Marcelo

Palomino

CM Orange County SC #18

Central Midfield · Midfielder · #18

Marcelo Palomino

Orange County SC USL Championship

Date of birth / Age: 25 · 21 May 2001
Citizenship: United StatesColombia
Foot: Right
Height · Weight: 1.70 m · 72 kg
Main position: Central Midfield
Contract until: 2026

#1718 winger aged 22–25

Benchmarks

wingers with 900+ minutes, last two seasons

World rank: #4919; winger in the world by TSH Score
In his age group: #1718; among wingers aged 22–25
In his league: 12%; of USL Championship wingers rank below him
Finishing: +2.6; goals above expected · better than 83% of players

Shooting

last 3 seasons · no penalties

Goals

8 Expected

5.4

88 shots. He scores more than the chances he gets would predict.

Creating

last 3 seasons

Assists

2 Expected

6.8

Teammates converted fewer of his chances than expected.

Season 2026

Appearances: 16
Starting eleven: 9
Goals: 0
Assists: 2
Yellow cards: 2
Second yellows: 0
Red cards: 0
Minutes: 796

Starting eleven56%

9 of 16 appearances

Minutes played796

50 per appearance

Goal involvement2

0 goals · 2 assists

Positions played

124 matches · since 2020

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Position	Apps	G	A
Central Midfield	32	3	3
Left Winger	23	5	0
Right Winger	21	4	1
Attacking Midfield	18	3	1
Other · CF, DM, CB, LB, RB	30	3	0

Career stats

Season

Competitions

Club

Season	Competition	Club	Apps	Starts	G	A	Yellow cards	Second yellow	Red cards	Min
2026	USL Championship	Orange County SC	14	8	0	2	2	0	0	711
2026	USL Jagermeister Cup	Orange County SC	2	1	0	–	0	–	0	85
2025	Superettan	GIF Sundsvall	25	18	5	0	2	0	0	1,399
2024	Play-offs 2/3	GIF Sundsvall	2	1	0	–	0	–	0	127
2024	Superettan	GIF Sundsvall	27	15	2	1	0	0	0	1,293
2023/24	Svenska Cupen	GIF Sundsvall	3	1	0	–	0	–	0	84
2023	Superettan	Eskilstuna	24	19	5	1	2	0	0	1,656
2022	MLS Next Pro	Houston Dynamo II	18	18	7	–	0	–	0	1,485
2022	US Open Cup	Houston Dynamo	2	0	0	–	0	–	0	20
2021	USL Championship	Charlotte Independence	33	25	7	1	4	0	0	2,209
2020	MLS	Houston Dynamo	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	21

No rows match these filters.
Career total · all competitions			153	106	26	5^*	10	0^*	0	9,090

By competition	Apps	G	A
Superettan	76	12	2
USL Championship	47	7	3
MLS Next Pro	18	7	–
MLS	3	0	0
Svenska Cupen	3	0	–
Play-offs 2/3	2	0	–
US Open Cup	2	0	–
USL Jagermeister Cup	2	0	–

* Assists and second yellows are counted where the data has them, mostly league games from 2014/15; cups and internationals show “–”. Friendlies are excluded. Data as of 2 Nov 2026.

Clubs and transfers

Feb 2026 Feb 2026 · Transfer GIF Sundsvall Orange County SC Transfer
Feb 2024 Feb 2024 · Transfer Eskilstuna GIF Sundsvall Transfer
Jan 2023 Jan 2023 · Transfer Houston Dynamo Eskilstuna Transfer
Nov 2021 Nov 2021 · Back from Loan Charlotte Independence Houston Dynamo Back from Loan
Mar 2021 Mar 2021 · Loan Houston Dynamo Charlotte Independence Loan Loan
Jan 2020 Jan 2020 · Free Transfer – Houston Dynamo Free Transfer Free

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