Background
Motagalvan grew up in Gilroy, California and attended Gilroy High School where he was a two-time NSCAA/adidas All-American.
Motagalvan grew up in Gilroy, California and attended Gilroy High School where he was a two-time NSCAA/adidas All-American.
Motagalvan grew up in Gilroy, California and attended Gilroy High School where he was a two-time NSCAA/adidas All-American. He played club soccer for Santa Clara Sporting Ruckus from 2004 to 2005, and was a two-year member of the Region IV Olympic Development Team and Super Y-League Select National Team.
He played four years of college soccer at the University of California, Santa Barbara, featuring in over 50 games during his four seasons, and playing an instrumental part of the Gaucho"s run to the 2006 National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I title.
During his college years he also played for Ventura County Fusion in the USL Premier Development League, scoring the winning goal in the 2009 PDL Championship Game.
Youth and college Professional While in College Motagalvan played with the Chivas United States of America reserve team during 2008 and 2009. In 2009 he was called in to preseason with the San Jose Earthquakes of the Master of Library Science. Later that year he went on to Football Club Dallas of the Master of Library Science to finish the 2009 season with the reserve team = Rochester Rhinos He signed with Rochester Rhinos on February 16, 2010, and made his professional debut on April 10, 2010 in Rochester"s season opening game against Miami Football Club. Motagalvan played in 28 of the Rhinos" 30 USSF Division 2 matches, in addition to both playoff games.
He played in 21 regular season matches in the 2011 USL Pro season, scoring twice, in addition to playing in both playoff games.
= Fort Lauderdale Strikers On February 3, 2012 it was announced that Fort Lauderdale Strikers of the North American Soccer League had signed Motagalvan. = Pittsburgh Riverhounds Motagalvan joined the Riverhounds in 2013.
International Motagalvan was called up to the United States national beach soccer team in August 2014. Rochester Rhinos USSF Division 2 Pro League Regular Season Champions (1): 2010 Ventura County Fusion.
He played club soccer for Santa Clara Sporting Ruckus from 2004 to 2005, and was a two-year member of the Region IV Olympic Development Team and Super Y-League Select National Team.