Players

Born in Bogotá, Colombia,Barrera moved to the United States at the age of eight, growing up in Thousand Oaks, California. He developed his game in the United States with the US Soccer residency program, followed by playing NCAA soccer with UC Santa Barbara Gauchos. He signed with the newly formed Ventura County Fusion where he played along his brother Diego in the PDL. While playing with Ventura County Fusion he become USL PDL Champion in 2009.

When he was 17 he was a member of the USA team at the 2007 Pan-American Games being the youngest player of the roster. He also represented United States at U17 and U18 levels.

Barrera trained in England with Sheffield United, prompting a desire to play professionally in Europe. After being named to the USL PDL All-League Team in 2011, he made a definite move to Europe by signing with Serbian top league side FK Spartak Zlatibor Voda after a successful trial.

Barrera returned to the United States in 2012, and recently has been playing with the amateur side Cal FC in the USASA-affiliated La Gran Liga de Oxnard based in Oxnard, California. On July 7 Barrera signed with the North American Soccer League’s Atlanta Silverbacks.