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SATURDAY, JULY 3, 2021 | 7 P.M. PST

TUCSON, | KINO NORTH STADIUM

FIRST OPEN CUP MATCH: May 13, 2014

MOST GOALS SCORED: 13; Moshe Perez (2017)

ALL-TIME GOALS LEADER: Damian German (18)

ALL-TIME SHUTOUTS: Billy Thompson (6)

FC Tucson was founded in 2010 by a local group ______Match Information______of dedicated Tucsonans who wanted to elevate

SERIES HISTORY: SECOND MEETING OF THE the sport and bring professional soccer to the SEASON. All-time record: 1-2-0 City of Tucson. Since that time, FC Tucson has been responsible for hosting the annual MLS LAST TUCSON REG. SEASON WIN: 5/29/21 2-1 pre-season training events as well as developing vs NC Goals: Ferriol 1 Assists: Giovanni Calixtro (1) America's top players who have gone on to become US Men's National Team and MLS INJURY REPORT: Joao Delgado members. In 2021, FC Tucson announces an SUSPENSIONS: n/a exciting new chapter under new ownership with

______ABOUT FC TUCSON______Benevolent Sports Tucson, LLC. The new ownership agreement, led by Brett Johnson, FIRST MATCH: March 4, 2011 transfers ownership from Phoenix Rising FC. FIRST WIN: 7-2 vs Yavapai (5/13/11) More information about the Club’s history can

FIRST LEAGUE WIN: 1-0 vs Pali Blues (5/12/12) be found at: fctucson.com/club.

______QUICK NOTES______

- has 38 saves on the season and ranks 1st in USL League 1.

- FC Tucson has a goal conversion rate of 15% and is ranked 3rd in USL League 1.

- Giovanni Calixtro ranks 2nd in the league with his three assists.

- FC Tucson ranks 1st in USL League 1 with 84% passing accuracy.

______THE LATEST FROM FC TUCSON______agreed to part ways. Jon Pearlman, Vice FC TUCSON ADDS FORWARD TOBY UZO President of Soccer Operations, will take

FC Tucson announced Thursday the club over as the interim head coach effective had signed Tobenna (Toby) Uzo. Uzo, a 6- immediately. foot-4 forward, twice won the USL FC TUCSON TO SALUTE THE TROOPS Championship Goal of the Year for FC WITH JULY 3 FIREWORK SHOW Tulsa and most recently played for FC

Arizona. FC Tucson’s match with Fort Lauderdale

CF will feature a post-game firework show FC TUCSON, JOHN GALLAS PART WAYS as part of the club’s Salute The Troops

FC Tucson and head coach night. All active and retired military will announced Tuesday they have mutually receive 15% off to the match.

______USL LEAGUE ONE STANDINGS______

______2021 SCHEDULE AND RESULTS______

HOME MATCHES Record (WLD) (2-4-3)

