Tomás Chancalay

Updated August 19, 2024

TOMAS CHANCALAY AT A GLANCE:

• Currently on Season-Ending Injury List with a partially torn ACL sustained in May 2024.
• Signed to a Major League Soccer contract as a Designated Player through the 2026 MLS season with an additional one-year club option on Nov. 28, 2023.
• Netted six goals over 11 appearances in debut MLS campaign in 2023, with two additional starts in the MLS Cup Playoffs.
• Arrived in New England owning over 180 professional appearances with Club Atlético Colón, Racing Club, and Al-Wasl, tallying 35 goals and 20 assists.
• Notched eight goals and five assists in 19 appearances for Al-Wasl in the UAE Pro League this season, on loan from Racing Club in Argentina.
• Logged 91 appearances over parts of five seasons in the Argentina Liga Profesional, notching nine goals and seven assists in over 5,000 minutes.
• Capped three times by Argentina at the Under-20 level, including a pair of appearances at the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup.

MLS CAREER: Loaned from Racing Club to New England for 2023 season with club purchase option on July 10, 2023…On Nov. 28, 2023, signed to a Major League Soccer contract as a Designated Player through the 2026 MLS season with an additional one-year club option after New England exercised the permanent transfer option…In 2024, owns two goals and one assist over 12 MLS appearances, with 11 starts…Played in all six Concacaf Champions Cup matches, setting club record with four goals…Named to Concacaf Champions Cup Best XI for Round One and the Round of 16…In first MLS season, scored six goals in 11 regular season appearances, starting 10 times…Also made two starts in MLS Cup Playoffs.

2024: In 2024, owns two goals and one assist over 12 MLS appearances, with 11 starts…Played in all six Concacaf Champions Cup matches, setting club record with four goals…Named to Concacaf Champions Cup Best XI for Round One and the Round of 16…(2/21) at CAI: Tallied first Concacaf Champions Cup goal in tournament debut, a game-winner…(2/29) vs. CAI: Scored second goal in as many Champions Cup appearances…(3/6) vs. LDA: Became second player in club history to score multiple goals in a Champions Cup match…(4/27) vs. MIA: Scored first goal of the regular season in the first minute of the match…(5/4) at CHI: Scored in back-to-back regular season games for first time in Revolution career…(5/11) at RBNY: Recorded first MLS assist, his third-straight match on the scoresheet…(5/18) vs. PHI: Suspended through yellow card accumulation…(5/25) vs. NYC: Suffered season-ending knee injury in the first half, expected to miss remainder of 2024 campaign.

2023: Signed on loan from Racing Club with club purchase option…Tallied six goals in 11 regular season appearances, starting 10 times…Led MLS with 30 shots from outside the penalty area over the final two months of the season…Also made two starts in MLS Cup Playoffs…(8/26) at MTL: Made MLS and club debut as a substitute…(8/30) vs. RBNY: Notched first start for the club in his home debut…(9/2) vs. ATX: Selected to MLS Team of the Matchday for the first time after scoring two goals…First Revolution player with a multi-goal game in first three appearances for the club since Carles Gil in 2019…(9/23) at CHI: Netted third goal of the season…(10/4) vs. CLB: Scored fourth goal of the season and logged a season-high eight shots…Selected to MLS Team of the Matchday…(10/14) at NSH: Recorded second multi-goal game of the season with two second-half strikes…Postseason: (10/28) at PHI: Made MLS Cup Playoffs debut, starting and playing 75 minutes.

CLUB CAREER OUTSIDE OF MLS: Made more than 186 professional appearances across all competitions in Argentina and Dubai since 2017, before joining Revolution on loan… Tallied 35 goals and 20 assists in over 11,000 professional minutes…Joined Argentinean side Colón’s youth setup in 2006… Developed in Colón’ Academy for 11 years before signing a professional contract with the club in 2017…. Made senior debut in the Primera Divisón on August 26, 2017, as a substitute….Recorded first professional goal against Rosario Central in September …Notched first professional multi-goal contribution game with a goal and an assist on November 4, 2017 against San Martín…Completed first season with 25 appearances, scoring three goals and three assists while helping Colón qualify for 2018 Copa Sudamericana… Logged 80 appearances with eight goals and 6 assists in all competitions…Loaned out to fellow Primera Divisón side Racing on February 5, 2021, on a loan deal for the remainder of the season…. Tallied 49 appearances across the 2021 season including 13 goals and seven assists…Purchased on a permanent deal on January 14, 2022, by Racing through a purchase option on in loan deal…Signed a contract until the end of 2024 with the Argentinian club…Sent on loan to UAE side Al-Wasl on September 7, 2022, through June 2023…Made 19 appearances through one season in Dubai tallying eight goals and five assists.

Racing Club (Argentina): Tallied 49 appearances across the 2021 season including 13 goals and seven assists while on loan…Signed on permanent deal in 2022 after successful loan move from Club Atlético Colón the season prior… Made 49 appearances logging 13 goals and seven assists while on loan… Tallied 31 appearances with four goals and two assists as a permanent Racing player… Debuted for Racing on February 12, 2021, as a substitute against Banfield, logging 14 minutes…Recorded two assists in Copa De La Liga Profesional Playoffs in the Quarter-finals against Aldosivi…Scored first career brace against San Lorenzo on May 9, 2021…Logged first professional hat-trick on May 26, 2021 in the Copa Libertadores group stages against Rentistas…Logged one goal and one assist against Sarmiento Junin on April 2, 2022.

Al-Wasl (UAE): Loaned from Racing through the 2022/23 season… Logged 26 appearances with 10 goals and five assists…Made first appearance on September 9, 2022, as a right winger….Notched two assists against Al-Nasr on October 1, 2022… Between November 5, 2022, and March 11, 2023, notched six goals and two assists in 11 league games including a brace on February 5, 2023.

Club Atlético Colón (Argentina): Signed to first professional contract in 2017 having been in the Academy since 2006… Made professional debut on August 26, 2017 as a substitute in the 20^th minute… Had six goal contributions netting three and assisting three in first season with the club…Record first professional multi-goal contribution game against San Martín on November 4, 2017 with a goal and an assist…Logged 80 appearances across three seasons collecting eight goals and six assists.

NATIONAL TEAM (ARGENTINA): Capped three times by Argentina at the Under-20 level, including a pair of appearances at the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup…Made youth international debut for the Argentina U-18 side on March 22, 2018, playing 90 minutes in a friendly against the England U-18s…Included in the Argentina squad for the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup…Started and played 65 minutes in the Group Stage finale on May 31, 2019 against South Korea…Came off the bench in the Round of 16 fixture against Mali.

Personal*:\* Full name is Tomás Alejandro Chancalay…Began playing for his hometown club, Arsenal de Viale, at the age of six…Developed for 11 years in the Club Atlético Colón Academy until 2017.