Bode Hidalgo (born Bode Shane Davis; February 22, 2002) is an American professional

soccer Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 Football player, players who almost exclusively use their feet to propel a Ball (association football), ball around a rectangular f ...

player who plays as a defender for

Major League Soccer Major League Soccer (MLS) is a professional Association football, soccer league in North America and the highest level of the United States soccer league system. It comprises 30 teams, with 27 in the United States and 3 in Canada, and is sanc ...

club

Real Salt Lake Real Salt Lake (RSL) is an American professional Association football, soccer club based in the Salt Lake City metropolitan area. The club competes in Major League Soccer (MLS) as a member of the Western Conference (MLS), Western Conference. Fou ...

Career

Hidalgo appeared for

USL Championship The USL Championship (USLC) is a men's professional association football, soccer league in the second tier of the United States soccer league system#Men's leagues, United States league system. It is organized by the United Soccer League (USL) a ...

side

Real Monarchs Real Monarchs is a professional soccer club playing in the MLS Next Pro, a third division league of American soccer. The team is an affiliate of the Major League Soccer (MLS) club Real Salt Lake. Real Monarchs are based in the Real Salt Lake ...

as an academy player on July 11, 2020, starting in a 1–0 loss to San Diego Loyal. Hidalgo signed a professional deal with Real Monarchs on July 16, 2020. September 9, 2020, Hidalgo scored his first professional goal for Real Monarchs in a match against

Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC is a professional Association football, soccer team based in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Founded in 2014, the team is a member of the Western Conference (USL Championship), Western Conference in the USL Champions ...

. On September 22, 2020, it was announced that Hidalgo would sign a homegrown player deal with

for the 2021 season and beyond. Hidalgo made his MLS debut on March 19, 2022, against

Nashville SC Nashville Soccer Club is an American professional soccer club based in Nashville, Tennessee. The club competes in Major League Soccer (MLS) as a member of the Eastern Conference. The team spent two seasons in the USL Championship before joining ...

. He scored his first goal for the club on October 9, 2022, in a 3–1 win over the

Portland Timbers The Portland Timbers are an American professional Association football, soccer club based in Portland, Oregon. The Timbers compete in Major League Soccer (MLS) as a member of the Western Conference (MLS), Western Conference. The Timbers have p ...

Personal life

Bode was born in

Kaysville, Utah Kaysville is a city in Davis County, Utah, Davis County, Utah. It is part of the Ogden–Clearfield metropolitan area. The population was 32,945 at the time of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. Kaysville is home to the USU Botanical Ce ...

to Shane and Ami Davis. He changed his name to Bode Hidalgo in 2022.

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* 2002 births Living people Sportspeople from Sandy, Utah Soccer players from Utah American men's soccer players Men's association football forwards Homegrown Players (MLS) Real Monarchs players Real Salt Lake players USL Championship players Major League Soccer players MLS Next Pro players People from Kaysville, Utah Sportspeople from Davis County, Utah 21st-century American sportsmen {{US-footy-forward-2000s-stub