Updated June 23, 2022
SEBASTIAN LLETGET AT A GLANCE:
MLS CAREER: Acquired by New England ahead of his 11th professional season on Dec. 16, 2021 from the LA Galaxy…Owns 172 regular-season appearances with 144 starts in his MLS career, tallying 25 goals and 30 assists…Began Galaxy tenure under Bruce Arena in 2015, making 20 appearances with 17 starts and tallying a career-high seven goals, second-most on the team…Added three additional appearances in the 2015 U.S. Open Cup, one MLS Cup Playoffs start in which he scored a goal…and four Concacaf Champions League appearances in 2015…Set a career high with 31 appearances in 2016, recording a goal and a career-high eight assists along with three additional starts in the MLS Cup Playoffs…Missed most of the 2017 season after suffering a Lisfranc fracture during his United States Men’s National Team debut…Started in three matches for the LA Galaxy in 2017, playing 270 minutes…Returned to full health in 2018, featuring in 28 MLS matches along with one U.S. Open Cup tie, scoring three goals and adding two assist over 1,900 minutes…Added six assists in 29 appearances during the 2019 regular season, scoring three goals and adding one goal in two MLS Cup Playoff matches…Featured 21 times for the Galaxy in 2020, scoring six goals and registering four assists…Appeared in 26 matches during the 2021 regular season, notching three goals and five assists…Logged 14 appearances with 13 starts to date in the 2022 league campaign, tallying two goals and three assists…Owns two additional Concacaf Champions League appearances in 2022, both starts, with one goal.
2022: Acquired by New England ahead of his 11th professional season on Dec. 16, 2021 from the LA Galaxy…Has made 14 appearances with 13 starts for New England, scoring two goals and adding three assists along with 23 shots, nine on target, through the opening half of the season…Appeared in two matches during the 2022 Concacaf Champions League, starting both, with one goal in 168 minutes…(2/26) at POR: Made club debut in a 79-minute shift, scoring his first goal for the club…(3/5) vs. FCD: Made home debut for the Revolution with a 69-minute effort, completing 94.7 percent of his passes…(3/9) vs. PUM: Started and played 78 minutes in New England SCCL opener, notching the game-winning goal…(3/12) vs. RSL: Played 30 minutes off the bench, registering his first assist for the club…(4/2) vs. NY: Matched a career high with three shots on target in his first 90-minute effort for New England in MLS play...(4/16) vs. CLT: Surpassed 12,000 minutes played in his MLS career...(5/7) vs. CLB: Found the scoresheet by tallying his second assist of the season...(5/15) at ATL: Notched an assist for a second straight match...(5/21) at CIN: Netted a highlight-reel scissor kick in a 45-minute effort on the road.
2021 (with LA Galaxy): Appeared in 26 matches during the 2021 regular season, notching three goals and five assists…(4/18) at MCF: Tallied winning assist in a season-opening victory, playing all 90 minutes…(5/15) vs. ATX: Scored first goal of the season, a game-winner, in a 62-minute outing…(6/23) at VAN: Recorded second assist of the season in a 90-minute shift…(7/7) vs. FCD: Registered game-winning assist, his 25th career MLS helper…(8/28) at LAFC: Notched game-tying assist in the second half, his fourth of the season…(9/18) at MIN: Registered 125th MLS start, playing all 90 minutes…(9/26) at ATX: Made his 150th appearance in MLS, starting and playing 90 minutes…(10/23) vs. FCD: Tallied a second-half equalizer to rescue a 2-2 draw in a 45-minute performance off the bench…(11/1) at SEA: Registered fifth assist of the season in a 1-1 draw…(11/7) vs. MIN: Scored third goal of the season in a Decision Day clash, his final appearance for the Galaxy.
2020 (with LA Galaxy): Featured 21 times for the Galaxy in 2020, scoring six goals and registering four assists…(8/22) at LAFC: Tallied first goal of the pandemic-shortened season, starting and playing 82 minutes…(8/29) vs. SJ: Scored second goal of the season, a game-winner, along with his first assist of the campaign in an 88-minute outing…(9/2) at POR: Tallied an assist in a second straight game, his 20th in MLS, in 62 minutes…(9/6) vs. LAFC: Bagged a second-half brace, scoring goals 10 minutes apart in an 87-minute effort…(9/13) at SJ: Made 100th MLS start, playing 90 minutes in a scoreless draw…(9/27) vs. SEA: Registered fifth goal of the season…(10/3) at SJ: Made his 125th career appearance in MLS, marking the occasion by tallying his sixth goal of the season in a 71-minute shift, his 20th MLS goal…(10/28) at POR: Played 45 minutes off the bench, recording his fifth assist of the year…(11/1) vs. RSL: Assisted on the opening goal in a winning effort, starting and playing 83 minutes.
