.jpg) Oregel with the Chicago Fire in 2025 | |||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Sergio Oregel Jr. | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | May 16, 2005 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Evergreen Park, Illinois, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
| Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | Chicago Fire | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 35 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2018–2022 | Chicago Fire | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022– | Chicago Fire | 30 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022–2024 | Chicago Fire II | 61 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2019 | United States U15 | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022 | United States U17 | 1 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022– | United States U19 | 6 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| 2024– | United States U20 | 6 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023– | United States U23 | 4 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of February 23, 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of October 12, 2024 | |||||||||||||||||
Sergio Oregel Jr. (born May 16, 2005) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder for Major League Soccer club Chicago Fire.
Club career
[edit]Youth
[edit]Oregel joined the academy in 2018. In his final season with the academy in 2021, Oregel helped the team win the inaugural MLS NEXT under-19 Championship on July 3. Oregel earned the MLS NEXT U-19 Golden Ball, which is awarded to the best player of the tournament in each age division.[1][2]
Chicago Fire
[edit]On October 23, 2021, it was announced that Oregel had signed a homegrown player deal with the Chicago Fire senior team, on a deal that would begin in 2022.[3][4] In 2022, Oregel spent the majority of the season with the club's MLS Next Pro side, where he made 17 appearances.[5]
International career
[edit]Born in the United States, Oregel is of Mexican descent. He is a youth international for the United States, having played up to the United States U-20s.[6][7] He also appeared in the 2023 Pan American Games, finishing 4th overall with the U.S..[8]
References
[edit]- ^ "Sergio Oregel | Chicago Fire FC". chicagofirefc.
- ^ Calabrese, Alex (August 25, 2022). "Sergio Oregel: The next homegrown to break out with the Chicago Fire". hottimeinoldtown.com.
- ^ "Chicago Fire FC Sign Academy Midfielder Sergio Oregel to Homegrown Player Contract | Chicago Fire FC". chicagofirefc.
- ^ "Chicago Fire FC signs 16-year-old Academy midfielder Sergio Oregel".
- ^ "Sergio Oregel | MLSsoccer.com". mlsnextpro.
- ^ Calabrese, Alex (August 25, 2022). "Sergio Oregel: The next homegrown to break out with the Chicago Fire". Hot Time In Old Town. Retrieved October 19, 2023.
- ^ Calabrese, Alex (July 12, 2024). "¡Rumbo a Celaya! Sergio Oregel is ready to shine for the U.S. U-20s". MIR97 Media. Retrieved January 28, 2025.
- ^ Calabrese, Alex (October 10, 2023). "Oregel, Casas called up for Pan Am Games". MIR97 Media. Retrieved January 28, 2025.
