Tacoma Defiance added another player signed directly to the club with the addition of 24 year-old Chilean midfielder Adolfo “Fito” Ovalle. Ovalle, the son of a Chilean former footballer with the same name, joins Defiance having been without a club for over a year, although he last played with Toronto FC II in USL League 1 and left in December 2020.
Adolfo Ovalle is a defensive midfielder — a position of strength throughout the organization, but one with limited options on the Defiance roster outside of loanees from the First Team — who turned pro in 2015 when he signed with Real Salt Lake as a Homegrown Player.