Alfonso Ocampo-Chavez

Alfonso Ocampo-Chavez (born March 25, 2002) is an American soccer player who currently plays for Seattle Sounders FC in Major League Soccer but is on loan to Tacoma Defiance in the USL Championship.

Alfonso Ocampo-Chavez
Personal information
Full name Alfonso Ocampo-Chavez
Date of birth (2002-03-25) March 25, 2002
Place of birth Merced, California, United States
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 Seattle Sounders FC
Number 87
Youth career
2013–2016 Merced Atlas Soccer Academy
2016–2019 Seattle Sounders FC
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017– Tacoma Defiance 34 (7)
2019– Seattle Sounders FC 3 (0)
National team‡
2017– United States U17 24 (9)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20:19, 4 October 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 13 October 2019 (UTC)

Career

Ocampo-Chavez was raised in Merced, California, playing in the Merced Atlas Soccer Academy program. He signed a contract in 2016 to join the Seattle Sounders FC Academy at the age of 14, shortly after entering the U.S. youth national team system and training with the national under-14 team.[1][2] He is of Mexican American descent.

He was transferred to the Sounders' under-17 team and played in the Generation Adidas Cup, scoring four goals against other MLS academy teams.[3] Ocampo-Chavez made his professional debut on July 8, 2017, playing for USL club Seattle Sounders FC 2 on July 8, 2017 in a 4–1 defeat to Real Monarchs.[4] He was signed to a full-time USL contract with the team in August 2018.[3] In the 2019 Generation Adidas Cup, he led the Sounders team to the final by scoring six goals in five matches, including a hat-trick against the West Ham United Academy in the semifinal.[5]

Ocampo-Chavez signed a first-team MLS contract with the Sounders on May 1, 2019, after making three appearances for the Tacoma Defiance.[6]

In October 2019, he was named to the United States squad for the 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Brazil.[7]

References
  1. Lynch, Sean (July 30, 2016). "Merced pair officially sign with MLS' Seattle Sounders". Merced Sun-Star. Retrieved April 18, 2019.
  2. Lynch, Sean (July 8, 2016). "Merced Atlas duo chasing Major League Soccer dreams". Merced Sun-Star. Retrieved April 18, 2019.
  3. Mondello, Joseph (August 8, 2018). "Pipeline Dream: Sixteen-year-old Alfonso Ocampo-Chavez is latest Seattle Sounders Academy star shining". Sounders Monthly. Seattle Sounders FC. Retrieved April 18, 2019.
  4. "Seattle Sounders FC 2 falls 4-1 to Real Monarchs SLC". SoundersFC.com. Seattle Sounders FC. July 8, 2017. Retrieved August 14, 2017.
  5. Mondello, Joseph (April 18, 2019). "Seattle Sounders U-17s dismantle England's West Ham United, advance to Generation adidas Cup Champions Division Final". Seattle Sounders FC. Retrieved April 18, 2019.
  6. Evans, Jayda (May 1, 2019). "Sounders sign 17-year-old forward Alfonso Ocampo-Chavez to homegrown player contract". seattletimes.com. The Seattle Times. Retrieved May 1, 2019.
  7. "Head Coach Raphael Wicky Names USA Roster for 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Brazil". ussoccer.com. U.S. Soccer. October 10, 2019. Retrieved October 10, 2019.


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