Ellis McLoughlin (born July 8, 1990 in

Seattle, Washington Seattle ( ) is a port, seaport city on the West Coast of the United States. It is the county seat, seat of King County, Washington, King County, Washington (state), Washington. With a 2020 population of 737,015, it is the largest city in bo ...

) is an American

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player.

Club career

Youth

McLoughlin began attending Bishop Blanchet High School in

in 2004 where he was named All-area and team MVP as a freshman. Other early honors included being a Washington state ODP team member from 2003–05. He made the move to Bradenton, Florida to attend the U-17 Residency program. He graduated in 2007 from Edison Academy. He also helped his club team, Crossfire, to five state titles and a spot in the Region IV finals as well as an 8th place overall finish at the NIKE U-15 Club Championship in Hong Kong. (he now owns a camp called McLoughlin Athletics and is an eastside coach.

Professional

After attending the University of Washington and playing soccer for 1 quarter, McLoughlin turned professional when he signed with German club Hertha Berlin. He spent the next two seasons playing for the team's second squad, Hertha BSC II, making seven appearances for the club in total. McLoughlin went on trial with

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team

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in the 2010 preseason but did not make the team. In 2011, he successfully trialed with

San Jose Earthquakes The San Jose Earthquakes are an American professional soccer team based in San Jose, California. The Earthquakes compete as a member club of the Western Conference of Major League Soccer (MLS). Originally as the San Jose Clash, the franchise ...

, and the club signed him on March 17, 2011. He made his debut for the Earthquakes two days later in their first game of the 2011 MLS season, a 1–0 loss to

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 ...

, and scored his first goal by opening the scoring on May 21, 2011 in a 2–1 victory over

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. McLoughlin was waived by San Jose on June 28, 2012. In 2014 Ellis was signed by professional indoor team Mahalo United costing him $150 every 10 weeks. After leading the co-ed league & men's league divisions in goals for Spring, Fall, & Winter Sessions from 2014–2017, McLoughlin caught the eye of the Tacoma Stars. In November 2017 Mahalo United loaned McLoughlin (for an undisclosed fee) to the Tacoma Stars for the 2017/2018 season. (And as many seasons as McLoughlin would like to play) In April 2018 Ellis returned to the Menehunes in the Men's A Division

International career

Played in the

2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup The FIFA U-17 World Cup 2007, the twelfth edition of the tournament, was held in South Korea between 18 August and 9 September 2007. For this event, the number of teams had been expanded from 16 to 24, with the top two of each group and the four ...

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. Played a total of 38 games for the national team scoring 14 goals.

Personal life

Ellis said in an interview that he drinks a Macchiato every day. Ellis goes by numerous nicknames that include Ewdis, Odis, and Ewdis McEwdis. Ellis currently resides in Seattle, Washington with his dog Sam. Sam is a Lab & Rhodesian Ridgeback mix originally raised by German parents. Sam underwent ACL Surgery in 2016 and was able to make a full recovery.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:McLoughlin, Ellis 1990 births Living people American men's soccer players American expatriate men's soccer players Washington Huskies men's soccer players Hertha BSC II players San Jose Earthquakes players Men's association football forwards Soccer players from Washington (state) Expatriate men's footballers in Germany Major League Soccer players United States men's youth international soccer players Bishop Blanchet High School alumni