Tristan Bowen

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Tristan Bowen
Bowen with the Galaxy in August 2010
Personal information
Full name Tristan Bowen
Date of birth (1991-01-30) January 30, 1991 (age 33)
Place of birth
Los Angeles, California
, United States
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
2007–2008 LA Galaxy
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007 San Fernando Valley Quakes 5 (0)
2009–2010 LA Galaxy 18 (2)
2009Hollywood United Hitmen (loan) 1 (1)
2009
Miami FC
(loan)
3 (0)
2011–2013 Chivas USA 30 (2)
2011–2012Roeselare (loan) 24 (3)
2014 Seattle Sounders FC 2 (0)
2015 KuPS 12 (2)
2016
AFC United
16 (3)
2020 Oakland Roots 0 (0)
International career
2008 United States U18 2 (0)
2010 United States U20 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of February 5, 2017
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of August 27, 2012

Tristan Bowen (born January 30, 1991) is an American professional soccer player. Bowen was the first ever homegrown player in MLS history.

Career

Youth

Bowen, who was

homeschooled, forwent college although he was offered a scholarship to UCLA, and joined LA Galaxy's youth academy, Galaxy Rios, on March 15, 2007.[1]

Bowen played for Galaxy Rios at the 2008 SUM U-17 Cup, and later helped the team win the Pacific Southern California Division of the

USL Super-20 League
.

Professional

Bowen played several games with Galaxy's reserves in the

Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup against Colorado Rapids.[3] He made his MLS debut on June 20, 2009, in a game against San Jose Earthquakes.[4]

With the

Miami FC of the USL First Division for part of the 2009 season, to maintain his match fitness levels.[5]

Bowen was traded to city rivals Chivas USA on December 15, 2010 in exchange for allocation money and a split of any future foreign transfer fee received for the player.[6]

On August 26, 2011, Chivas USA announced that Bowen had been loaned out to K.S.V. Roeselare of the Belgian Second Division.[7] Bowen returned from his loan stint on May 17, 2012.[8]

Bowen was traded to Seattle Sounders FC in exchange for Mauro Rosales on December 11, 2013.[9]

The Sounders and Bowen part ways at the conclusion of the 2014 season. In December 2014, Bowen entered the 2014 MLS Re-Entry Draft and was selected in stage two by New England Revolution.[10] He did not agree to terms with New England.

In August 2015, Bowen signed with KuPS in the Finnish Veikkausliiga.[11]

In February 2016, Bowen signed with AFC United in Sweden. He helped the club win promotion to Allesvenska, Sweden's first division.

In January 2020, Bowen came out of a three-year retirement and signed with Oakland Roots SC ahead of the team's spring season in the National Independent Soccer Association.[12]

International

Bowen has played for the

. He is eligible to represent Jamaica through parentage.

Honors

LA Galaxy

Seattle Sounders FC

AFC Eskilstuna

References

  1. ^ Galaxy welcome forward Tristan Bowen as first player to join Galaxy Rios program Archived 2007-03-25 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Galaxy sign 17-year-old Tristan Bowen Archived 2008-12-04 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ "Major League Soccer: Match Tracker: Main". Archived from the original on 2009-04-12. Retrieved 2009-04-12.
  4. ^ "Major League Soccer: Match Tracker: Main". Archived from the original on 2009-06-29. Retrieved 2009-06-29.
  5. ^ "United Soccer Leagues (USL)". uslsoccer.com. Archived from the original on 2011-06-10.
  6. ^ "trade forward Tristan Bowen to Chivas USA". LA Galaxy. 2010-12-15. Retrieved 2014-05-01.
  7. ^ "Chivatown Post: International Call-ups Edition". The Goat Parade. 25 August 2011. Retrieved 2014-05-01.
  8. ^ Adam Serrano (2012-05-17). "Bowen returns to Chivas USA from loan stint in Belgium". MLSsoccer.com. Retrieved 2014-05-01.
  9. ^ "Seattle Sounders trade Mauro Rosales to Chivas USA for rights to Tristan Bowen, swap allocation spots | MLSSoccer.com".
  10. ^ "San Jose Earthquakes, Houston Dynamo each grab two players in Stage 2 of Re-Entry Draft". MLSsoccer.com.
  11. ^ "Tristan Bowen signs with KuPS of Kuopio".
  12. ^ "Oakland Roots Sign MLS Veteran Forward Tristan Bowen". oaklandrootssc.com. Oakland Roots SC. Retrieved 8 January 2020.

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