PRONUNCIATION: hue-go BAH-KERR-ACK
POSITION: Defender
BIRTHDATE: July 27, 2001
HEIGHT: 6-4
WEIGHT: 210
HOMETOWN: Valencia, Spain
YOUTH CLUBS: Villarreal, CD Castellón (Spain)
PREVIOUS TEAMS: Minnesota United FC (MLS), Minnesota United FC 2 (MLSNP), Indiana University (NCAA), Fairleigh Dickinson University (NCAA)
PROFILE
A 2024 first-round MLS Superdraft selection, Bacharach joined Rhode Island FC on December 31, 2024, after making his professional debut with Major League Soccer side Minnesota United in 2024, finishing his first season with nine appearances for the club’s MLS Next Pro reserve side and tallying one goal and one assist. Bacharach also made three appearances for Minnesota’s first team in 2024, going the full 90 minutes in his MLS debut on April 13 and playing 65 minutes across two appearances in the club’s 2024 Leagues Cup campaign. Bacharach played collegiately at Fairleigh Dickinson University (2020-2022) and Indiana University (2023). In his final season with Fairleigh Dickinson, the defender was named the Northeast Conference Defender of the Year. Following his transfer to Indiana for his final year of college, he started all 20 games en route to a Big Ten regular season championship, scoring four goals and assisting four in almost 1,700 minutes. He was named to the All-Big Ten Second Team and All-Big Ten Tournament Team after helping the team to its 12th Big Ten Tournament Championship and 29th NCAA Tournament Quarterfinal appearance, before being selected ninth overall in the first round of the 2024 MLS Superdraft by Minnesota. Originally from Spain, Bacharach spent 12 years in the Spanish Academy system in his youth development years, spending a decade with Villarreal before moving to CD Castellón for his final two years.