Christopher Garcia

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Christopher Garcia
Personal information
Date of birth	(2003-01-13) January 13, 2003 (age 22)
Place of birth	El Paso, Texas, United States
Height	5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)^[1]
Position(s)	Winger
Team information
Current team	Forward Madison
Youth career
2018–2020	Real Salt Lake
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2020–2022	Real Salt Lake	3	(0)
2021–2022	Real Monarchs	13	(1)
2021	→ Ljungskile SK (loan)	5	(1)
2022	→ El Paso Locomotive (loan)	6	(0)
2023	El Paso Locomotive	17	(1)
2024	→ Austin FC II (loan)	8	(0)
2025–	Forward Madison	0	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of January 17, 2025

Christopher Garcia (born January 13, 2003) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a winger for USL League One team Forward Madison.

Career

Garcia grew up in El Paso, Texas before moving to Utah where he joined the Real Salt Lake academy in 2018. He scored 18 goals in 38 appearances for the USSDA side.^[2]

Real Salt Lake

On February 10, 2020, Garcia signed with the Real Salt Lake first team on a homegrown player contract.^[3] Garcia made his professional debut on September 19, 2020, appearing as an injury-time substitute during a 2–1 loss to Vancouver Whitecaps FC.^[4]

Ljungskile SK

On August 10, 2021, Garcia was loaned to Swedish side Ljungskile SK for the remainder of the 2021 season.^[5]

El Paso Locomotive

Garcia was loaned to USL Championship club El Paso Locomotive on September 1, 2022.^[6] Following his release from Salt Lake at the end of the 2022 season,^[7] Garcia joined El Paso Locomotive on a permanent basis on January 5, 2023.^[8]

Austin FC II

On January 11, 2024, Austin FC II announced they had signed Garcia on a season-long loan from El Paso for the 2024 MLS Next Pro season.^[9]

Forward Madison

Prior to the 2025 season, USL League One club Forward Madison announced they signed Garcia for the upcoming season.^[10]

Personal life

Born in the United States, Garcia is of Mexican descent.^[11]

References

^ "Christopher Garcia". Real Salt Lake. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
^ "Real Salt Lake". rsla.ussoccerda.com.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ "RSL Signs RSL Academy Forward Chris Garcia to Homegrown Contract | Real Salt Lake". rsl.
^ "RSLvsVAN 09-19-2020 | MLSsoccer.com". mlssoccer.
^ "Real Salt Lake Loans Chris Garcia to Ljungskile SK in Sweden | Real Salt Lake". rsl.
^ "El Paso Locomotive FC Acquires Chris Garcia on Loan from Real Salt Lake for remainder of 2022 Season".
^ "Real Salt Lake Announces 2023 Roster Decisions | Real Salt Lake". rsl.
^ USLChampionship com Staff (January 5, 2023). "Locomotive FC signs El Paso native Chris Garcia". USL Championship.
^ "Austin FC II Acquires Goalkeeper Marcus Alstrup and Winger Christopher Garcia". AustinFC.com. Austin FC II. January 11, 2024. Retrieved March 15, 2024.
^ Canlas, Noah (January 17, 2025). "Forward Madison Sign Right Winger, Chris Garcia, for 2025 Season". ForwardMadisonFC.com. Forward Madison FC. Archived from the original on January 17, 2025. Retrieved January 17, 2025.
^ "América y Chivas sueñan con Carlos Vela, Chicharito Hernández y Jonathan Dos Santos; llegarían prestados". Soy Fútbol (in Spanish). August 13, 2020. Retrieved March 7, 2023.

External links

Christopher Garcia at kicker (in German)
Christopher Garcia at FBref.com
Christopher Garcia at Major League Soccer

v t e Forward Madison FC – current squad
1 Schipmann 2 Chilaka 4 Osmond 5 Mehl 6 Murphy 8 Boyce 10 Mesias 12 McLaughlin 16 Crull 17 Gebhard 19 Galindrez 24 Bartman 25 Sousa Dietrich Garcia Head coach: Glaeser Assistant coach: Hlavaty Assistant coach: Hohlbein Assistant coach: Launder Assistant coach: Pascarella

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