Omar Hernandez Chavarria (born May 4, 2001) is an American

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player who currently plays for

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. He had previously played for the academy teams of

Chattanooga FC Chattanooga Football Club is an American professional soccer team based in Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States. Founded in 2009, the team began play in the National Independent Soccer Association (NISA) in Spring 2020. Prior to joining the NISA ...

and

Atlanta United FC Atlanta United FC, commonly known as Atlanta United, is an American professional soccer club based in Atlanta that competes in Major League Soccer (MLS) as a member of the league's Eastern Conference. Founded in 2014, Atlanta United began pl ...

. Hernandez was the 2019 recipient of

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award for boys' soccer. The award is a nationally recognized honor given to the best high school athlete in the United States.

Career

Youth and college

Hernandez was listed as a three-star recruit by Top Drawer Soccer, and ultimately signed a

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with

in April 2018, ahead of his senior year. Hernandez rejected offers to play for

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, SMU,

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, and High Point. During his senior year of high school, Hernandez transferred from the Chattanooga FC Academy to the Atlanta United FC Academy. In high school soccer, Hernandez captained the team to a 23-0-0 record and to the Georgia State 6A Boys' Soccer Championship, as well as the #1 high school ranking in the nation by

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. On June 11, 2019, he received the Gatorade Player of the Year for boys' soccer for being recognized as the best boy's high school soccer player in the United States. On August 30, 2019, Hernandez made his collegiate debut for Wake Forest, playing 17 minutes in a 2–1 victory against

. Hernandez made his first assist for Wake Forest on September 6, 2019, in a 3–1 win against Dartmouth, three days before his first start for Wake Forest, in a 4–0 win against Houston Baptist.

Senior

During the 2019 USL League Two season, Hernandez played with the Dalton Red Wolves, the reserve team of Chattanooga Red Wolves. He appeared six matches, scoring one goal.

References

External links

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at Wake Forest Athletics {{DEFAULTSORT:Hernandez, Omar 2001 births Living people American people of Mexican descent Association football midfielders People from Dalton, Georgia People from Whitfield County, Georgia Soccer players from Georgia (U.S. state) USL League Two players Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's soccer players American soccer players Chattanooga FC players