Max Lachowecki (born June 30, 1992) is an American

soccer Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...

player.

Early life

Youth soccer

Lachowecki grew up in Evansville, Indiana, playing with local youth soccer teams and for Reitz Memorial High School, where he was a four-year starter and led the team in scoring for his final three seasons with a total of 79 goals and 39 assists.

Career

College

Lachowecki spent his entire college career at the

University of Notre Dame The University of Notre Dame du Lac, known simply as Notre Dame ( ) or ND, is a private Catholic research university in Notre Dame, Indiana, outside the city of South Bend. French priest Edward Sorin founded the school in 1842. The main campu ...

. He made a total of 85 appearances for the Fighting Irish and tallied 8 goals and 9 assists.

Professional

On January 14, 2016, Lachowecki was selected in the second round (25th overall) of the

2016 MLS SuperDraft The 2016 MLS SuperDraft was the seventeenth SuperDraft conducted by Major League Soccer. The SuperDraft is held each year in conjunction with the annual National Soccer Coaches Association of America convention. The 2016 convention was held in Ba ...

Real Salt Lake Real Salt Lake, often shortened to RSL, is an American professional soccer franchise based in the Salt Lake City metropolitan area. The club competes as a member club of Major League Soccer (MLS) in the Western Conference. RSL began play in 20 ...

. He signed with Salt Lake's

United Soccer League United Soccer League (USL), formerly known as United Soccer Leagues, is a Association football, soccer league in the United States and Canada. It organizes several men's and women's leagues, both professional and amateur. Men's leagues curren ...

side

Real Monarchs Real Monarchs is a professional soccer club playing in the MLS Next Pro, a third division league of American soccer. The team is owned by, and operates as the reserve team of, the Major League Soccer club Real Salt Lake. While the senior club is ...

on March 17, 2016. On November 14, 2016, it was announced that he was retained by Real Monarchs for the

2017 season along with six other players. Lachowecki scored his first professional goal on July 8, 2017 in a 4–1 win against

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. Lachowecki was released by Real Monarchs on November 28, 2017. He was signed by the

Tampa Bay Rowdies The Tampa Bay Rowdies are an American professional Association football, soccer team based in St. Petersburg, Florida. The club was founded in 2008 and first took the pitch in 2010. Since 2017, the Rowdies have been members of the USL Champions ...

on January 30, 2018. He joins

Kyle Curinga Kyle Curinga (born December 30, 1993) is an American professional association football, soccer player who plays as a Defender (association football), defender for Kokkolan Palloveikot, KPV. Career College Curinga played College soccer in the Uni ...

as the second Real Monarchs defender to be signed by the Rowdies during the offseason. After taking a hiatus from professional soccer in 2019, Lachowecki rejoined the Rowdies on February 7, 2020. Following the 2021 season it was announced that Lachowecki would leave the Rowdies.

References

1992 births Living people American men's soccer players Men's association football defenders Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's soccer players Real Monarchs players Real Salt Lake draft picks Soccer players from Indiana Sportspeople from Evansville, Indiana Tampa Bay Rowdies players USL Championship players {{US-footy-defender-stub