Nico Benalcazar
American soccer player
Nico Benalcazar (born June 6, 2001) is an American soccer player who plays as a defender for Orange County SC.
Playing career
Youth
After playing with New England youth side Beachside SC, Benalcazar joined the academy of MLS club New York City FC in their first year of operation, in 2015. He progressed through their age categories from Under-14 upwards, eventually captaining the U-19 team. Benalcazar was voted onto the United States Soccer Development Academy in its U-15/16 Eastern Conference Best XI for the 2016–2017 season.
While acting as captain in the 2017–2018 season, he was awarded NYCFC U-19s’ Academy Player of the Year recognition. This award was given following the NYCFC Development Academy National Championship over LA Galaxy's U-19 squad in July 2018. He played for their MLS professional side in a preseason friendly against FC Copenhagen before their 2019 season while in Abu Dhabi, UAE.
College
Benalcazar committed to playing college soccer at Wake Forest University, in Winston-Salem, NC. He was rated as a 4 star recruit, and the No. 38 recruit in the nation by TopDrawerSoccer, including the No. 8 defender and No. 3 recruit from New York region.
On August 30, 2019, Benalcazar made his collegiate debut for Wake Forest University, playing 90 minutes in a 2–1 victory against UCF.
Benalcazar received the following awards during his second season at Wake Forest University, 2020 All-ACC Second-Team Selection, 2020 All-ACC Academic Team Selection and was named to the 2020–21 TopDrawerSoccer Best XI Second-Team Selection.
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