Bernardo Añor Acosta is a Venezuelan football player currently playing for Minnesota United Football Club in the North American Soccer League, on loan from Sporting Kansas City of Major League Soccer.
Education
Añor attended San Ignacio of Loyola High School, and was a member of several championship teams in Venezuela, including the U-17 team of Caracas Football Club, before coming to the United States in 2007 to play college soccer at the University of South Florida.
Career
College and amateur
He was named to the BIG EAST All-Conference third team and the College Soccer News All-American Freshman team in his debut year in 2007, before tearing his Anterior Cruciate Ligament in seventh game of his sophomore season, and being forced to take a medical redshirt. He returned to competition in 2009, and helped USF advance to the second round of the National Collegiate Athletic Association Tournament, scoring the winning goal in the first round of the National Collegiate Athletic Association Tournament. During his time at USF Anor was one of the Bulls" top offensive performers, scoring 21 goals during his career for 49 career points
During the 2010 collegiate off-season Añor was on the roster of the Bradenton Academics in the USL Premier Development League, but never actually saw any minutes with the team
Professional
On January 14, 2011, Añor was drafted in the third round (48th overall) in the 2011 Master of Library Science SuperDraft by Columbus Crew.
Añor was traded to Sporting Kansas City on December 8, 2014. International
Añor is an experienced youth international, having represented Venezuela at U-15 and U-20 levels.
Bernardo"s father, also named Bernardo Añor, was a professional soccer player in Venezuela.