Cade Cowell

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

• First MLS Game – vs. Minnesota United 3/8/2020 (San Jose)
• First MLS Start –  vs LA Galaxy 8/30/2020 (San Jose)
• First MLS Goal –  vs. LA Galaxy 8/30/2020 (San Jose)
• First MLS Assist - vs. LA Galaxy 10/15/2020 (San Jose)

2026: MLS: Made 13 appearances with 13 starts… logging 887 minutes played… recording 1 goal and 5 assists. US Open Cup: Made two appearances… logging 77 minutes played… recording one assist.

2025: Liga MX: Made 32 appearances across all competitions… scored five goals and tallied three assists… recorded one goal and one assist in CONCACAF Champions Cup play.

2024: Liga MX: Made 37 appearances across all competitions… recorded seven goals and two assists… scored first career goal for Chivas in a 3-1 win over Forge FC in the first round of the 2023-24 CONCACAF Champions Cup… scored against Club America in the Round of 16 of the CONCACAF Champions Cup.

2023: MLS (San Jose): Made 23 appearances with 20 starts for the San Jose Earthquakes… scored 1 goal and tallied 2 assists… named to MLS 22 Under 22 list. Liga MX: Joined Chivas Guadalajara ahead of the Clausura season.

2022: MLS (San Jose): made 31 appearances with 15 starts… logging 1,548 minutes played… scored three goals and recorded five assists.

2021: MLS (San Jose): Made 33 appearances with 14 starts… logging 1,663 minutes played… recorded 5 goals and 6 assists… named to 2021 MLS All-Star roster… became the youngest player in MLS history to reach 50 appearances.

2020: MLS (San Jose): Made 17 appearances with 4 starts… scored 1 goals and tallied 1 assist… scored first career MLS goal against LA Galaxy on August 29… became the youngest player in club history to score an MLS goal.

Prior to New York

Cowell made 69 appearances with Chivas Guadalajara, recording 12 goals and five assists, including three goals in the 2023–24 CONCACAF Champions Cup. Prior to that, he made 104 MLS appearances with the San Jose Earthquakes (10 goals, 15 assists) after signing as a Homegrown Player. He earned 2021 MLS All-Star honors and became the youngest player in league history to reach 100 appearances, while also holding club records as San Jose’s youngest debutant, starter, and goal scorer.

International Experience

Cowell has made 11 appearances for the United States Men’s National Team since debuting on December 18, 2021 (vs. Bosnia and Herzegovina). He recorded his first international goal and assist in a 6–0 CONCACAF Gold Cup win over Trinidad and Tobago on July 3, 2023. He has also represented the U.S. at the youth level, including as a member of the 2021–22 CONCACAF U-20 Championship squad.

Academy Experience

Cowell was a member of the San Jose Earthquakes Academy and also played for Ballistic United, where during the 2017-18 U.S. Soccer Development Academy season, he led the nation with 34 goals and 32 appearances. 

Acquired

Red Bull New York have acquired winger Cade Cowell on a year-long loan from Chivas Guadalajara, with a permanent transfer option at the end of the loan, on December 17, 2025.

PRIOR TO NEW YORK

Cowell has spent the previous two years with Chivas Guadalajara, where he made 69 appearances and recorded 12 goals and five assists. He scored his first career goal for Chivas in a 3-1 win over Forge FC in the first round of the 2023-24 CONCACAF Champions Cup. Cowell scored three career CONCACAF Champions Cup goals for Chivas, including the opening goal against rivals Club America in a 3-2 win in the Round of 16 of the 2023-24 CONCACAF Champions Cup, he also added two assists in the competition.

Prior to Chivas, Cowell played for the San Jose Earthquakes in MLS, where he was on a contract as a homegrown. Cowell made 104 career MLS appearances for the Earthquakes, where he recorded 10 goals and 15 assists. The forward still holds multiple records for San Jose as their youngest player to make his MLS debut, youngest player to make an MLS start, and the youngest player to score an MLS goal, which he set when he scored his first career MLS goal on August 29, 2020, against Los Angeles Galaxy. He was named to the 2021 MLS All-Star roster and is still the youngest player to reach 100 MLS appearances in league history.  

INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE

Cowell has represented the United States on the international stage, where he has made 11 career senior appearances. He made his debut for the USMNT on December 18, 2021, in an 1-0 win over Bosnia and Herzegovina in an international friendly. He recorded his first career international goal and assist in a 6-0 win over Trinidad and Tobago in a CONCACAF Gold Cup match on July 3, 2023. The forward has also represented the United States on the youth national team level, where he was a member of the 2021-22 CONCACAF U-20 Championship team.

ACQUIRED: Red Bull New York have acquired winger Cade Cowell on a year-long loan from Chivas Guadalajara, with a permanent transfer option at the end of the loan, on December 17, 2025.