Sammy Ochoa

{{short description|American soccer player (born 1986)}} {{BLP sources|date=November 2018}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Sammy Ochoa | image = | fullname = Samuel Ochoa Oregel | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1986|9|4}} | birth_place = Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico | currentclub = | clubnumber = | height = {{convert|1.82|m|abbr=on}} | position = Forward | youthyears1 = 2005–2006 | youthclubs1 = Estudiantes Tecos | years1 = 2006–2011 | clubs1 = Estudiantes Tecos | caps1 = 29 | goals1 = 2 | years2 = 2011–2013 | clubs2 = Seattle Sounders FC | caps2 = 17 | goals2 = 3 | years3 = 2013 | clubs3 = Lobos BUAP | caps3 = 0 | goals3 = 0 | years4 = 2014 | clubs4 = Wilmington Hammerheads | caps4 = 25 | goals4 = 6 | years5 = 2015–2016 | clubs5 = Tulsa Roughnecks | caps5 = 54 | goals5 = 20 | years6 = 2017 | clubs6 = Sacramento Republic | caps6 = 27 | goals6 = 8 | years7 = 2018–2019 | clubs7 = Las Vegas Lights | caps7 = 41 | goals7 = 10 | nationalyears1 = 2005 | nationalteam1 = United States U20 | nationalcaps1 = 4 | nationalgoals1 = 0 | nationalyears2 = 2008 | nationalteam2 = United States U23 | nationalcaps2 = 2 | nationalgoals2 = 1 | club-update = October 25, 2019 | ntupdate = October 10, 2011 }}

'''Samuel Ochoa Oregel''' (born September 4, 1986) is an American former professional soccer player.

==Professional career== Ochoa began his professional career in the youth ranks of Estudiantes Tecos. He made his debut for Tecos first team during the 2006 season. However, he did not receive significant playing time with the first team.

After spending 5 seasons with Estudiantes Tecos, Ochoa signed with Major League Soccer on August 24, 2011, and was acquired via the MLS allocation process by Seattle Sounders FC on August 26.<ref>{{cite news |title=Ex-US youth international signs MLS deal |url=http://www.mlssoccer.com/news/article/2011/08/24/ex-us-youth-international-sammy--signs-mls-deal |publisher=Major League Soccer |date=24 August 2011 |accessdate=24 August 2011 }}</ref> He made his MLS debut for the Sounders on September 24, 2011, coming on as a substitute for Nate Jaqua in a 3–1 road win over Vancouver Whitecaps FC. He scored his first goal for Seattle on 10/15/2011 v. San Jose Earthquakes in Kasey Keller's final regular season home match helping his club in a 2–1 victory.

==International career== Ochoa was part of the United States U-20 squad in the 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship and played in four matches. He also scored one goal against Turkey in a 3–2 loss.

==Career statistics== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- ! colspan=3 | Club performance ! colspan=2 | League ! colspan=2 | Cup ! colspan=2 | League Cup ! colspan=2 | Continental ! colspan=2 | Total |- ! Season !! Club !! League ! Apps !! Goals ! Apps !! Goals ! Apps !! Goals ! Apps !! Goals ! Apps !! Goals |- |- ! colspan=3 | Mexico ! colspan=2 | League ! colspan=2 | Cup ! colspan=2 | League Cup ! colspan=2 | North America ! colspan=2 | Total |- |2006–2007||rowspan="5"|Estudiantes Tecos||rowspan="5"|Mexican Primera División||5||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||5||0 |- |2007–2008||1||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||1||0 |- |2008–2009||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0 |- |2009–2010||9||0||1||0||0||0||0||0||10||0 |- |2010–2011||14||2||0||0||0||0||0||0||14||2 |- ! colspan=3 | USA ! colspan=2 | League ! colspan=2 | Open Cup ! colspan=2 | League Cup ! colspan=2 | North America ! colspan=2 | Total |- |2011||rowspan="3"|Seattle Sounders FC||rowspan="3"|Major League Soccer||4||2||0||0||2||0||3||0||9||2 |- |2012||9||1||4||3||1||0||4||4||18||8 |- |2013||4||0||1||0||0||0||3||0||8||0 |- ! rowspan=2 | Total ! colspan=2 | Mexico !29||2||1||0||0||0||0||0||30||2 |- ! colspan=2 | USA !17||3||5||3||3||0||10||4||35||10 |- ! colspan=3 | Career total !46||5||6||3||3||0||10||4||65||12 |}

==Personal life== Ochoa holds an American passport, and he is also brother of Jesús Ochoa, another footballer, and is related to Lights FC in stadium DJ, DJ Ocho.

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *{{FIFA player|230504}} *{{MLS player|sammy-ochoa}}

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