Alfonso Ocampo-Chavez

Alfonso Ocampo-Chavez (born March 25, 2002) is an American professional soccer player who plays for Seattle Sounders FC in Major League Soccer.

Alfonso Ocampo-Chavez
Personal information
Full name Alfonso Ocampo-Chavez[1]
Date of birth (2002-03-25) March 25, 2002
Place of birth Merced, California, United States
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
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 44 (9)
2019– Seattle Sounders FC 3 (0)
2021 → FC Pinzgau Saalfelden (loan) 13 (1)
National team‡
2017 United States U15 9 (4)
2017–2019 United States U17 26 (9)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of December 6, 2021
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of October 13, 2019

Career

Ocampo-Chavez was raised in Merced, California to Mexican parents, 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.[2][3]

He was transferred to the Sounders' under-17 team and played in the Generation Adidas Cup, scoring four goals against other MLS academy teams.[4] 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.[5] He was signed to a full-time USL contract with the team in August 2018.[4] 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.[6]

Ocampo-Chavez signed a first-team MLS contract with the Sounders on May 1, 2019, after making three appearances for the Tacoma Defiance.[7]

In October 2019, he was named to the United States squad for the 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Brazil.[8]

On July 17, 2021, he was loaned to FC Pinzgau Saalfelden.[9]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played December 6, 2021[10]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Seattle Sounders FC 2 2017 USL 10———10
2018 USL 30———30
Tacoma Defiance 2019 USL 176———176
2020 USL 131———131
2021 USL 102———102
Total 449———449
Seattle Sounders FC 2019 MLS 30———30
FC Pinzgau Saalfelden (loan) 2021–22 Austrian Regionalliga 131–––131
Career total 60100000006010

    Honors

    Seattle Sounders FC

    References
    1. "FIFA U-17 World Cup Brazil 2019: List of Players: USA" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de Football Association. October 31, 2019. p. 24. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 27, 2019.
    2. Lynch, Sean (July 30, 2016). "Merced pair officially sign with MLS' Seattle Sounders". Merced Sun-Star. Retrieved April 18, 2019.
    3. Lynch, Sean (July 8, 2016). "Merced Atlas duo chasing Major League Soccer dreams". Merced Sun-Star. Retrieved April 18, 2019.
    4. 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.
    5. "Seattle Sounders FC 2 falls 4-1 to Real Monarchs SLC". SoundersFC.com. Seattle Sounders FC. July 8, 2017. Retrieved August 14, 2017.
    6. 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.
    7. 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.
    8. "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.
    9. "Two young Sounders go on loan to Austria". sounderatheart.com. Sounder at Heart. July 17, 2021. Retrieved July 17, 2021.
    10. Alfonso Ocampo-Chavez at Soccerway


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