Background
While born in Peru, Iglesias grew up in Paterson, New Jersey.
While born in Peru, Iglesias grew up in Paterson, New Jersey.
He attended Paterson Catholic High School where he set the Passaic County high school single season scoring record with 42 goals. He then attended Saint Francis College and played amateur soccer with the Brooklyn Dodgers South Carolina (U.S.)
Of the Cosmopolitan Soccer League. In 1981, he signed with the Buffalo Stallions of the Major Indoor Soccer League. He spent two seasons with the Stallions before outdoors with the Golden Bay Earthquakes of the North American Soccer League.
He remained with the Earthquakes for two seasons, including the 1983-1984 indoor season.
The Earthquakes did not play indoor soccer during the 1984-1985 season and in February 1985, Iglesias went on loan with the Chicago Sting. In 1985, he returned to the San Jose Earthquakes in the Western Alliance Challenge Series.