DATE OPPONENT RESULT

MAY 1 S. Georgia Tormenta FC L 3-1

MAY 8 Forward Madison D 1-1

MAY 16 Fort Lauderdale CF L 5-1

MAY 26 Toronto FC II W 2-1

MAY 29 North Carolina FC W 2-1

JUNE 5 Toronto FC II D 1-1

JUNE 12 Chattanooga Red Wolves L 3-2

JUNE 19 North Texas SC D 0-0

JUNE 26 L 1-0

JULY 3 Fort Lauderdale CF

JULY 10 Chattanooga Red Wolves

JULY 17 New Revolution II

JULY 24 Union Omaha

JULY 31

AUG 7 North Texas SC

AUG 14 Union Omaha

AUG 22 Fort Lauderdale CF

AUG 28 Greenville Triumph SC

SEP 1 II

SEP 4 North Texas SC

SEP 11 Fort Lauderdale CF

SEP 19 Greenville Triumph SC

SEP 25 Union Omaha

OCT 2 North Texas SC

OCT 13 North Carolina FC

OCT 16 S. Georgia Tormenta FC

OCT 23 Forward Madison

OCT 30 Richmond Kickers

______FCT TECHNICAL STAFF______

INTERIM HEAD COACH: JON PEARLMAN GOALKEEPER COACH/ACADEMY HEAD COACH: VITO HIGGINS The co-founder

and former head Higgins, 35, joins FC

coach of FC Tucson’s staff after

Tucson’s USL two seasons as

League Two team Assistant Coach with

returns as the VP the North Idaho

of Soccer College Men’s Soccer

Operations. In team. The native of

2011, Pearlman and Galas coached FC Kailua, Hawai'i,

Tucson’s first match ever against the previously was the Assistant Coach for the

Red Bulls. Coach Pearlman brings 25 years of Gonzaga University Men’s soccer team of the coaching experience. Pearlman has helped 14 NCAA Division I West Coast Conference from players enter into the MLS and dozens more 2008-2019. As a player, Higgins signed for the advance to the USL Championship. As the LA Galaxy in 2008 following an open tryout,

USL League 2 Coach, he had an 18-7-3 record, later leaving the club following a season- qualifying both FCT in 2017 and OKC Energy ending foot injury. In 2011 Higgins joined FC

U23 in 2018 for the U.S. Open Cup. Tucson to start in goal for the club’s Desert Diamond Cup campaign, playing in matches

against the and the

Arizona Sahuaros.

ASSISTANT COACH: MARK BIAGI acute care, preventative treatment,

rehabilitation and player performance data. Biagi spent much of Armistead has previous experience working as his childhood in the Sports Science Consultant and Head Europe where he Athletic Trainer for the Barca Residency developed much of Academy in Casa Grande, Arizona. His his passion for experience with FC Barcelona’s official soccer soccer. Biagi academy includes work as a consultant to the currently runs the Director of Strength & Conditioning, providing Vail Soccer Club in educated insights on the club’s sports Southeast Tucson and is currently the Boys performance data. As the academy’s head Director for Arizona ODP, a West Region ODP athletic trainer, Armistead performed Head Coach, and a network scout for US evaluations and developed diagnoses of Soccer. musculoskeletal and general medical

conditions to athletes.

HEAD ATC: SCOTT ARMISTEAD

Armistead, a native

of New Zealand,

manages FC Tucson’s day-to-day sports

medicine and

performance operations, including

___ __ 2021 USL LEAGUE ONE TEAM STATS Clean Sheets 1

CATEGORY FCT _____2021 FC TUCSON TEAM LEADERS___ Games played 9 CATEGORY PLAYER Goals 10 Goals (2) Delgado, Corfe, Goals conceded 16 Dennis

Total shots 67 Assists (3) Calixtro

Average possession 52.0% Chances created (18) Bedoya

Passing success rate 84.2% Shots (17) Corfe

Yellow cards 23 Tackles (19) Bedoya

Red cards 5 Saves (38) Lapsley

______NUMERICAL ROSTER______PLAYER NAME # POSITION HEIGHT WEIGHT BIRTHDAY NATIONALITY Lapsley, Wallis 1 Goalkeeper 6'4'' 200 4/14/1997 (24) USA Knox, Alex 3 Right Back 5'11'' 170 6/21/1997 (23) USA Mastrantonio, 4 Center Back 6'2'' 172 5/27/1996 (24) Italy Luca Fox, Kaelon 5 Center Back 6'3" 180 3/31/1995 (26) USA Uzo, Tobenna 7 Forward 6’4 220 10/13/1994 (26) USA, Nigeria Bedoya, Daniel 8 Center Mid 5'7'' 130 2/13/1994 (27) USA, Colombia Corfe, Deri 9 Forward 6'2'' 181 3/3/1998 (23) England Dennis, Charlie 10 Center Mid 6'2'' 190 9/28/1995 (25) England Rodriguez, Kevin 11 Forward 5'8'' 159 9/25/1996 (24) USA Shellow, Ryan 12 Goalkeeper 6'1'' 180 10/10/1997 (23) USA Rafael Guerrero 13 Goalkeeper 6'1'' 195 1/8/2002 (18) USA Franke, Noah 15 Right Back 5'8'' 141 3/25/1995 (26) USA Adams, Shak 17 Forward 5'7'' 145 9/7/1998 (22) USA, St. Vincent Schenfeld, 19 Left Back 5'10" 165 10/18/1992 (29) Chile Maximiliano Delgado, João 20 Center Mid 5'8'' 160 1/15/1994 (27) Portugal Ferriol, Manuel 21 Center Mid 5'11'' 150 8/13/1998 (22) Spain Hurtado, Nathan 22 Center Mid 5'8'' 140 09/07/2003 (17) USA Lawrence, Luke 23 Defender 5'11'' 165 10/07/2001 (19) USA Barnathan, Dakota 24 Center Back 6'2'' 174 11/9/1994 (26) USA Pena, Jordan 27 Left Back 5’7’’ 154 5/21/2000 (20) USA Perez, Franco 37 Forward 6'1'' 185 1/1/1996 (25) Argentina Allen, Jerod 38 Center Mid 5'11'' 154 08/17/2004 (16) USA Odenbeck, Jared 42 Center Mid 6'2'' 175 2/4/1995 (26) USA Calixtro, Giovanni 91 Forward 5'11'' 165 6/27/2000 (20) USA