2019 (with LA Galaxy): Added six assists in 29 appearances during the 2019 regular season, scoring three goals and adding one goal in two MLS Cup Playoff matches…Missed five matched due to injury, including three July fixtures with a pelvis injury…(3/16) vs. MIN: Netted first goal of the season, a game-winner, in a 90-minute effort…(4/28) vs. RSL: Set up the game-winning goal in the second half of a 2-1 win, his first helper of the season…(5/8) at CLB: Registered second assist of the season in a 90-minute outing…(5/11) vs. NYC: Registered 75th start in MLS, playing all 90 minutes of a 2-0 loss…(7/27) at POR: Made 100th MLS appearance, playing 35 minutes off the bench…(8/17) vs. SEA: Started and played 90 minutes, registering his third assist of the year…(8/21) vs. CAZ: Made his Leagues Cup debut against Cruz Azul, featuring off the bench for 22 minutes in a 2-1 loss…(9/1) at SEA: Registered fourth assist of the season, factoring into the scoring against Seattle for the fifth time in his career…(9/15) vs. SKC: Tallied first MLS brace along with his fifth assist of the season in a 90-minute effort…(10/6) at HOU: Assisted on the opening goal in a 90-minute outing…(10/21) at MIN: Scored second career postseason goal in a 90-minute outing, helping the Galaxy to an upset victory in the opening round.
2018 (with LA Galaxy): Returned to full health in 2018, featuring in 28 MLS matches along with one U.S. Open Cup tie, scoring three goals and adding two assist over 1,900 minutes…(3/5) vs. POR: Made first appearance in 11 months as a second-half substitute…(3/11) at NYC: Started for the first time since returning from injury, playing 77 minutes at right midfielder…(3/31) vs. LAFC: Scored first goal of the season, jumpstarting a 4-3 comeback victory in the inaugural El Trafico match in which he was subbed off for debutant Zlatan Ibrahimovic…(5/5) at HOU: Made his 50th career MLS start, playing 74 minutes…(5/31) vs. FCD: Notched first assist of the season in a 90-minute outing…(6/10) vs. RSL: Suffered an ankle injury that forced him to miss five matches…(8/11) vs. MIN: Scored second goal of the season in a 45-minute shift off the bench, his 10th MLS goal…(8/15) vs. COL: Started and played 90 minutes, scoring for a second consecutive contest for his third goal of the year…(8/18) at SEA: Made his 75th career MLS appearance in a 62-minute effort…(10/21) at MIN: Tallied second assist of the season, playing 90 minutes…
2017 (with LA Galaxy): Started the opening three matches for the LA Galaxy in 2017, playing all 270 minutes…Missed remainder of the 2017 season after suffering a Lisfranc fracture during his United States Men’s National Team debut under Bruce Arena.
2016 (with LA Galaxy): Set a career high with 31 appearances with 23 starts in 2016, recording a goal and a career-best eight assists along with three additional starts in the MLS Cup Playoffs…Also scored four goals in four U.S. Open Cup appearances…(3/6) vs. DC: Tallied game-winning assist in a season-opening victory, playing 80 minutes…(4/11) vs. POR: Made 25th MLS appearance, playing all 90 minutes in a 1-1 draw…(4/15) at HOU: Registered second assist of the season in a 90-minute performance…(5/8) vs. NE: Made 25th MLS start in a 4-2 victory…(5/28) at MTL: Started and played 78 minutes, registering an assist…(6/15) vs. MAQ: Bagged a brace in extra time of a U.S. Open Cup clash with Maquina FC…(7/21) vs. SEA: Scored another Open Cup brace in a Quarterfinal victory Seattle, netting the third and fourth goals along with an assist in a 4-2 triumph…(7/31) at SEA: Tallied lone goal of the season, a 78th-minute equalizer, in a 27-minute performance…(8/24) at CHI: Added an assist in a road draw, playing 90 minutes…(9/3) vs. CLB: Recorded an assist to help open the scoring late in the second half of a 2-1 win…(9/11) vs. ORL: Started and played 90 minutes, registering an assist…(9/18) at SKC: Tallied an assist in a 90-minute outing…(9/25) vs. SEA: Found the scoresheet for a third straight match against Seattle, notching his 10th career MLS assist…(10/2) at FCD: Made his 50th MLS appearance in a 90-minute performance.
