Marlon Vargas

Marlon Vargas
Personal information
Date of birth (2001-01-12) January 12, 2001
Place of birth Bakersfield, California, United States
Height 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)
Position Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Union Omaha on loan from New Mexico United
Number 8
Youth career
2015–2016 Central California Aztecs
2016–2019 Seattle Sounders
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2022 Tacoma Defiance 88 (16)
2023–2024 Colorado Rapids 2 49 (15)
2023 → Colorado Rapids (loan) 1 (0)
2024 → New Mexico United (loan) 8 (1)
2025– New Mexico United 25 (3)
2026– → Union Omaha (loan) 0 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of June 30, 2026

Marlon Vargas (born January 12, 2001) is an American soccer player who plays as a midfielder for Union Omaha in USL League One on loan from New Mexico United in the USL Championship.

Club career

He joined the academy of Major League Soccer's Seattle Sounders FC in 2016 and signed a professional contract with the team's reserve side two years later. Vargas played regularly for the reserves, later renamed Tacoma Defiance, and led the team in scoring during the 2022 season. With his 12 goals and six assists, he was also named to the MLS Next Pro Best XI at the end of the season.[1]

On September 11, 2024 New Mexico United announced the loan signing of Marlon Vargas for the remainder of the 2024 USL Championship season.[2] He tallied his first goal for New Mexico on October 26 vs Memphis 901 FC.[3]

On January 9, 2025 New Mexico United announced they had signed Vargas to a full contract for the 2025 USL Championship season.[4]

On June 29, 2026 Union Omaha of USL League One announced they had acquired Vargas on loan from New Mexico Untied.[5]

Honors

Individual

References

  1. ↑ Oshan, Jeremiah (September 23, 2022). "Marlon Vargas named MLS NEXT Pro Best XI". Sounder At Heart. Retrieved May 20, 2023.
  2. ↑ "NEW MEXICO UNITED ANNOUNCES LOAN SIGNING OF MARLON VARGAS FROM COLORADO RAPIDS II". New Mexico United. Retrieved September 11, 2024.
  3. ↑ Writer, Ken Sickenger / Journal Staff (October 26, 2024). "Fireworks come too late for United in 3-2 loss to Memphis". Albuquerque Journal. Retrieved October 27, 2024.
  4. ↑ "NEW MEXICO UNITED ANNOUNCES RETURN OF MARLON VARGAS". New Mexico United. Retrieved January 9, 2025.
  5. ↑ "UNION OMAHA SIGNS MIDFIELDER MARLON VARGAS ON LOAN". Union Omaha. Retrieved June 30, 2026.
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