) … recorded back-to-back matches with a point, assisting once against Sporting Kansas City (May 13) and scoring once versus San Jose (May 17).
2016 (Orlando City SC): Made 21 appearances with eight starts … tallied 10 points on three goals and four assists over 799 minutes played … recorded one game-winning goal and one game-winning assist … scored his first career goal against New England on April 30 … his first career goal was the equalizer as he came off the bench in the 81st minute and scored nine minutes later … tallied his first career goal & assist match as he scored once and assisted on two goals in Orlando’s 4-1 win over Montreal on Sept. 7.
2015 (Orlando City SC): Appeared in 27 matches, starting in 13 … recorded four assists in 1,372 minutes played … had the game-winning assist in the 62nd minute against Colorado on June 24 … tallied his first career multi-point and multi-assist match against the New York Red Bulls on Sept. 25 at Red Bull Arena as he had two assists in Orlando’s 5-2 win.
INTERNATIONAL:
Before MLS, Rivas played at Once Caldas (Colombia) from January 2012 to July 2013 then transferred to Deportivo Cali (Colombia) from July 2013 to January 2015 … over two seasons in Colombia, Rivas tallied 35 appearances and recorded 10 goals and two assists.
ACQUIRED:
New York Red Bulls acquire Carlos Rivas and Tommy Redding from Orlando City SC in exchange for Sacha Kljestan and $150,000 of Targeted Allocation Money on Wednesday, January 3, 2018.
