João Peglow comes from a close-knit Brazilian family that played an important role in his journey from a football-loving child in Porto Alegre to a professional player in Major League Soccer. Born João Gabriel Martins Peglow on January 7, 2002, the D.C. United forward grew up supporting Internacional and was surrounded by relatives who shared […]
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Hosei Kijima is a Japanese professional footballer whose unconventional journey took him from Yokohama to the United States while he was still a child. Born on July 1, 2002, Kijima left Japan at the age of 12 to attend IMG Academy in Florida before playing college soccer at Wake Forest University and eventually reaching Major […]
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Gavin Turner is an American professional footballer with Vietnamese family roots who has progressed through the D.C. United development system into Major League Soccer. Born on January 5, 2007, in Fairfax, Virginia, Turner joined the D.C. United Academy while still a child and eventually signed his first-team Homegrown contract in 2025. Turner’s family background has […]
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Kamil Efraím Castillo Reynoso is one of the youngest players emerging from the D.C. United development system. Born on January 3, 2010, in Washington, D.C., the midfielder has both Dominican and American nationality and has represented the Dominican Republic at youth international level. Castillo comes from a family with Dominican roots, but unlike many established […]
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Jackson Hopkins is an American professional soccer player who has risen from the D.C. United academy to become an important member of the club’s first team. Born on July 1, 2004, in Fredericksburg, Virginia, Hopkins grew up in the Washington metropolitan region and developed a connection with D.C. United long before becoming a professional player. […]
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Brandon Servania comes from a close football-loving family whose sacrifices played an important role in his path to professional soccer. Born on March 12, 1999, in Birmingham, Alabama, Servania developed from youth soccer in his home state into an FC Dallas academy prospect, United States international and Major League Soccer midfielder. His parents are Ken […]
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Andre Dozzell comes from a football family with deep connections to Ipswich Town. Born on May 2, 1999, in Ipswich, England, the midfielder followed remarkably closely in the footsteps of his father, former professional footballer Jason Dozzell. Both father and son came through Ipswich Town and scored on their senior debuts while still only 16 […]
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Jared Stroud comes from a remarkably soccer-oriented family in New Jersey. Born on July 10, 1996, the American midfielder grew up in Chester alongside three brothers who all went on to play college soccer, with two members of the family eventually reaching Major League Soccer. Jared’s parents are Stephen and Karen Stroud, while his brothers […]
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Nikola Markovic is a Canadian professional soccer player whose rise from youth football in Quebec to becoming the first overall pick in the 2026 MLS SuperDraft brought increasing attention to his background and family. Born on July 22, 2004, in Gatineau, Quebec, Markovic grew up in Canada in a family with Serbian roots. Although Markovic […]
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Kye Rowles comes from a close Australian family that has supported his football career from his childhood on the Gold Coast to the FIFA World Cup, European football and Major League Soccer. Born on June 24, 1998, in New South Wales, Rowles spent much of his upbringing in Queensland before developing into an Australian international […]
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