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Place of Birth: Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
About Hugo Alcaraz-Cuellar
- Hugo Alcaraz-Cuellar (born April 6, 1977 in Guadalajara, Jalisco) is a Mexican former footballer who most recently played for the Seattle Sounders of the USL First Division. Alcaraz-Cuellar initially began playing soccer with the San Diego Flash in 2001.
- In his rookie season in professional soccer, he began to showcase his talents as an attacking midfielder where he enjoyed a rather successful campaign by tallying in six goals.
- Unfortunately San Diego would fold the following season, which would result in Alcaraz-Cuellar to sign with the Portland Timbers.
- It was in Portland where he broaden his position of an attacking midfielder to that of a playmaker.
- During his tenure with Portland, he established himself as the Timbers' all-time leader in assists, with 44.
- Including being ranked second in games played, and as well as third in points for the club.
- He assisted the club by claiming their first USL First Division Commissioner's Cup; he was awarded the Assist Leader Statistical award twice in his career, becoming the first player in league history to win the honor twice consecutively. After failing to negotiate a deal with Portland, Alcaraz-Cuellar subsequently signed a contract with Cascadian arch-rivals Seattle Sounders in 2007.
- In Seattle he managed to contribute with two goals and eight assists, which tied him for second in the league in assists.
- Another notable achievement in Seattle was winning the double, in which he claimed his first USL First Division Championship.
- In February, 2010 he was ranked 15th in the USL First Division Top 25 of the Decade, which announced a list of the best and most influential players of the previous decade.
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