Nathan Ordaz

• ranked No. 8 on annual MLS 22 Under 22 list of top young players (2025) 

• Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Champion (2024) 

• 2X MLS Western Conference Champion (2023, 2024) 

• made his MLS debut 5/17/23 vs. SKC 

• scored his inaugural first-team goal 8/2/23 vs. FC Juarez in Leagues Cup  

• scored his first MLS regular-season goal 7/13/24 vs. CLB 

• made his professional debut in USL on 5/4/19 for Austin Bold (USL)

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2025 (LAFC) 

• had a breakout year with 38 appearances (23 starts) across all competitions, scoring eight goals and seven assists in 1,880 minutes 

• made 26 appearances (15 starts) in MLS play, registering five goals and five assists in 1,312 minutes  

• 5 regular-season assists ranked third on the team behind Bouanga, Delgado (9 asst. each) 

• appeared in all three of the club’s MLS Cup playoff matches (two starts), logging 129 minutes and notching a goal against Austin FC on 10/29/25  

• appeared in five of the team’s six Concacaf Champions Cup matches (three starts), logging 277 minutes and scoring against the Columbus Crew (3/4/25) and Inter Miami (4/2/25) 

• started against Club América in FIFA Club World Cup Play-in Match on 5/31/25 and started the tournament opener against Chelsea FC on 6/16/25, logging 106 total minutes  

• logged two Leagues Cup appearances (one start), playing 56 minutes

2024 (LAFC) 

• Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Champion  

• MLS Western Conference Champion 

• made 17 regular season appearances (three starts) with 372 minutes played 

• registered one goal (7/13/24 vs. CLB), and three assists (3/23/24 vs. NSH, 6/22/24 vs. SJ, 10/13/24 vs. VAN) 

• appeared in 21 matches with the first team across all competitions, including two Leagues Cup appearances and two appearances in the U.S. Open Cup.

   2024 (LAFC2 - MLS NEXT PRO) 

• appeared in eight matches (eight starts), registering 610 minutes played 

• scored two goals with four assists

2023 (LAFC)  

• MLS Western Conference Champion 

• appeared in 24 matches with the first team across all competitions 

• appeared in 17 MLS matches (two starts), registering 251 minutes played 

• appeared in two postseason MLS matches, including the Western Conference Final victory 12/2/23 vs. HOU 

• scored his first career goal with the first team 8/2/23 in the club’s Leagues Cup debut vs. FC Juarez, becoming the second LAFC Academy product to score for the first team 

• made three appearances (one start) in Leagues Cup, and registered four shots in his two starts in U.S. Open Cup  

• recorded his first MLS assist 7/12/23 vs. STL

2023 (LAFC2 - MLS NEXT PRO) 

• appeared in 10 matches (10 starts), registering 743 minutes played 

• scored two goals and recorded one assist

2022 (LAFC)  

• did not see action for LAFC in the 2022 season 

• made one appearance in 2022 preseason vs. TOR

2021 (LAFC Academy - MLS NEXT)  

• scored five goals in eight games when MLS Next returned after pausing due to Covid-19 

• registered 12 goals and six assists in 14 matches for the LAFC Academy, earning the team a spot in the UPSL Western Region Championship 

• led LAFC to a fourth-place national finish in Feb. 2022

2018-20 (LAFC Academy - MLS NEXT)  

• joined LAFC Academy at the U-14 level from LAFC SoCal Youth (formerly Real SoCal) and progressed to play for LAFC at the U-15, U-17 and U-19 levels

INTERNATIONAL 

• made seven appearances (four starts) for El Salvador in 2026 World Cup Qualifying, logging 397 minutes and three assists throughout 2025 

• started and played all 90 minutes of El Salvador senior team‘s 1-1 draw vs. Bonaire on 3/21/24 

• Overall, has made seven appearances for the El Salvador Senior National Team 

• represented El Salvador’s U-19 squad at the 2022 Dallas Cup 

• participated in Mexico’s U-20 training camp in 2022 

• invited to U.S. U-20 training camp in April 2022 

• received his first international call up for El Salvador in 2021, joining the U-19 training camp 

• joined El Salvador Senior National Team in training camp in Dec. 2021

PERSONAL 

• San Fernando Valley native 

• fourth LAFC Homegrown player to sign to the first team 

• was a competitive motocross racer as a youth 

• worked as a ballboy during LAFC first-team matches while with LAFC Academy