Jorge Acosta

Jorge Acosta (born May 29, 1964) is a Colombian-born American retired soccer forward.

Acosta was born in Colombia, but attended Kennedy High School in Paterson, New Jersey where he played on the boys' soccer team.

That season he led the ASL in scoring with fourteen goals, garnering All Star honors.

The team folded at the end of the season and Acosta moved to Colombia to pursue a career there.

He played for Deportivo until 1995, when he returned to the United States and signed with the New York Fever of USISL.

Since retiring from playing professionally, Acosta has held various youth athletic and soccer positions including Assistant Camp Director of the Mickey Kydes Soccer Enterprises and the program director for Rec clinics at Old Greenwich Riverside Civic Center in Connecticut.