Career Statistics
AS A SUPER SENIOR (2022): Game-by-Game Statistics Took advantage of an extra year of eligibility, granted due to Covid-19, to play a fifth year with the Flames...played 15 games, all of which were starts...contributed a veteran presence and leadership to a back line that authored four shutouts and had two additional games allowing just one goal...played the full 90 minutes 11 times...totaled 1,299 minutes to rank third on the team...had two assists...took 23 shots, putting seven on goal...ranked third on the team in shots, and tied for fourth in shots on goal.
AS A SENIOR (2021): Game-by-Game Statistics Played in all 19 matches, and made 18 starts...totaled 1,616 minutes to rank third on the team...went the distance in 14 matches...tied for the team lead with four assists...his four helpers were a career high...had the assist on the Flames' golden goal in the Horizon League quarterfinals against Detroit Mercy...assisted on the match's lone goal in the Flames' 1-0 win over DePaul...had a goal and an assist against Houston Baptist...also scored a goal in the Horizon League semifinals against Oakland...played at least 79 minutes in 18 matches...part of a veteran back line...contributed to seven shutouts.
AS A JUNIOR (2020): Game-by-Game Statistics Started all 10 matches...durable defender played the full 90 minutes six times...had one goal, against Purdue Fort Wayne...had a career best six shots against the Mastodons...provided a consistent, veteran presence on the Flames' back line...contributed to a defensive effort that recorded four shutouts and allowed less than one goal per match.
AS A SOPHOMORE (2019): Game-by-Game Statistics Started all 18 games...his 1,661 minutes were fourth among field players...was off the pitch for only 38 minutes the whole season, playing every minute in 16 matches...recorded his first collegiate assist on UIC's first goal of the season in the opener against Dayton...scored his first goal against Western Illinois...had assists in consecutive games against Detroit Mercy and Northwestern...had a brace against Western Michigan, including the game-winning goal in overtime...named Horizon League Offensive Player of the Week following the Northwestern and Western Michigan matches...had a season high five shots twice, against Western Illinois and Cleveland State...put three shots on target against the Vikings for a season best.
AS A FRESHMAN (2018): Game-by-Game Statistics Made eight appearances, all starts, in the season's home stretch...started and played every minute in six of the last nine games of the season, including both Horizon League tournament matches and the NCAA first round...posted season highs against IUPUI with five shots and two on goal...ripped at least one shot in five matches...helped the back line anchor a shutout against Northern Kentucky...part of a defensive effort that yielded just one goal in four matches...registered a season high 110 minutes in the double-overtime match with IUPUI in the conference semifinal.
PREP/PERSONAL: Eduardo joins the Flames this fall after a standout career in the backline for the Chicago Fire Academy which has seen him start 61 of the 65 matches the Fire have played over the last two and a half years. The versatile defender has played in all three lines throughout his youth career, and he was an essential part of the U16 team that reached the Final Four of the USSDA Playoffs in 2016, narrowly losing to eventual champions FC Dallas 1-0.  Equally adept in going forward to help the attack, Garcia has amassed 8 goals and 14 assists during his time with the Fire, and the expectation would be to build on that at the collegiate level. Garcia intends on majoring in Engineering.
Career Highs
Goals: 2 vs. Western Michigan (9/28/19)
Assists: 1, several times
Shots: 6 vs. Purdue Fort Wayne (3/18/21)
Shots on goal:Â 3 vs. Cleveland State (11/2/19)
