David Estrada

David Estrada was born in Morelia, Michoacan, Mexico, was raised in Salinas and became one of the most prolific scorers in the nation as a senior on the Alisal High soccer team. He led the nation in goals scored his senior year at Alisal with 66, including 11 in one game, the second-most single-game goals in state history. As a freshman walk-on at UCLA, he was the team’s top scorer and named Soccer America’s National Freshman of the Year. He was a second-team All-Pac 10 selection that year and a first-team All-Pac 10 as a senior. In 2010 Estrada was the No. 11 pick overall in the Major League Soccer draft by the Seattle Sounders.  In 2012 was named Sounders FC Humanitarian of the Year and in 2019 and 2020 he won the same award for New Mexico United. In his rookie year with the Sounders, he became third player in franchise history to record a hat trick and it also made him the first Mexican-born player to get a hat-trick in MLS history.