Option declined following 2018 season.
A first-round pick in in the 2012 MLS SuperDraft, attacking midfielder Martinez returns to MLS coming off a career-best 16 goals and two straight USL Best XI showings for the Charlotte Independence.
OUTSIDE MLS: Twice made USL Best XI (2016-17) while playing for the Charlotte Independence, finishing top-3 in the USL MVP campaign each season.
COLLEGE: Finished his three-year career at the University of North Carolina with 22 goals and 20 assists in 72 games played … Named a NSCAA First Team All-American and to Soccer America’s MVP’s Second Team after helping lead top-seeded North Carolina to the 2011 College Cup title following his junior season.
NOTES: Selected in the first round (No. 17 overall) of the 2012 MLS SuperDraft by Real Salt Lake ... One of nine members of the 2012 Generation adidas class.