2015 (with LA Galaxy): Signed with the LA Galaxy on May 8, 2015 after the club acquired his rights from New England in exchange for $50,000 in Allocation Money…Made making 20 appearances with 17 starts and tallying a career-high seven goals, second-most on the team…Added three additional appearances in the 2015 U.S. Open Cup, one MLS Cup Playoffs start in which he scored a goal, and four Concacaf Champions League appearances…(5/17) at ORL: Made club debut, playing 21 minutes as a substitute…(5/29) vs. COS: Featured for LA Galaxy II in USL, making his first start for the club in a 62-minute effort…(6/14) at CLB: Netted first goal for the club, playing 84 minutes…(6/18) vs. PSA: Made Open Cup debut, playing 90 minutes and scoring a goal against PSA Elite…(6/21) vs. PHI: Scored in a second straight game, coming off the bench for 33 minutes…(6/25) vs. POR: Tallied a game-winning goal as well as his first MLS assist, his third straight match with a goal…(7/5) vs. TOR: Recorded first game-winning assist in his first 90-minute outing, also scoring for the fourth time in five games…(7/18) vs. SJ: Added fifth goal of the season in a 90-minute effort…(8/2) at COL: Netted game-tying goal in the second half for his sixth of the season…(8/7) vs. CFC: Made Concacaf Champions League debut in a 50-minute outing off the bench against Central FC of Trinidad & Tobago, recording an assist…(8/23) vs. NYC: Tallied seventh goal of the season in an 82-minute effort…(10/29) at SEA: Made MLS Cup Playoffs debut in a 76-minute shift, netting a first-half equalizer for his first postseason goal.
CLUB CAREER OUTSIDE OF MLS: Began professional career with West Ham United of the English Premier League, signing first professional contract in 2010…Made senior team debut for West Ham United on Jan. 5, 2014 in an FA Cup clash with Nottingham Forest, starting and playing 90 minutes in what would be his only first-team appearance for the club…Named to the bench on five occasions during English Premier League matches between 2012-14, going as an unused substitute each time…Made 54 appearances for the West Ham Under-23 and reserve sides, registering six goals and three assists over parts of five seasons…Made 10 appearances for the West Ham U-21s in 2014-15, finishing with a goal and an assist over 814 minutes…Recorded an assist on Aug. 22, 2014 against the Southampton U-21s…Scored first goal of the season on Jan. 23, 2015 vs. Chelsea U-21s…Played in 17 matches during the 2013-14 U-21 Premier League season, scoring three goals and adding an assist…Found the scoresheet in four consecutive matches to open the 2013-14 campaign, including goals in each of the first three matches…Added lone assist of the 2013-14 season on Sept. 2, 2013…Split duties during the 2012-13 season between the U-21 Premier League and U-21 Premier League Elite Group, combining for 23 appearances and over 2,000 minutes…Made first career start on Aug. 17, 2012 against the Reading U-21 side…Recorded first career assist on Nov. 9, 2012 against the Arsenal U-21s…Notched first career goal on Feb. 26, 2013 against the Wolverhampton Wanderers U-21 side…Tallied first career game-winning goal on April 19, 2013, also against the Wolverhampton U-21s… Saw first action during the 2010-11 campaign, featuring four times for West Ham in the Premier Reserve League…Made club debut on Nov. 2, 2010, playing 28 minutes against the Manchester City Reserves.
INTERNATIONAL CAREER (United States): Capped 33 times by the United States Men’s National Team, tallying eight goals and two assists…Made international debut for the United States on Jan. 29, 2017, in a friendly against Serbia, playing 45 minutes off the bench…Collected first start on Feb. 4, 2017 in a 1-0 win
