Sebastian Lletget

Sebastian Lletget was born on 3rd September 1992 in San Francisco, California, to Francisco Lletget and Sara Lletget, who are of Argentine descent. Spending his early years in Northern California, he took to playing soccer at an early age.

He has been in a steady relationship with a Mexican-American singer named Becky G since April 2016

Sebastian Lletget received his first major break as a professional footballer when he was chosen by Sporting Santa Clara youth soccer club to represent its team in the US under-17 residency program. His next opportunity to further his career came when he caught the eye of West Ham United FC International Academy’s scouts.

Lletget made the move to England in 2009 and signed his debut professional deal with West Ham United FC the following year in September. However, he did not play a single match in the 2010-11, 2011-12, 2012-13, 2013-14, and 2014-15 seasons of EPL (English Premier League).

He mostly participated in warm-up games and pre-season friendly fixtures for the entire period he was contracted to West Ham. In the 2012-13 season of EPL, he was selected as a substitute in four games but never took the field. His suffering from mononucleosis further dampened his chances of making appearances.

At the end of the 2012-13 Premier League season, Sebastian extended his contract with West Ham for two subsequent seasons. However, the one and only time he played was in a FA Cup fixture against Nottingham Forest on 5th January 2014 which West Ham lost humiliatingly (0-5).

Following his return to the US in 2015, he was contracted by Los Angeles Galaxy on 8th May in that very year. He took the field for the first time against Orlando City SC on 17th May when he substituted Mika Vayrynen. LA Galaxy lost the game 4 goals to nil.

Lletget represented LA Galaxy II, taking the kickoff against Colorado Springs on 30th May 2015. LA Galaxy won the tie by 2 goals to 1. He debuted for the A-team on 13th June, against Columbus Crew where he netted the match’s first goal that was also his debut goal for LA Galaxy.

Sebastian Lletget has appeared for the US national squad several times, playing in FIFA U-17 and U-20 World Cup matches and also in Olympic Soccer Tournament fixtures. Bruce Arena, USMNT’s coach selected him for the first squad in 2017 to play in qualifying matches for the 2018 FIFA World Cup.

Lletget debuted for USMNT in the game against Serbia on 29th January 2017 and netted his debut goal for the national squad while playing against Honduras on 24th March. He had to leave the field in the game against Honduras owing to a foot injury and will be benched for several months.