Sota Kitahara

Sota Kitahara (北原 壮太, Kitahara Sōta, born January 11, 2003) is an American soccer player who plays as a midfielder for Major League Soccer club Seattle Sounders FC.

Club career
He was raised in Edmonds, Washington, and graduated from Edmonds-Woodway High School after joining the Sounders academy. He played for USL Championship side Tacoma Defiance from 2019 to 2022.

On July 17, 2021, he was loaned to FC Pinzgau Saalfelden. Kitahara signed with the senior team for the Sounders on October 28, 2022.