2024:
- Did not appear in any games
2023:
2022:
- Provided depth in the midfield.
High School: Played two seasons with St. Paul’s School in Brazil… Missed one year with injury and a second when season canceled due to pandemic… Helped lead to league championship as a first year… Scored eight goals and added five assists in his first year… Also played basketball at St. Paul’s.
Club: Led U17 Atletico Monte Azul Academy in goals per game and assists per game in 2021… Scored in the semifinal game of the Academies Channel Tournament.
Notes: Selected to compete at the FC Barcelona School World Cup in three straight years, representing New York FC Barcelona once and Sao Paulo FC Barcelona twice.
Personal: Founder and leader with One Goal Project, a student-led non-profit which aims to make a difference in these unprecedented times by engaging young people and promoting social responsibility… Volunteered with Maos na Massa which helps people with disabilities or from underprivileged backgrounds build a house that meets their needs… Attended same high school as soon-to-be-teammate Paolo Carroll.
3 QUESTIONS FOR SCHWARTZ
Biggest soccer influence? “Neymar. He plays with flair and joy, inspires his teammates with his passion and represents the hopes of a Brazilian futebol generation.”
Do you have an idol or hero? “Kobe Bryant. I admired his tenacious mentality. He approached every minute he was awake with the intent of becoming a better player. I try to harness that same mindset in my own life.”
Why Yale? “Yale’s soccer camp this summer brought me thousands of miles from Sao Paulo, but I felt at home within the team’s environment and community. I believe the people that we surround ourselves with shape our identity; after seeing the unity, diversity, and drive of the Yale players and coaches, I have no doubt that the Yale community would both challenge and support me to grow as a person.”
Stannard on Schwartz: “Felipe comes to us from a similar pathway as rising senior Paolo Carroll. We identified him through Tiro Sports and then he attended one of our ID camps. In this setting, he became a no-brainer for us at Yale. He has soccer intelligence and savviness that is very hard to find and especially being such a phenomenal student. He is fairly two-footed and has an uncanny ability to always find his way through defenders or being able to draw a foul. He reminds me of former captain Miguel Yuste in his ability to set other players up in key areas to create goal scoring chances. Like many young players, he will need to learn to adapt to the speed and physicality of the college game but our expectations for Felipe this first year are very high. Felipe has the potential to compete for minutes right away and to add a new element to our attack.”
