Los Angeles Heat
Danny Pena played for which team from 1988 to 1990?
Danny Pena Danny Pena ( born June 17 , 1968 in Inglewood , California ) is a retired U.S . soccer defensive midfielder . He spent most of his career , both indoors and outdoors , with teams in the western U.S . Player . Youth . Pena grew up in Southern California , playing for the Fram-Culver soccer club . In 1986 , he , and team mate Marcelo Balboa , took Fram-Culver all the way to the U-19 McGuire Cup title . The next year , he played all three games at the 1987 FIFA World Youth Championship . Professional . After high school , he chose to forgo college and signed with the Los Angeles Heat of the Western Soccer Alliance ( WSA ) in 1988 . He remained with the Heat through the 1990 season which the Heat played in the American Professional Soccer League ( APSL ) . In 1991 , the Blackhawks won the league title , defeating the Albany Capitals as Pena was selected as a first team All Star . The next season , the Blackhawks lost to the Tampa Bay Rowdies in the semifinals . However , Pena again was selected as a first team All Star . When the Blackhawks owner withdrew the team from the APSL and moved them down a division to the USISL , Pena left the team and joined the Los Angeles Salsa of the APSL . He remained with the Salsa for two seasons , 1993 and 1994 . In both seasons , he continued his streak of being selected to the All Star team . In 1993 , the Salsa lost the title game to the Colorado Foxes . He began his indoor career with the Wichita Wings of Major Indoor Soccer League ( MISL ) with the 1991-1992 season . In 1994 , he joined the Dayton Dynamo of the 1994-1995 National Professional Soccer League ( NPSL ) season . His brother , Carlos , was the goalkeeper for Dayton . In 1995 , he moved to the Sacramento Knights of the Continental Indoor Soccer League ( CISL ) . That season he was a CISL first team All Star and the CISL Defender of the Year as the Knights lost to the Monterrey La Raza . Major League Soccer ( MLS ) signed Pena to a contract in 1996 , but then loaned him to the Cincinnati Silverbacks of the National Professional Soccer League ( NPSL ) in November 1996 . The Los Angeles Galaxy of MLS selected Pena in the 1997 MLS Supplemental Draft . He spent the 1997 season in Los Angeles , but the Galaxy failed to protect him in the 1997 MLS Expansion Draft and the Chicago Fire selected him with their first pick . However , he expressed his dissatisfaction with this development and on January 27 , 1998 , the Galaxy traded Chris Armas and Jorge Campos to the Fire for Pena and Kevin Hartman . Pena suffered a season ending knee injury in June 2000 . While he returned for the 2001 season , the Galaxy sent Pena to the Tampa Bay Mutiny on July 30 , 2001 for a conditional pick in the 2002 draft . He saw time in six games , then was released at the end of the season . National team . In 1997 , the national team called up Pena , but he declined the invitation . Managerial career . Pena now coaches boys soccer in Torrance , California . He is also on staff with the Beach Soccer Club . He won nationals with his boys team . He has a silver elite girls team at Beach Soccer Club . He also has a boys team who won Cal South State Cup and were invited to Dallas Cup . External links . - Career overview from St . Petersburg Times - Force Soccer bio - MISL stats