Alvas Powell

Alvas Elvis Powell (born 18 July 1994) is a Jamaican international footballer who plays as a defender for Al-Hilal Club in the Sudan Premier League. A native of the parish St. Thomas, he attended Paul Bogle High School and gained recognition in the Da Costa Cup competition.

Alvas Powell
Alvas with FC Cincinnati in 2019
Personal information
Full name Alvas Elvis Powell[1]
Date of birth (1994-07-18) 18 July 1994
Place of birth Danvers Pen, St. Thomas, Jamaica [2]
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Defender
Club information
Current team
 Al-Hilal Club
Number 36
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2014 Portmore United 10 (0)
2013–2014 → Portland Timbers (loan) 20 (2)
2014 → Sacramento Republic (loan) 3 (0)
2015–2018 Portland Timbers 101 (4)
2019 FC Cincinnati 13 (0)
2020 Inter Miami 4 (0)
2021– Al-Hilal Club 0 (0)
National team‡
2010–2011 Jamaica U17 8 (1)
2012–2013 Jamaica U20 6 (0)
2012– Jamaica 49 (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10 November 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 18 November 2019

Club career

Portmore United

Powell began his career with Portmore United; he made his senior debut after January 2012.[3] In 2013, Powell went out on loan to Portland Timbers in the MLS, which was extended through December 2014.[4] On 30 August 2014 he scored his first goal for the Timbers in a 3–0 win against the Vancouver Whitecaps.[5]

FC Cincinnati

On 27 December 2018, Powell was traded to FC Cincinnati ahead of their 2019 season, in exchange for $250,000 of General Allocation Money.[6]

Inter Miami CF

On 19 November 2019, Powell was selected second overall by Inter Miami in the 2019 MLS Expansion Draft.[7] Miami opted to decline his contract option following the 2020 season.[8]

Al-Hilal Club

On 27 January 2021, Powell signed with Sudan Premier League side Al-Hilal Club.[9]

International career

He made his international debut with the Jamaica national football team in 2012.[10] He previously played at the 2011 FIFA U-17 World Cup. He helped the Reggae Boyz to capture the 2014 CFU Caribbean Football Unions (men's) Title beating Trinidad and Tobago in Penalties.[11]

Personal life

In 2015, Powell received his U.S. green card which qualifies him as a domestic player for MLS roster purposes.[12]

Career statistics
As of 1 November 2020
Club Season League Playoffs US Open Cup CONCACAF Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Portland Timbers 2013 5000100060
2014 152000010162
2015 310601000380
2016 230000030260
2017 232200000252
2018 242000000242
FC Cincinnati 2019 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0
Inter Miami 2020 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Career total 13768020401516

International goals
Scores and results list Jamaica's goal tally first.[10]
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.9 September 2019Synthetic Track and Field Facility, Leonora, Guyana Guyana1–04–02019–20 CONCACAF Nations League B
2.2–0

Honors

International
Jamaica

Club

Portmore United

Portland Timbers

References
  1. "Jamaica's 40 player provisional list to Copa Centenario". Jamaica Football Federation. 3 May 2016. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 16 December 2016.
  2. "From Danvers Pen to Portland Timbers Alvas Powell is rising to the occasion". Jamaica Observer. 7 November 2013. Retrieved 17 November 2018.
  3. Oshane Tobias (23 January 2012). "What's the story with Alvas Powell?". Jamaica Observer.
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 4 February 2014.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 3 September 2014. Retrieved 31 August 2014.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 28 December 2018. Retrieved 27 December 2018.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. "2019 Expansion Draft results: Inter Miami, Nashville SC make their picks". Retrieved 19 November 2019.
  8. https://www.intermiamicf.com/en/post/2020/12/03/inter-miami-cf-announces-roster-decisions-following-inaugural-season
  9. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/africa/55824877
  10. "Alvas Powell". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman.
  11. Alvas Powell – FIFA competition record
  12. Jamie Goldberg [@Jamiebgoldberg] (13 February 2015). "For those interested in international roster spots, both Alvas Powell & Norberto Paparatto are now green card holders #RCTID" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  13. McCauley, Kim (6 December 2015). "Goals, screw-ups, stats and more: Everything great from the MLS Cup Final". SBNation.com. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
  14. Blue, Molly (1 December 2015). "Portland Timbers, fans celebrate Western Conference Championship". Oregonlive.com. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
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