______ALPHABETICAL ROSTER______PLAYER NAME # POSITION HEIGHT WEIGHT BIRTHDAY NATIONALITY Adams, Shak 17 Forward 5'7'' 145 9/7/1998 (22) USA, St. Vincent Allen, Jerod 38 Center Mid 5'11'' 154 08/17/2004 (16) USA Barnathan, Dakota 24 Center Back 6'2'' 174 11/9/1994 (26) USA Bedoya, Daniel 8 Center Mid 5'7'' 130 2/13/1994 (27) USA, Colombia Calixtro, Giovanni 91 Forward 5'11'' 165 6/27/2000 (20) USA Corfe, Deri 9 Forward 6'2'' 181 3/3/1998 (23) England Delgado, João 20 Center Mid 5'8'' 160 1/15/1994 (27) Portugal Dennis, Charlie 10 Center Mid 6'2'' 190 9/28/1995 (25) England Ferriol, Manuel 21 Center Mid 5'11'' 150 8/13/1998 (22) Spain Fox, Kaelon 5 Center Back 6'3" 180 3/31/1995 (26) USA Franke, Noah 15 Right Back 5'8'' 141 3/25/1995 (26) USA Guerrero, Rafael 13 Goalkeeper 6'1'' 195 1/8/2002 (19) USA Hurtado, Nathan 22 Center Mid 5'8'' 140 09/07/2003 (17) USA Knox, Alex 3 Right Back 5'11'' 170 6/21/1997 (23) USA Lapsley, Wallis 1 Goalkeeper 6'4'' 200 4/14/1997 (24) USA Lawrence, Luke 23 Defender 5'11'' 165 10/07/2001 (19) USA Mastrantonio, Luca 4 Center Back 6'2'' 172 5/27/1996 (24) Italy Odenbeck, Jared 42 Center Mid 6'2'' 175 2/4/1995 (26) USA Pena, Jordan 27 Left Back 5’7’’ 154 5/21/2000 (20) USA Perez, Franco 37 Forward 6'1'' 185 1/1/1996 (25) Argentina Rodriguez, Kevin 11 Forward 5'8'' 159 9/25/1996 (24) USA Schenfeld, 19 Left Back 5'10" 165 10/18/1992 (29) Chile Maximiliano Shellow, Ryan 12 Goalkeeper 6'1'' 180 10/10/1997 (23) USA Uzo, Tobenna 7 Forward 6’4” 220 10/13/1994 USA, Nigeria

______Coaching Staff and Player Pronunciation______

NAME PRONUNCIATION

Jon Pearlman (VP SO & Interim Head Pearl-man Coach)

Mark Biagi (Assistant Coach) Bee-Ah-Gee

Noah Franke Frank-ee

Kaelon Fox Kay-len

Deri Corfe Corph

João Delgado Jo-waw

Jordan Pena PENN-uh

Luca Mastrantonio Mas-tran-to-nio

Maxi Schenfeld Shen-feld

______2020 Player USL Stats______

PLAYER NAME 2020 STATS

Charlie Dennis 2020 USL League 1: 15 games, 5 assists, 36 chances

created

Dakota Barnathan 2020 USL Championship – Pittsburgh Riverhounds: 8

games, 3 clearances, 5 interceptions, drafted by FC Dallas

with the 59th pick in the third round of the 2017 MLS

SuperDraft

Danny Bedoya 2015-2017 USL Championship NYRB II: 21 appearances,

four goals and three assists. 2019 USL Championship

Hartford Athletic: 9 appearances, 3 goals.

