| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1995-01-13)13 January 1995 (age 30) | ||
| Place of birth | Montreuil, Seine-Saint-Denis, France | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | San Antonio FC | ||
| Number | 5 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2008–2014 | Le Havre | ||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2014 | Notre Dame Falcons | 18 | (2) |
| 2015–2017 | Bowling Green Falcons | 55 | (6) |
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2012–2014 | Le Havre B | 1 | (0) |
| 2016–2017 | Michigan Bucks | 26 | (3) |
| 2018–2021 | Louisville City | 82 | (5) |
| 2022 | New Mexico United | 24 | (1) |
| 2023 | Union Omaha | 32 | (1) |
| 2024 | Spokane Velocity | 0 | (0) |
| 2024 | FC Tulsa | 31 | (4) |
| 2025– | San Antonio FC | 19 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2021 | Comoros | 1 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 13:14, 31 October 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 00:47, 3 January 2022 (UTC) | |||
Alexis Souahy (born 13 January 1995) is a professionalfootballer who plays as adefender forSan Antonio FC in theUSL Championship. Born in France, he plays for theComoros national team.
Souahy was born inMontreuil, Seine-Saint-Denis, France to Yolaine Souahy. When he was thirteen he moved toLe Havre to joinLe Havre AC's academy and attended senior high school atLycée Saint-Joseph. While at Le Havre AC's academy he made an appearance for their B team in 2013; helping the academy team to fourth-place finishes in both the U-19 National Championship and theChampionnat de France amateur 2 Championship.[1]
Souahy was originally accepted to playcollege soccer atBowling Green State University only to be ruled ineligible forDivision I soccer by theNCAA when his international credits didn't transfer.[2] Instead he played one year of soccer atDivision IINotre Dame College inSouth Euclid, Ohio. In his one year at Notre Dame he started all 17 of the team's regular season matches and played 1,584 minutes out of an available 1,592. He scored two goals during the season. The first on 13 September 2014, againstWheeling Jesuit University and the second on 20 September againstWest Virginia Wesleyan.[3] He also played all 90 minutes of Notre Dame's loneNCAA tournament match.[1]
After a year at Notre Dame Souahy transferred toBowling Green State University and played three more years ofcollege soccer from 2015 to 2017. His first goal as a falcon came on 3 November 2015, againstAppalachian State University and was the only goal of hissophomore season.[4] As ajunior he contributed two more goals and an assist and was named aMAC top 20 player byTop Drawer Soccer. Hissenior season he was named a team captain and scored three goals with two assists[1] including a goal in the final home match of the season.[5] After the season he was named to the AllMAC second team, All Great-Lakes region third team, and All-Ohio first team. During his three years in Bowling Green Souahy made 55 appearances for the Falcons, scoring six goals and tallying five assists.[1] He started every match and played all available minutes save 29 seconds.[6]
While at college, Souahy played withUSL PDL sideMichigan Bucks in both their 2016 and 2017 seasons.[7] During the2016 season he appeared in twelve of Michigan's fourteen regular season matches scoring two goals as Michigan won the PDL's Central Conference Great Lakes Division championship.[8] In the PDL Playoffs Souahy played in two of Michigan's four matches as Michigan won the PDL Championship.[9] During the2017 season he appeared in all fourteen of Michigan's regular season matches as Michigan repeated as PDL Central Conference Great Lakes Division champions scoring one goal. He also played in Michigan's lone PDL Playoffs match.[10] During the 2017 Souahy appeared in two of Michigan'sU.S. Open Cup matches including defeating professional sideIndy Eleven of theNASL.[11]
On 15 January 2018, Souahy signed his first professional contract withUnited Soccer League sideLouisville City FC.[6] After a preseason injury he would make his professional debut on 22 April againstAtlanta United 2. Starting the match in place of an injuredPat McMahon.[12] He appeared in 19 of Louisville's 34 league matches including 11 of Louisville last 17 as he slowly became a starter as the season progressed. He scored his first professional goal on 9 September againstPittsburgh[13] and scored three goals during league competition. He also made his first appearance in theU.S. Open Cup as a professional when he was brought on as asubstitute against theLong Island Rough Riders.[14] He went on to appear in two of Louisville's five U.S. Open Cup matches without scoring as Louisville reached the quarter-finals of the competition for the first time in its history.[15] Souahy also appeared in all four of Louisville'sUSL Cup playoff matches as he and Louisville went on to win the USL Cup Final againstPhoenix.[16]
Following the 2021 season, Louisville opted to decline their contract option on Souahy.[17]
Souahy signed a contract for the 2022 season withUSL Championship sideNew Mexico United on 28 December 2021.[18]
On 14 February 2023, Souahy signed withUSL League One sideUnion Omaha.[19]
Souahy was acquired byUSL League One expansion clubSpokane Velocity ahead of their inaugural season, but was immediately transferred toUSL Championship teamFC Tulsa.[20][21] Souahy and Tulsa mutually parted ways in January 2025.[22]
Born in France, Souahy is of Comorian descent.[23]
Louisville City
LouCity held that lead through halftime until Alexis Souahy earned his first goal of the season when he put home a pass off a header from Craig in the 70th minute
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