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Yutaro Tsukada
Japanese footballer (born 2001) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Yutaro Tsukada (塚田 裕太郎, Tsukada Yutaro; born 28 July 2001) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays for Major League Soccer club Orlando City.
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Early life
Tsukada was born in Tokyo, Japan.[1] He played youth football with FC Tokyo.[2]
College career
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In 2020, Tsukada began attending Daytona State College.[3] On 11 September 2021, he scored a hat-trick in a 4–2 victory over the Georgia Military College Bulldogs.[4] At the end of his sophomore season, he was named to the USC First Team All-America, the NJCAA DI All-American Team, Junior College Division I Men All-East Region, and the Region 8 All-Region Team and the Region 8 Player of the Year.[5][6] He departed the school holding 6 school records - most goals in a season (20), most goals in 2 seasons (26), most hat tricks (4), fastest goal in school history (32 seconds), most free kicks scored (4), and most points (63).[5]
In 2022, he transferred to West Virginia University to play for the men's soccer team in NCAA Division I.[7] He made his debut on August 25 against the Robert Morris Colonials.[8] On October 11, 2022, he scored his first goal in a victory over the Lehigh Mountain Hawks.[9] In October 2023, he was named the WVU Student-Athlete of the Week and the Sun Belt Conference Offensive Player of the Week,[10][11] and earned WVU Student-Athlete of the Week honors a second time in November.[12] At the end of his senior season, he was named to the All-Sun Belt First Team, Sun Belt All-Tournament Team, All-Southeast Region First Team, Scholar All-South Region First Team, TopDrawerSoccer Best XI Second Team, All-America Third Team, and the College Soccer News All-America Second Team.[13][14][15][16]
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Club career
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Semi-professional
In 2022, Tsukada joined New Mexico United U23, the development team of USL Championship team New Mexico United, in USL League Two.[17] On 26 May, Tsukada made his debut for the club and scored his first goal in a 2–2 draw against the Colorado International Soccer Academy.[18] Tsukada made four appearances for the team and scored three goals.[19]
In 2023, he joined Capital FC in their inaugural season in USL League Two after the team had severed ties with the Portland Timbers.[20] On 28 May, Tsukada his first goal for the club, the equalizing goal of a 3–1 win at PDX FC.[21] Tsukada would score five goals for the club.[22]
Orlando City
At the 2024 MLS SuperDraft, Tsukada was selected in the first round (25th overall) by Orlando City.[23][24] In March 2024, he signed a one-year contract with the reserve affiliate, Orlando City B, in MLS Next Pro.[25][26] On 16 March, he made his professional debut, scoring a free kick in a 3–2 victory over Atlanta United 2.[27] Tsukada would score seven goals and assist in seven more, totaling 14 goal contributions, the second most for the team behind Alex Freeman.[28] In May, Tsukada signed two short-term loans with the first team.[29][30] He made his Major League Soccer debut on 15 May in a substitute appearance against Inter Miami.[31] On 15 August, Tsukada signed a contract with the first team through 2025, with club options in 2026 and 2027.[32]
On 8 February 2025, during a pre-season friendly against CF Montréal, Tsukada suffered a torn anterior cruciate ligament. On 25 February, it was announced by the club that Tsukada had undergone a successful surgery to reconstruct the ligament and that he was placed onto the season ending injury list.[33][34]
Career statistics
- As of 20 October 2024[35]
- Appearances in Leagues Cup
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