Alfonso Motagalvan
Motagalvan with Fort Lauderdale Strikers
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Felix Alfonso Motagalvan | ||
| Date of birth | February 11, 1987 | ||
| Place of birth | Santa Rosa, California, United States | ||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2001–2004 | Gilroy High School | ||
| 2005–2008 | UC Santa Barbara Gauchos | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2007–2009 | Ventura County Fusion | 34 | (2) |
| 2010–2011 | Rochester Rhinos | 49 | (2) |
| 2012 | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | 16 | (0) |
| 2013–2014 | Pittsburgh Riverhounds | 40 | (1) |
| 2015–2016 | Sacramento Republic FC | 22 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2014– | United States Beach Soccer | 1 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15:18, 30 September 2016 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 15:18, 3 September 2014 (UTC) |
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Felix Alfonso Motagalvan (born February 11, 1987) is an American soccer player.
Motagalvan was born in Santa Rosa, California, grew up in Gilroy, California, and attended Gilroy High School where he was a two-time NSCAA/adidas All-American. He played club soccer for Santa Clara Sporting Ruckus from 2004 to 2005, and was a two-year member of the Region IV Olympic Development Team and Super Y-League Select National Team.
He played four years of college soccer at the University of California, Santa Barbara, featuring in over 50 games during his four seasons, and playing an instrumental part of the Gaucho's run to the 2006 NCAA Division I title.
During his college years he also played for Ventura County Fusion in the USL Premier Development League, scoring the winning goal in the 2009 PDL Championship Game.
While in College Motagalvan played with the Chivas USA reserve team during 2008 and 2009.
In 2009, he was called in to preseason with the San Jose Earthquakes of the MLS. Later that year he went on to FC Dallas of the MLS to finish the 2009 season with the reserve team.
He signed with Rochester Rhinos on February 16, 2010, and made his professional debut on April 10, 2010 in Rochester's season opening game against Miami FC. Motagalvan played in 28 of the Rhinos' 30 USSF Division 2 matches, in addition to both playoff games.
He scored his first professional goal on April 23, 2011, a 3-2 win over the Dayton Dutch Lions. He played in 21 regular season matches in the 2011 USL Pro season, scoring twice, in addition to playing in both playoff games.
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