Hugo Alcaraz-Cuellar

Infobox Football biography
playername= Hugo Alcaraz-Cuellar


fullname =
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1977|4|6
cityofbirth = Guadalajara
countryofbirth = Mexico
height = height|ft=5|in=11
currentclub = Seattle Sounders
clubnumber = 77
position = Midfielder
youthyears = 1996-1998
1999-2000
youthclubs = Santa Barbara City College
Fresno State
years = 2001
2002-2006
2007-2008
clubs = San Diego Flash
Portland Timbers
Seattle Sounders
caps(goals) =
132 (10)
041 0(3)
pcupdate = September 27, 2008

Hugo Alcaraz-Cuellar is a Mexican soccer midfielder who currently plays for the Seattle Sounders in the USL First Division.

Born in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, Alcaraz-Cueller's family moved to Santa Barbara, California when he was three years old. In 2001, Alcaraz-Cuellar went to an open tryout with the San Diego Flash of the USL A-League. The team was impressed enough to offer him a contract and he spent the 2001 season in San Diego. The Flash folded at the end of the season and he moved to the Portland Timbers in 2002. His contract expired in 2007 and when the Timbers did not express an interest in signing him, Alcaraz-Cueller moved to the Sounders after Adrian Hanauer, owner of the Sounders, and Brian Schmetzer, drove to Portland to ask him to sign with Seattle. He selected the number 77 because the number 7 jersey was worn by Leighton O'Brien. [ [http://www.soundersfc.com/Article.aspx?id=1300&languageId=1033 10 Questions with Hugo Alcaraz-Cueller] ] Alcaraz-Cuellar is the Timbers' all-time leader in assists, with 44. [ [http://www.portlandtimbers.com/history/careerleaders/ Portland Timbers Career Leaders] ]

References

External links

* [http://home.comcast.net/~timberlog/HAInterview.html Timberlog: 10 Questions]
* [http://www.seattlesounders.net/players.php?ID=111 Sounders profile]