_(cropped).jpg) Lasso with FC Cincinnati in 2019 | ||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Forrest Baldwin Lasso | |||||||
| Date of birth | (1993-05-11)May 11, 1993 (age 32) | |||||||
| Place of birth | Raleigh, North Carolina, United States | |||||||
| Height | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | |||||||
| Position | Defender | |||||||
| Team information | ||||||||
Current team | Tampa Bay Rowdies | |||||||
| Number | 3 | |||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||
| 2002–2011 | Capital Area Soccer League | |||||||
| College career | ||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||
| 2011–2014 | Wofford Terriers | 71 | (14) | |||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||
| 2013 | GPS Portland Phoenix | |||||||
| 2015–2017 | Charleston Battery | 53 | (7) | |||||
| 2018–2019 | FC Cincinnati | 34 | (3) | |||||
| 2019 | →Nashville SC (loan) | 12 | (1) | |||||
| 2020–2021 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 48 | (4) | |||||
| 2022 | GIF Sundsvall | 22 | (0) | |||||
| 2023– | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 56 | (3) | |||||
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of October 25, 2025 | ||||||||
Forrest Baldwin Lasso (born May 11, 1993) is an Americansoccer player who plays forUSL Championship clubTampa Bay Rowdies.
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Lasso played high school soccer atNeedham B. Broughton High School. During his sophomore, junior, and senior seasons, Lasso won conference championships, which advanced the team to the state tournament those years. Lasso was selected to the All-CAP 8 Conference team following his junior and senior years and the All-Region team his senior year.
Lasso playedcollege soccer atWofford College as a center back. During his time at Wofford College, Lasso started in each of the 71 games he played in for the Terriers over his four-year collegiate career. Lasso totaled 14 goals and 8 assists for 36 points during his time at Wofford College. Four of Lasso's goals were game winners, including a header to clinch the 2013Southern Conference regular season championship over #14Furman University. Lasso also earnedSouthern Conference honors all four years of his career for being named to the 2011 Socon All-Freshman Team, the 2012 and 2013 Second Teams, 2013 All-South Region Third Team, 2014 SoCon First Team, and 2014 All-South Region First Team. Lasso also received Third Team All-America honors from the NSCAA. Lasso is the fifth Wofford men's soccer player to earn All-America honors, joining Nick Schuermann as the only other Terrier to earn All-America honors in the Division I era.
According to Lasso's personal website, he played for thePremier Development League sideGPS Portland Phoenix inPortland, Maine in the summer of 2013.[1]
In February 2015, Lasso was invited to try out for theCharleston Battery of theUSL. According to coachMichael Anhaeuser, the team was initially more interested in another defender, but were ultimately impressed by Lasso; Anhaeuser later said, "As the trials went on though, it became pretty clear that Forrest had that quality and work ethic that you're looking for."[2] The club officially announced they had signed Lasso on February 20. According to aSouthern Conference press release, Lasso was only the secondWofford Terriers men's soccer player in recent history to go professional, the first beingThomas Hunter.[3]
On April 1, 2017, Lasso earned a spot on the USL Team of the Week for the first time in his career after scoring the lone goal in a 1–0 win againstCharlotte Independence.[4] At the end of the season, Lasso was one of four defenders named to the 2017 All-League First Team. In the article announcing the team, USLSoccer.com noted that Lasso ranked in the top five for both blocked shots (27) and goals scored by a defender (6).[5]
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Lasso signed withFC Cincinnati ahead of the2018 USL season.[6] He earned 29 appearances and 3 goals through his spell there. He was namedUSL Defender of the Year 2018, USL Best XI 2018 and played the most minutes forFC Cincinnati in their 2018 USL winning season.[citation needed]
On December 3, 2018, he signed withFC Cincinnati inMajor League Soccer ahead of the2019 season as the fourth signing.[7] He made his Major League Soccer debut on March 24, 2019, when he played a full 90 minutes in an away win againstNew England Revolution.[8]
On July 25, 2019, Lasso joinedNashville SC on loan for the remainder of the2019 USL season.[9]
On November 14, 2019, FC Cincinnati announced they would not take up Lasso's contract option at the end of their 2019 season.[10]
Lasso signed with theTampa Bay Rowdies on December 17, 2019.[11] In two years with the Rowdies, the club twice won theUSL Championship Eastern Conference and Lasso was named USL Defender of the Year both seasons.[12]
In January 2022, Lasso signed withGIF Sundsvall in Sweden. Sundsvall won the SwedishSuperettan in 2021 and signed Lasso ahead of their promotion to theAllsvenskan.[13]
Lasso returned to the Rowdies on January 13, 2023.[14] On December 5, 2024, the Rowdies announced that Lasso would be returning to the club for the 2025 season.[15]
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Since his professional debut, Lasso has always worn a taped wristband marked "F.F.F." during matches. The letters stands for "Faith, Family, Futbol", a personal motto that Lasso says represents what is most important to him. The motto was inspired by a speech that one of his coaches gave on the first day of training, when Lasso was inmiddle school and playing in theCapital Area Soccer League.[16]
In the mid-2010's, Lasso and his father, Scott, discussed getting a tattoo. Years later, he got one: "Non Mi Calpestare", which is Italian for "Don't Tread On Me."[17] He has told his fans that the inspiration behind the tattoo is his paternal grandfather, who was an Italian pirate.
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