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Marco Farfan
Personal information
Full name Marco Antonio Farfan
Date of birth (1998-11-12) November 12, 1998 (age 25)
Place of birth Portland, Oregon, United States
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) [1]
Position(s) Left-back
Team information
Current team
FC Dallas
Number 4
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 29 (0)
2022– FC Dallas 64 (2)
International career
2016–2017 United States U19 2 (0)
2019 United States U23 2 (0)
2020 United States 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of October 21, 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of December 9, 2020

Marco Antonio Farfan [2] (born November 12, 1998) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a left-back for Major League Soccer club FC Dallas. In 2017, he was named in the USL 20 Under 20, highlighting the league's 20 best players under 20 years old. [3]

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. [4] [5]

After one season in USL and while still in high school, Farfan moved to the Portland Timbers first team for the 2017 season. [6] 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 [4] 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 13, 2020, Farfan was traded to Los Angeles FC in exchange for $300,000 in general allocation money. [7]

On February 10, 2022, Farfan was traded to FC Dallas in exchange for Dallas defender Ryan Hollingshead. [8]

Personal life

Farfan was born in Portland, Oregon, and is of Mexican descent. [9] His brother Roberto Farfan played soccer for Oregon State University and the Timbers U23 team. [10]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played November 4, 2023 [11]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Playoffs National cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Portland Timbers 2 2016 USL 18 0 18 0
2017 9 0 9 0
2018 11 1 1 [a] 0 12 1
2019 USL 17 0 17 0
2020 0 0 0 0
Total 55 1 1 0 56 1
Portland Timbers 2017 MLS 6 0 1 0 7 0
2018 11 0 0 0 11 0
2019 3 0 1 0 4 0
2020 14 0 1 [b] 0 15 0
Total 34 0 1 0 2 0 37 0
Los Angeles FC 2021 MLS 29 0 29 0
FC Dallas 2022 MLS 32 1 2 [b] 0 34 1
2023 32 1 2 0 1 0 3 [c] 0 38 1
Total 64 2 4 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 72 2
Career total 182 3 6 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 194 3
  1. ^ Appearance in USL Championship Playoffs
  2. ^ a b Appearance(s) in MLS Cup Playoffs
  3. ^ Appearances in Leagues Cup

International

As of match played December 9, 2020 [12]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
United States 2020 1 0
Total 1 0

Honors

Portland Timbers

References

  1. ^ "Marco Farfan". FC Dallas. Retrieved August 23, 2022.
  2. ^ https://mcusercontent.com/78d3589fb61466b549ff752e5/files/92e7a32f-796e-42b9-af2b-f0d7166d4246/20_MOQ_Rosters_Provisional_Lists.pdf[ bare URL PDF]
  3. ^ "2017 USL 20 Under 20 | uslsoccer.com". uslsoccer.com. Retrieved May 21, 2018.
  4. ^ a b "Marco Farfan". Portland Timbers. Retrieved May 21, 2018.
  5. ^ "Portland Timbers 2 - 2016 Regular Season - Roster - #95 - Marco Farfan - D". www.uslsoccer.com.
  6. ^ "Timbers Sign Left Back Marco Farfan as Homegrown Player". October 14, 2016.
  7. ^ "Portland Timbers send Marco Farfan to Los Angeles FC for allocation money". sports.yahoo.com. Retrieved December 13, 2020.
  8. ^ "LAFC Acquires Defender Ryan Hollingshead From FC Dallas". Los Angeles FC. February 10, 2022. Retrieved February 10, 2022.
  9. ^ "Marco Farfan: A rising star from Southeast Portland emerges for Timbers". June 9, 2017.
  10. ^ "Roberto Farfan". MLS Soccer. Retrieved May 21, 2018.
  11. ^ Marco Farfan at Soccerway. Retrieved January 16, 2021.
  12. ^ Marco Farfan at National-Football-Teams.com

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