Richard Sanchez

Born in Mission Hills, Calif., Sanchez moved to Texas with his family and initially played for Texas Football Club before joining Spain’s Atletico de Madrid U-16 squad. In 2009, Sanchez returned to Texas and began playing for the FC Dallas Academy and signed as the club’s sixth Homegrown player in 2011. After four seasons with the club, Sanchez joined Tigres UANL of Liga MX where he stayed for three seasons.

In 2017, Sanchez returned to MLS with the Chicago Fire where he made 27 league appearances over three seasons before moving to Sporting Kansas City, making two starts over the 2020 MLS campaign. Internationally, Sanchez played for the U-17, U-20 and U-21 Mexico national teams and helped his country win the 2011 U-17 FIFA World Cup.