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Servando Carrasco
Carrasco with the Seattle Sounders
Personal information
Full name Servando Carrasco
Height 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Seattle Sounders FC
Number 23
Youth career
2007–2010 California Golden Bears
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011– Seattle Sounders FC 21 (514)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of September 3, 2012

Servando Carrasco (born August 13, 1988 in North Creek, Washington) is an American soccer player who currently plays for Seattle Sounders FC in Major League Soccer.

Career

Carrasco spent his childhood living in Tijuana, Mexico and attended St. Augustine High School in San Diego, California. Until the age of 19, he played for his high school and San Diego Surf Soccer Club, one of the most competitive soccer clubs in California. During that time, he was recognized as Western League Player of the Year, CIF Player of the Year, and the San Diego Union-Tribune All-County Player of the Year. He also participated in the Olympic Development Program and the Premier Development Program.[1]


2011 Season

During Servando's 2011 season with the Seattle Sounders, he made headlines for his tackle on the Chicago Fire's midfielder Patrick Nyarko. After review the MLS Disciplinary Committee announced the tackle was worthy of a red card and retroactively fined and suspended Carrasco. Servando was forced to pay $500 and sit out during a game against Philadelphia. [2]

2012 Season

Despite their strong season, The Sounders FC failed to extend their unbeaten streak with a 2-1 loss to Real Salt Lake on the eve of the 10-year anniversary for September 11th. He is also the 7th most used midfielder on the team and expects to improve during the rest of his career in soccer.

After high school, Carrasco moved to Buenos Aires, Argentina to train at CEFAR Soccer School, which specializes in training high performance soccer players.[3]

College

In 2007, Carrasco accepted a scholarship at the University of California, Berkeley. During his first year, Carrasco recorded seven points on two goals and three assists. He scored his second goal of the season against Washington in the opening minutes of the game; he added an insurance goal for Cal against San Diego increasing the Bears' lead to 2-0; and he earned several assists against UCLA, Stanford and University of San Francisco.[4]

In 2008, Carrasco was named All-Pac-10 second team and Pac-10 All-Academic second-team. He started in all but one game and scored three goals for the year, tying him for second best on the team. He was one of two Cal players to have seven assists during the season, including one assist on the game-winning goal against Oregon State University.[5]

In 2009, despite suffering an ankle injury that sidelined him for a number of games, Carrasco still earned a second straight All-Pac-10 second-team selection and a Pac-10 All-Academic honorable mention. He had one goal.[6]

In 2010, Carrasco was senior co-captain of the Berkeley squad with good friend A. J. Soares, a defender with New England Revolution.[7] He was named NSCAA Third Team Far West Region, First Team All-PAC-10, Third Team Pac-10 All American, and Pac-10 All-Academic honorable mention. Carrasco scored seven goals and had three assists.[8]

Throughout his 4 years at UC Berkeley, he has managed to score 13 goals.

Professional

On January 13, 2011, Carrasco was drafted in the second round (27th overall) of the 2011 MLS SuperDraft by Seattle Sounders FC.[9] During his short time with the Sounders, Carrasco has already been compared to Seattle’s current holding midfielder, Osvaldo Alonso, who is considered to be one of the league’s best in his position.[10] He signed with Seattle on March 2, 2011,[11] and made his debut on March 19, in a game against the New York Red Bulls.[12]

Personal Life

In 2007 his mother was diagnosed with Breast Cancer and has since made a full recovery. He has been in a relationship with United States Women's National Soccer Team and Seattle Sounders Women forward Alex Morgan since their Freshman Year at University of California, Berkeley. He was born in San Diego, California during his mother's temporary stay from Mexico to the United States and spent much of his early childhood living in the Mexican city of Tijuana while commuting to the U.S in order to get an upper advantage in education and soccer as opposed to staying in Mexico.

Career statistics

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Honors

Seattle Sounders FC

See also

References

  1. ^ MLS Player Profile
  2. ^ http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/soundersfcblog/2014788403_servando_carrasco_fined_suspen.html
  3. ^ CEFAR Homepage
  4. ^ Servando Carrasco Player Profile
  5. ^ Servando Carrasco Player Profile
  6. ^ Servando Carrasco Player Profile
  7. ^ A.J. Soares and Servando Carrasco Will Face Off at the Pro Level
  8. ^ Servando Carrasco Player Profile
  9. ^ Record 5 Bears Taken in MLS SuperDraft
  10. ^ Sounders Rookie Playing Without Fear
  11. ^ http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=4160882
  12. ^ Agudelo's first MLS goal is difference vs. Seattle

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