Alex Freeman

Freeman was born in Baltimore, Maryland, but grew up in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Freeman's first soccer coach was his stepfather, Jake Hinkle, who introduced him to the sport. Freeman attended American Heritage School in Plantation, Florida and played three seasons for Weston FC Academy before joining the Orlando City Academy in 2020. Freeman had tried out for Inter Miami's academy earlier, but he didn't make the team. However, Freeman's coach at Weston FC, Javier Carrillo, convinced him to try out for Orlando City's academy, despite the distance from his home. Freeman's mother, Rochelle, hesitated allowing Freeman to attend Orlando City's academy due to the distance and the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, but allowed him to stay with another academy player's family. Freeman celebrated his 16th birthday without his family for the first time after making the move to Orlando and said that it took a toll on him, but that "it was something that needed to happen". In 2021, he made 30 appearances for the under-17 team, scoring eight goals and providing 15 assists as Orlando City were crowned the inaugural MLS Next Cup U17 champions.

Orlando City

2022–2024: Time with the reserve team

On February 15, 2022, Orlando City signed Freeman to a four-year homegrown contract with an additional option year having spent preseason with the first-team, making him the club's 12th homegrown signing. Freeman made his first senior appearance on March 26, in the reserve team's first MLS Next Pro match when he started in a 2–0 victory over Chicago Fire II. Freeman would finish the 2022 campaign with Orlando City B with 19 appearances and three assists. On March 31, 2023, Freeman scored his first professional goals when he netted a brace in a 2–1 victory over new expansion side Huntsville City in a match for Orlando City B. On April 29, 2023, Freeman made his debut for the club when he came on as a 93rd-minute substitute for Michael Halliday in a 2–0 victory over LA Galaxy. Freeman made his MLS Next Pro playoffs debut on October 1 when he came on as a 95th-minute substitute for Dominic Pereira in a 2–1 quarterfinals loss to Columbus Crew 2. Freeman would finish the 2023 season with Orlando City B with 25 appearances, four goals, and three assists. On July 6, 2024, Freeman made his first goal contribution for the senior team after he came on as an 82nd-minute substitute for Kyle Smith against D.C. United. Freeman passed the ball to Ramiro Enrique from a redirected Nicolás Lodeiro free-kick, and Enrique scored to help the game end 5–0 in Orlando's favor. On September 8, Freeman made his first triple goal…

Youth

In March 2021, Freeman was called up to a 28-player United States youth regional identification camp. On May 27, 2022, Freeman was called up by Marko Mitrović to the United States U19 squad alongside teammates Thomas Williams and Favian Loyola for friendly matches against the England U17 and Norway U19 the following month in Marbella, Spain. Freeman started against England as the United States won 2–1. Freeman started again as the United States faced Norway, defeating them 3–0. On September 16, Freeman was again selected by Mitrović, this time for the friendly Slovenia Nations Cup tournament against Malta, Croatia, and Scotland. On September 21, Freeman scored his first international goal, the final of a 5–0 rout of Malta. The United States would go on to defeat Croatia 4–3 and Scotland 2–1 to win the tournament. On October 11, 2023, Freeman was selected by Michael Nsien alongside Williams to represent the United States U23 at the 2023 Pan American Games. The United States conceded a late goal after Freeman was substituted off as they lost their opening match 1–0 against Brazil. In the following match against Honduras, Freeman assisted Theodore Ku-DiPietro's winning goal to help end the game 2–1. Freeman started again the following match as the United States defeated Colombia 2–0 in the final group stage match in order to advance to the knockouts. However, the United States were eliminated by hosts, Chile, after conceding two unanswered goals.

Senior…

Freeman is both a playmaker and a goal-scoring threat from the fullback position who likes to provide a goal-scoring threat inside the penalty area. Freeman uses his speed and height to be both an effective attacker as well as an imposing defender. With the United States national team, Freeman has often been deployed as a third center back.