Bowen with the Galaxy in August 2010
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Tristan Bowen | ||
Date of birth | January 30, 1991 | ||
Place of birth | Van Nuys, California, United States | ||
Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||
Playing position | 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) |
2009 | → Hollywood United Hitmen (loan) | 1 | (1) |
2009 | → Miami FC (loan) | 3 | (0) |
2011–2013 | Chivas USA | 30 | (2) |
2011–2012 | → Roeselare (loan) | 24 | (3) |
2014 | Seattle Sounders FC | 2 | (0) |
2015–2016 | KuPS | 12 | (2) |
2016 | AFC United | 16 | (3) |
National team‡ | |||
2008 | United States U18 | 2 | (0) |
2010 | United States U20 | 1 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and 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 soccer player.
Bowen, who was homeschooled, did attend Chatsworth High School for one year, did not attend college, joined LA Galaxy's youth academy, Galaxy Rios, on March 15, 2007.
After a brief spell with the San Fernando Valley Quakes in the USL Premier Development League, 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.
Bowen played several games with Galaxy's reserves in the MLS Reserve Division towards the end of the 2008 season, and was formally signed by the senior LA Galaxy team on November 12, 2008, making him the first player in MLS history to be signed directly from his club's Youth Academy. He played during Galaxy's pre-season tour of Oceania in February 2009, and made his professional debut on April 7, 2009, in the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup against Colorado Rapids. He made his MLS debut on June 20, 2009, in a game against San Jose Earthquakes.
With the MLS Reserve Division having been scrapped at the end of 2008, Galaxy also loaned Bowen to the Hollywood United Hitmen of the USL Premier Development League and to Miami FC of the USL First Division for part of the 2009 season, to maintain his match fitness levels.
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.