The past 15 months have been a whirlwind for Ethan Dobbelaere.
In April of 2019, Dobbelaere turned plenty of heads at the Generation adidas Cup with his clever, dynamic play as the Sounders U-17s became the first MLS club to win the Champions Division, toppling elite international clubs like Flamengo, River Plate and Valencia CF. He followed up that breakout performance with seven appearances, three key passes and his first professional goal for the Tacoma Defiance in the USL Championship. And in October, he hopped on a plane to Brazil with the U-17 Men’s National Team, where he started two matches at the FIFA U-17 World Cup.