Sebastian Cruz (born July 31, 2000) is an American professional
soccer
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...
player who plays for
Sporting Kansas City II.
Career
Cruz played with
United Soccer League
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side
Swope Park Rangers during their 2018 season from
Sporting Kansas City
Sporting Kansas City, often shortened to Sporting KC, is an American men's professional Association football, soccer club based in the Kansas City metropolitan area. The administrative offices are located in Downtown Kansas City, Missouri, and t ...
's academy. He made his first professional appearance on March 24, 2018, as an injury-time substitute during a 4–2 win over
Seattle Sounders FC 2
Tacoma Defiance, formerly Seattle Sounders FC 2, is an American professional Association football, soccer team based in Tacoma, Washington, Tacoma, Washington (state), Washington, U.S. that competes in the MLS Next Pro, the third tier of the Unit ...
.
After playing seven regular season games and two playoff games with Swope Park in 2018, Cruz attended
Cal State Fullerton, having maintained amateur status. At Fullerton, he played on the men's soccer team for three seasons. Cruz then signed a professional contract with his old club (since rebranded as Sporting Kansas City II and playing in
MLS Next Pro for the 2023 season.
References
External links
Sporting KC profile*
Cal State Fullerton bio
2000 births
Living people
American men's soccer players
Sporting Kansas City II players
Men's association football midfielders
Soccer players from California
Sportspeople from Fresno County, California
USL Championship players
Cal State Fullerton Titans men's soccer players
De Anza Force players
MLS Next Pro players
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