Giovani Calixtro 2017- 2020 USL Championship 2: 55

appearances, 3,463 minutes, nine goals and five assists.

Calixtro is the youngest player in T2 history to score two

goals in a game

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Jordan Pena 2019 USL Championship : 830 minutes

across 11 matches leading into the Real Monarchs 2019

USL Championship Title win. 2020 USL League One FC

Tucson: started in five matches, logging 450 minutes.

Kevin Rodriguez USL Championship Rio Grande Valley FC Toros 2019-2020:

Started 24 matches, 2 goals and tallied 1 assist. Prior to

signing with RGV FC, Rodriguez was selected 75th overall

in the 2019 MLS SuperDraft by Minnesota United FC.

Shak Adams 2020 USL League One: 12 games, team-leading 4 goals, 2

assists. 54th overall pick by Nashville SC in the 2020 MLS

SuperDraft

Wallis Lapsley 2020 USL Championship – NYRB II: 11 appearances, led

the team in saves (25), selected as the No. 36 pick in the

2020 SuperDraft by the New York

Red Bulls

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______2021 ROSTER BIOS______

WALLIS LAPSLEY POSITION: Goalkeeper NUMBER: 1 HOMETOWN: Seattle PREVIOUS CLUBS: New York Red Bulls COLLEGE: UC Davis HOBBIES: Playing the mandolin, reading, swimming, cycling FAVORITE MUSIC/ARTIST: Bad Bunny, the Blue Scholars HIDDEN FACTS: I worked for three years in a microbiology research lab at the UC Davis School of Veterinary medicine during college. Growing up my family lived for over a year in San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico.

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ALEX KNOX POSITION: Defender, right back NUMBER: 3 HOMETOWN: Indianapolis, IN COLLEGE: Wake Forest/UCLA HIDDEN TALENTS: My three favorite quotes. If anyone forces him to go a mile, go with him two miles. The man who has no imagination has no wings. If life is a shipwreck, we must not forget to sing in the lifeboats. FAVORITE ATHLETE: Muhammad Ali

LUCA MASTRANTONIO POSITION: Defender NUMBER: 4 HOMETOWN: Rome, Italy PREVIOUS CLUBS: A.S. Ostiamare HOBBIES: Reading, Netflix, taking care of my dog FAVORITE MUSIC/ARTIST: Jaquees HIDDEN TALENTS: I am a really good chef POST-SOCCER CAREER ASPIRATIONS: Go to Business School and land a job in IT or Finance FAVORITE ATHLETE: Van Dijk FAVORITE CHARITIES/CAUSES: PETA

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KAELON FOX POSITION: Center back NUMBER: 5 HOMETOWN: Louisville, KY PREVIOUS CLUBS: 2019 Volsungur (Húsavík, Iceland) in 2. Deild / 2020 Þór (Akureyri, Iceland) in 1. Deild COLLEGE: University of Kentucky HOBBIES: Any outdoor activity really. Really into golf right now, but looking forward to experiencing the nature around Arizona in our down time! FAVORITE MUSIC/ARTIST: Depends on the vibe really but mostly I have House music on my Spotify HIDDEN TALENTS:

Played professional soccer in two countries now / Traveled to 3/7 continents

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TOBENNA UZO POSITION: Forward NUMBER: 7 HOMETOWN: Lagos, Nigeria PREVOIUS CLUBS: FC Arizona HOBBIES: Playing , reading the Bible, watching Anime FAVORITE MUSIC/ARTIST: Thisl HIDDEN TALENTS: Magician in the Kitchen POST-SOCCER CAREER ASPIRATIONS: Mentor

