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Article: Once a playmaker, now a goalscorer.(Rising star: Eliseo Quintanilla)
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- Soccer Digest
- Article date:
- December 1, 2003
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SINCE ARRIVING FROM EL Salvador in 2002, Eliseo Quintanilla has evolved from a shy teenager to an integral member of D.C. United. Quintanilla, who turns 21 in February, came to United after scoring 14 goals in less than two years for Salvadoran clubs FAS and Aguila. With United, Quintanilla started 19 of 25 games over two seasons through early October, recording five goals and five assists.
"In El Salvador, Eliseo was considered a pure playmaker," says D.C. coach Ray Hudson. "That trickery is his hallmark He's a nice, clean passer; he can really open the field. And if he has a chance in front of the goal, he'll take it. He's such a clinical finisher."
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