The past month has been surreal for Sounders FC forward Alfonso Ocampo-Chavez.
Ocampo-Chavez, 17, won the Golden Boot as the Sounders Academy U-17s became the first-ever MLS side to win the Generation adidas Cup Champions Division, defeating global development powerhouses like River Plate, Flamengo, West Ham United and Valencia CF. Eight days later, the kid from Merced, Calif., inked a Homegrown Contract with the Sounders First Team. And last week, he helped guide the United States U-17 Men’s National Team to a second-place finish at the 2019 Concacaf Championship, tallying four goals and one assist as the Stars and Stripes secured qualification for the 2019 U-17 World Cup in Brazil.