DANIEL BEDOYA POSITION: Midfielder NUMBER: 8 HOMETOWN: Queens, NY PREVIOUS CLUBS: NYRBII, NY Cosmos B, Long Island RoughRiders, NYCFC, Atlético Pantoja, New Amsterdam FC HOBBIES: Listen to music, play video games FAVORITE MUSIC/ARTIST: Reggaetón, Salsa/Bad Bunny, JBalvin HIDDEN TALENTS: I like to learn the lyrics to songs so I can sign them by heart. POST-SOCCER CAREER ASPIRATIONS: Youth soccer coach; anything to do with soccer.

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DERI CORFE POSITION: Forward NUMBER: 9 HOMETOWN: Chester, United Kingdom PREVIOUS CLUBS: New York Red Bulls II, Man City Academy, Ocean City Nor’easters COLLEGE: University of Rio Grande

CHARLIE DENNIS POSITION: Forward, Midfielder NUMBER: 10 HOMETOWN: Brighton, England PREVIOUS CLUBS: Southampton Academy, Nashville FC, Tormenta FC COLLEGE: Palm Beach Atlantic FAVORITE MUSIC/ARTIST: House Music POST-SOCCER CAREER ASPIRATIONS: Travel FAVORITE ATHLETE: Messi because he is left- footed FAVORITE CHARITIES/CAUSES: Stroke foundation TOP THREE PEOPLE TO HAVE DINNER WITH: Leo DiCaprio, Ricky Gervais, Jose Mourinho

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KEVIN RODRIGUEZ POSITION: Forward NUMBER: 11 HOMETOWN: Pasadena, TX PREVIOUS CLUBS: RGV FC Toros COLLEGE: NIU HOBBIES: Work out and watch sports FAVORITE MUSIC/ARTIST: Gunna HIDDEN TALENTS: Can juggle, video gamer

RYAN SHELLOW POSITION: Goalkeeper NUMBER: 12 HOMETOWN: Miami, FL COLLEGE: Cornell University FAVORITE ATHLETE: Dwayne Wayne, Iker Casillas HIDDEN TALENT: Juggle, video gamer FAVORITE MUSIC/ARTIST: Rap, Reggaeton, Reggae and Rock

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RAFAEL GUERRERO POSITION: Goalkeeper NUMBER: 13 HOMETOWN: Tucson, AZ PREVIOUS CLUBS: RSL Southern Arizona FAVORITE MUSIC/ARTIST: Tyler The Creator & Bob Seger HIDDEN TALENT: Plays the piano POST-SOCCER CAREER ASPIRATIONS: Nurse FAVORITE ATHLETE: Iker Casillas, great goalkeeper & even better person FAVORITE CHARITIES/CAUSES: Protect the Children, helps victims of child abuse TOP THREE PEOPLE TO HAVE DINNER WITH: Robin Williams, Charles Dickens & Bob Dylan

NOAH FRANKE POSITION: Defender – Right back NUMBER: 15 HOMETOWN: Orlando, PREVIOUS CLUBS: Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC COLLEGE: Creighton University

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SHAK ADAMS POSITION: Forward NUMBER: 17 HOMETOWN: Nashville, TN PREVIOUS CLUBS/COLLEGE: Florida Gulf Coast University FAVORITE MUSIC/ARTIST: Roddy Rich HIDDEN TALENT: Plays the violin POST-SOCCER CAREER ASPIRATIONS: Coaching Soccer FAVORITE ATHLETE: Kobe Bryant because of his work ethic and desire to be the best at what he does. FAVORITE CHARITIES/CAUSES: Anything that has to do with feeding people TOP THREE PEOPLE TO HAVE DINNER WITH: Lionel Messi, Lebron James, and Kevin Durant

MAXIMILIANO SCHENFELD POSITION: Defender, Left back NUMBER: 19 HOMETOWN: Chile PREVIOUS CLUBS: FC Tulsa, Miami FC COLLEGE: Florida Memorial University and Florida National University

