Matt Evans (footballer)
Guatemalan footballer (born 2004)
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Matthew Dominic Evans Wolff (born 25 May 2006) is a professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for 2. Liga club Wacker Innsbruck, on loan from MLS club Los Angeles FC. Born in the United States, he plays for the Guatemala national team.
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| Full name | Matthew Dominic Evans Wolff | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 25 May 2006 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Simi Valley, California, United States[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Attacking midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team |
Wacker Innsbruck (on loan from Los Angeles FC) | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 8 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2018–2023 | Los Angeles FC | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023– | Los Angeles FC 2 | 64 | (17) | ||||||||||||||
| 2024– | Los Angeles FC | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2026– | → Wacker Innsbruck (loan) | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2023 | Guatemala U17 | 2 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023 | United States U17 | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2024 | Guatemala U18 | 4 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023–2024 | Guatemala U20 | 11 | (7) | ||||||||||||||
| 2025– | Guatemala U21 | 6 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
| 2025– | Guatemala | 6 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 8:00, 24 May 2026 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 13:53, 7 June 2026 (UTC) | |||||||||||||||||
Club career
Los Angeles FC
Evans joined the youth academy of Los Angeles FC as a U12, and began his senior career with Los Angeles FC 2 in the MLS Next Pro in 2023. On 31 October 2024, he signed a professional Homegrown Player contract with the senior Los Angeles FC squad.[2] He made the Los Angeles FC final squad for the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup.[3]
Evans would make his MLS debut on 11 April 2026, assisting in a 2-1 defeat against Portland Timbers.[4]
In July 2026, Evans was loaned out to 2. Liga club Wacker Innsbruck.[5]
International career
Youth career
Evans was born in the United States to an American father and Guatemalan mother and holds dual-citizenship.[6] He played for the Guatemala U17s at the 2023 CONCACAF U-17 Championship.[7] In September 2023, he instead was called up to a training camp with the United States U17s.[8] He represented Guatemala U20 at the 2024 CONCACAF U-20 Championship.[9] In October 2025, Evans was included in the Guatemala squad for the 2025 Central American Games hosted in Guatemala City.[10] He would score a hat-trick within 15 minutes and assist in Guatemala's 4–2 win over El Salvador in the bronze medal match.[11] Evans would also be awarded the Top Goal Scorer for the Central American Games, recording three goals.[12]
Senior career
Evans debuted with the senior Guatemala national team in a 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification loss to Jamaica on 10 June 2025.[13] In that same month, Evans was named to the squad for the 2025 CONCACAF Gold Cup, although he made no appearances.[14]