• Birthdate: July 12, 1989
• Height: 6’2”
• Weight: 218 lbs
• Hometown: Rio de Janiero, Brazil
• Position: Goalkeeper

Hugo Silva is from from Rio de Janiero, Brazil. He is returning to the Harrisburg Heat after being with the Florida Tropics for 5 years. He played for the Heat for 2 seasons back in 2016/2017 and 2017/2018.

Last season, he was limited to just 3 games due to visa problems. Hugo went 2-1, made 39 saves, and had a .830 save percentage. Named Tropics MVP for 2018-19 season, finishing ninth in the league overall in save percentage at .652 and a career best 291 saves … Record was 6-16 with a goals against average of 6.82 … In 61 carer MASL starts, has a record of 22-33, with a .684 save percentage and 6.29 GAA … Silva was the starting goalkeeper for the Eastern Division rival Harrisburg Heat for the 2016-17 and 2017-8 seasons, posting a 5.55 goals against average in his rookie season and a 6.31 mark for the Heat in his second year … The 5.55 GAA was fifth best in the MASL in 2016-17 when the Heat made the post-season.

The 6’2” native of Brazil isn’t afraid to mix it up a bit on the offensive end of the floor as well. He scored a goal in the 2017-18 season., and had four assists, including a two-assist game last December against St. Louis. His goal came at home on a shot from his own yellow line that went untouched through traffic in front of the Ontario Fury goal.

Also scored a goal on a 65-foot shot during a sixth-attacker situation vs. Milwaukee in 2018-19 and had a career high fives assists … In four years has three goals and 13 assists.

In his first year, he claimed three wins over the Baltimore Blast, who won three consecutive MASL championships, including one in the playoffs. Silva backstopped a 7-4 regular season win over Baltimore in 2016-17, along with a 5-4 win in Baltimore in March. He was also in goal when the Heat extended the Blast with a 5-4 post-season triumph.

He was named the game’s No. 1… Started and won all 18 games in goal for the UPSL Tropics SC which won the United Premier Soccer League national championship this past summer.