Marco Farfan

Marco Antonio Farfan[1] (born November 12, 1998) is an American soccer player who currently plays as a left back for Los Angeles FC in Major League Soccer. In 2017, he was named in the USL 20 Under 20, highlighting the league's 20 best players under 20 years old.[2] He went to Centennial Middle School and Centennial High School in Gresham, Ore., a suburb of Portland.

Marco Farfan
Personal information
Full name Marco Antonio Farfan
Date of birth (1998-11-12) November 12, 1998
Place of birth Portland, Oregon, United States
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Left back
Club information
Current team
 Los Angeles FC
Youth career
2013–2016 Portland Timbers
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2020 Portland Timbers 2 55 (1)
2017–2020 Portland Timbers 34 (0)
2021– Los Angeles FC 0 (0)
National team‡
2016–2017 United States U19
2019– United States U23 2 (0)
2020– United States 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of December 13, 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of December 9, 2020

Career

Farfan joined Portland Timbers academy in 2013 and later signed with the club's United Soccer League affiliate Portland Timbers 2 (T2) at the beginning of their 2016 season.[3][4]

After one season in USL and while still in high school, Farfan moved to the Portland Timbers first team for the 2017 season.[5] On March 12, 2017, he became the first true homegrown and youngest ever player (at age 18 years, 120 days) to start a game for the Portland Timbers. That season he played in six MLS games (five starts) and started one U.S. Open Cup game[3] and earned an MLS Team of the Week honor in April. In 2018, he was loaned to T2, an arrangement that allows him to play for both that team and the first team. On December 3, 2020 LAFC acquired Marco Farfan from the Portland Timbers for an undisclosed amount of allocation money

On December 13, 2020, Farfan was traded to Los Angeles FC in exchange for $300,000 in general allocation money.[6]

Personal life

Farfan was born in Portland, Oregon, and is of Mexican descent.[7] His brother Roberto Farfan played soccer for Oregon State University and the Timbers U23 team.[8]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 23 November 2020[9]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Portland Timbers 2 2016 USL 180——180
2017 90——90
2018 111—1[lower-alpha 1]0121
2019 USL Championship 170——170
2020[10] 00——00
Total 5510010561
Portland Timbers 2017 MLS 60100070
2018 1100000110
2019 30100040
2020 140—1[lower-alpha 2]0150
Total 3402010370
Los Angeles FC 2021 MLS 00000000
Career total 8912020931
  1. Appearance(s) in USL Championship Playoffs
  2. Appearance(s) in MLS Cup Playoffs

References
  1. https://mcusercontent.com/78d3589fb61466b549ff752e5/files/92e7a32f-796e-42b9-af2b-f0d7166d4246/20_MOQ_Rosters_Provisional_Lists.pdf
  2. "2017 USL 20 Under 20 | uslsoccer.com". uslsoccer.com. Retrieved 2018-05-21.
  3. "Marco Farfan". Portland Timbers. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
  4. "Portland Timbers 2 - 2016 Regular Season - Roster - #95 - Marco Farfan - D". www.uslsoccer.com.
  5. "Timbers Sign Left Back Marco Farfan as Homegrown Player".
  6. "Portland Timbers send Marco Farfan to Los Angeles FC for allocation money". sports.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2020-12-13.
  7. "Marco Farfan: A rising star from Southeast Portland emerges for Timbers".
  8. "Roberto Farfan". MLS Soccer. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
  9. Marco Farfan at Soccerway
  10. "Marco Farfan | uslchampionship.com". www.uslchampionship.com. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
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