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JOÃO DELGADO POSITION: Center Mid NUMBER: 20 HOMETOWN: Riachos, Portugal PREVIOUS CLUBS: Reading United AC, Uniao de Leiria COLLEGE: Lynn University FAVORITE MUSIC/ARTIST: U2 POST-SOCCER CAREER ASPIRATIONS: Working in communications world FAVORITE ATHLETE: Kaka HOBBIES: Photography, Work, Traveling

MANU FERRIOL POSITION: Center Mid NUMBER: 21 HOMETOWN: Valencia, Spain PREVIOUS CLUBS: Levante UD Academy COLLEGE: James Madison University FAVORITE MUSIC/ARTIST: Hip Hop POST-SOCCER CAREER ASPIRATIONS: A college athletic director FAVORITE ATHLETE: Juan Roman Riquelme, my favorite soccer player FAVORITE CHARITIES/CAUSES: Working with kids TOP THREE PEOPLE TO HAVE DINNER WITH: Jay Z, David Villa & Clint Eastwood

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NATHAN HURTADO POSITION: Midfielder NUMBER: 22 HOMETOWN: Tucson PREVIOUS CLUBS: Barca Residency Academy COLLEGE: n/a FAVORITE MUSIC/ARTIST: Mac Miller POST SOCCER CAREER ASPIRATIONS: Degree in Exercise Science

LUKE LAWRENCE POSITION: Left-back NUMBER: 23 HOMETOWN: Phoenix/Tucson PREVIOUS CLUBS: Barca Residency Academy COLLEGE: n/a FAVORITE MUSIC/ARTIST: Mac Miller POST SOCCER CAREER ASPIRATIONS: Coaching, Entrepreneur

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DAKOTA BARNATHAN POSITION: Center back NUMBER: 24 HOMETOWN: Massapequa, New York PREVIOUS CLUBS: Pittsburgh Riverhounds, Ottawa Fury, Swope Park Rangers COLLEGE: Virginia Commonwealth University FAVORITE MUSIC/ARTIST: The Weeknd HIDDEN TALENT: Surfing POST-SOCCER CAREER ASPIRATIONS: Crypto Trader/Decentralized Finance FAVORITE ATHLETE: Derek Jeter/Kobe Bryant FAVORITE CHARITIES/CAUSES: L 40

Foundation

JORDAN PENA POSITION: Left back NUMBER: 27 HOMETOWN: Santaquin, UT PREVIOUS CLUBS: Real Monarchs FAVORITE MUSIC/ARTIST: Rap POST-SOCCER CAREER ASPIRATIONS: Sports medicine FAVORITE ATHLETE: Cristiano Ronaldo FAVORITE CHARITIES/CAUSES: Donating money to hospitals for supplies

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FRANCO PEREZ POSITION: Forward NUMBER: 37 HOMETOWN: Cordoba, Argentina PREVIOUS CLUBS: Estudiantes de Río Cuarto, Newell’s Old Boys

JEROD ALLEN POSITION: NUMBER: 38 HOMETOWN: Tucson (Sierra Vista) PREVIOUS CLUBS: Vail Soccer Club, Coronado Athletic Club COLLEGE: n/a FAVORITE MUSIC/ARTIST: Juice Wrld POST-SOCCER CAREER ASPIRATIONS: Become a coach

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JARED ODENBECK POSITION: Center mid NUMBER: 42 HOMETOWN: Charlotte, NC PREVIOUS CLUBS: Stumptown Athletic, Western Suburns (New Zealand), Lindome GIF (Sweden), COLLEGE: Wake Forest HIDDEN TALENT: Speak Swedish POST-SOCCER CAREER ASPIRATIONS: Coaching

GIOVANNI CALIXTRO POSITION: Forward NUMBER: 91 HOMETOWN: Cornelius, OR PREVIOUS CLUBS: Timbers 2 (USLC), Timbers Academy (USDA), Westside Timbers FAVORITE ATHLETE: Cristiano Ronaldo, Kobe Bryant FAVORITE CHARITIES/CAUSES: Glencoe HS POST-SOCCER CAREER ASPIRATIONS: Own a soccer team in Oregon

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