High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Tristan Bowen (born January 31, 1991 in Van Nuys, California) is an American soccer player of Jamaican heritage who currently plays for Los Angeles Galaxy in Major League Soccer. Bowen, who was homeschooled and did not attend college, joined Los Angeles Galaxy's youth academy, Galaxy Rios, on March 15, 2007. He previously played several seasons of club soccer for Los Angeles-based amateur team North Valley Fusion '90 in the Coast Soccer League. He left to play one season for FC Barcelona in the same league, and in a men's adult league in Glendale, California. After a brief spell with the San Fernando Valley Quakes in the USL Premier Development League, Bowen played for Galaxy Rios at the 2008 SUM U-17 Cup, and later helped the team win the Pacific Southern California Division of the USL Super-20 League.