Name: Elias Katsaros
Pronunciation: El-ee-is Cat-sa-rohs
Position: Defender
Height: 6-0
Weight: 170
Hometown: Federal Way, Washington
Date of Birth: January 3, 2002 in Berlin, Germany
Nationality: German
Acquired: Signed on December 16, 2022
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
N/A
COLLEGE EXPERIENCE
Played collegiately at San Diego State, where he led the team in minutes as a freshman, starting all 10 matches for SDSU during the pandemic-shortened 2020 season. He started 26 of his 27 appearances for the Aztecs over the following two seasons, scoring three goals in 2022. He was named to Pac-12 Player of the Week, U.S. Coaches Player of the Week and Topdrawer Soccer National Team of the Week after scoring both goals in a 2-1 win over the University of Denver on September 11.
INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE
N/A
YOUTH EXPERIENCE
Joined Sounders FC Academy in 2014 via the Sounders Discovery Program at age 12, logging 24 appearances (18 starts) at the Academy level from 2017-2020, with one goal during the 2017-2018 season. Katsaros was on the U-17 squad that captured a pair of Generation Adidas Cup titles in 2018 and 2019, as well as helped capture a win over Atlanta United in the 2018 U.S. Soccer Development Academy Final.
