Career
Lara played college soccer in San Antonio, Texas at the University of the Incarnate Word. He captained the team from 2001 to 2003 and was also named a Divisi9on II All-American in each of those 3 seasons. In 2004, he joined the Minnesota Thunder and played 26 games in his inaugural season.
He then played 19 times and scored one goal the following campaign.
In 2005 while still a player with the Minnesota Thunder, he also worked as an assistant coach of the Washington State University women"s soccer program On June 8, 2009 he was named as an assistant coach for the Dayton Flyers men"s soccer team
He was named the head coach of the Eastern Illinois Panthers men"s soccer team on March 10, 2015.
