Matt Evans (footballer)
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| Full name | Matthew Dominic Evans Wolff | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 25 May 2006 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Simi Valley, California, United States[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Attacking midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Los Angeles FC 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 70 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2018–2023 | Los Angeles FC | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023– | Los Angeles FC 2 | 56 | (13) | ||||||||||||||
| 2024– | Los Angeles FC | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2023 | Guatemala U17 | 2 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023 | United States U17 | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2024 | Guatemala U18 | 4 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023–2024 | Guatemala U20 | 11 | (7) | ||||||||||||||
| 2025– | Guatemala U21 | 6 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
| 2025– | Guatemala | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 8:00, 5 October 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 13:53, 27 March 2026 (UTC) | |||||||||||||||||
Matthew Dominic Evans Wolff (born 25 May 2006) is a professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Major League Soccer club Los Angeles FC. Born in the United States, he plays for the Guatemala national team.
Club career
[edit]Los Angeles FC
[edit]Evans joined the youth academy of Los Angeles FC as a U12, and began his senior career with Los Angeles FC 2 in the MLS Next Pro in 2023. On 7 July 2024, he signed a short-term agreement with Los Angeles FC for a Major League Soccer match against Houston Dynamo.[2] On 31 October 2024, he signed a professional Homegrown Player contract with the senior Los Angeles FC squad.[3] He made the Los Angeles FC final squad for the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup.[4]
International career
[edit]Evans was born in the United States to an American father and Guatemalan mother and holds dual-citizenship.[5] He played for the Guatemala U17s at the 2023 CONCACAF U-17 Championship.[6] In September 2023, he instead was called up to a training camp with the United States U17s.[7] He represented Guatemala U20 at the 2024 CONCACAF U-20 Championship.[8] On October 2025, Evans was included in the Guatemala squad for the 2025 Central American Games hosted in Guatemala City.[9] He would score a hat-trick within 15 minutes and assist in Guatemala’s 4-2 win over El Salvador in the bronze medal match.[10] Evans would also be awarded the Top Goal Scorer for the Central American Games, recording three goals.[11]
Evans debuted with the senior Guatemala national team in a 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification loss to Jamaica on 10 June 2025.[12]
Honours
[edit]Guatemala Youth
Individual
- Central American Games top scorer: 2025[11]
References
[edit]- ^ "Matthew Evans". LAFC.
- ^ "LAFC2". LAFC2.
- ^ Bogert, Tom (31 October 2024). "LAFC sign highly-rated Terry, Evans to homegrown deals: Sources". GiveMeSport.
- ^ Gent, Oli (12 June 2025). "Club World Cup: Every confirmed squad ahead of tournament start". Yahoo Sports.
- ^ "Matt Evans y la razón para volver a Guatemala después de jugar con Estados Unidos". ESPNdeportes.com. 16 November 2023.
- ^ "U.S-Based Players Competing at U17 Concacaf | Club Soccer | Youth Soccer". TopDrawerSoccer.com.
- ^ "Twenty Players Called Up to U17 MNT | Club Soccer | Youth Soccer". TopDrawerSoccer.com.
- ^ National Football Federation of Guatemala [@fedefut_oficial] (18 July 2024). "¡✅ʟɪꜱᴛᴏꜱ ᴘᴀʀᴀ ᴅɪꜱᴘᴜᴛᴀʀ ᴇʟ ᴘʀᴇᴍᴜɴᴅɪᴀʟ ᴅᴇ @Concacaf ꜱᴜʙ20 ᴇɴ ɪʀᴀᴘᴜᴀᴛᴏ, ᴍᴇ́xɪᴄᴏ!" (Tweet) (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 July 2024 – via X (formerly Twitter).
- ^ "Los protagonistas de los Juegos Centroamericanos: esta es la delegación de Guatemala" [The protagonists of the Central American Games: this is the Guatemalan delegation] (in Spanish). Guatemalan Olympic Committee. 15 October 2025.
- ^ Utrilla, Josué (28 October 2025). "Selección de Guatemala se adjudica la medalla de bronce en los Juegos Centroamericanos" [Guatemala's national team wins bronze at the Central American Games] (in Spanish). ESPN Mexico.
- ^ a b "Matt Evans: goleador en Juegos Centroamericanos vuelve a la Selección Mayor de Guatemala" [Matt Evans: Top scorer at the Central American Games returns to the Guatemalan National Team] (in Spanish). Chapin TV. 28 October 2025.
- ^ "El 1×1 de Guatemala ante Jamaica: el rendimiento de cada jugador en las eliminatorias". 11 June 2025.
External links
[edit]- Matt Evans at Soccerway
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- 2006 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Simi Valley, California
- Guatemalan men's footballers
- Guatemala men's international footballers
- Guatemala men's youth international footballers
- American men's soccer players
- United States men's youth international soccer players
- Guatemalan people of American descent
- American people of Guatemalan descent
- Men's association football midfielders
- Los Angeles FC players
- Los Angeles FC 2 players
- MLS Next Pro players
- Homegrown Players (MLS)
- 21st-century Guatemalan sportsmen
- 21st-century American sportsmen
- 2025 CONCACAF Gold Cup players