Isaiah Parente

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Isaiah Parente
Personal information
Full name Isaiah Parente [1]
Date of birth (2000-03-16) March 16, 2000 (age 25)
Place of birth Medina, Ohio, United States
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position Midfielder
Team information
Current team
LA Galaxy
Number 16
Youth career
Team Challenger FC
2015–2018 Columbus Crew
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2018–2020 Wake Forest Demon Deacons 50 (3)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2019 Flint City Bucks 5 (1)
2021–2023 Columbus Crew 13 (0)
2022–2023Columbus Crew 2 21 (9)
2024 Ventura County FC 21 (3)
2024– LA Galaxy 31 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 12:17, 7 December 2025 (UTC)

Isaiah Parente (born March 16, 2000) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder for Major League Soccer club LA Galaxy.

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Early career

A youth product of Team Challenger FC, Parente played on the same team as future Columbus Crew teammate Sean Zawadzki. [2] Parente was also part of the Columbus Crew Academy between 2015 and 2018, making a total of 68 appearances and scoring 15 goals. [3] [4]

In 2018, Parente went to play college soccer at Wake Forest University. During his time with the Demon Deacons, he was noted as "a consistent catalyst for Wake Forest's attack," and would go on to make 50 appearances, scoring 3 goals and tallying 19 assists. [5] [6]

During 2019, Parente also appeared for USL League Two side Flint City Bucks, who went on to win the league championship. [7]

Professional career

Columbus Crew

Parente was announced as a homegrown player signing by Columbus Crew on January 11, 2021, [8] and made his professional debut on April 8, appearing as a 77th-minute substitute during a 4–0 win against Real Estelí in the round of 16 of the CONCACAF Champions League. [9] He scored his first two goals for Columbus on May 10, 2023 in a U.S Open Cup game against Loudoun United. [10] Parente featured sparingly for the first team, making 20 appearances across all competitions over three seasons. Most of his playing time came with the reserve side, [11] where he won the MLS Next Pro Cup in 2022, and was named to the MLS Next Pro Best XI. [12] [13] At the conclusion of the 2023 MLS season, Parente was released. [14]

LA Galaxy

During the beginning of the 2024 season, Parente signed with LA Galaxy reserve side Ventura County FC, and made 16 appearances before singeing a first-team contract with the Galaxy on July 12, 2024. [15]

Playing style

A set-piece specialist, Parente has been described by head coach Greg Vanney as "a balancer, a guy who plays fast, gives his time to other people. He has a high level of field awareness, which allows him to play fast and find good positions." [16]

Personal life

Born in the United States, Parente is of Italian descent. [17]

Career statistics

As of match played May 17, 2025 [18]
ClubSeasonLeaguePlayoffsNational cupContinentalTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Flint City Bucks 2019 USL League Two 510051
Columbus Crew 2021 Major League Soccer 603090
2022 00001010
202370003200102
Total130004230202
Columbus Crew 2 2022 MLS Next Pro 16632198
2023530053
Total219322411
Ventura County FC 2024MLS Next Pro2130020233
LA Galaxy2024Major League Soccer60000060
2025110000040150
Total170000040210
Career total77133262709317

Honors

Flint City Bucks

Columbus Crew

Columbus Crew 2

LA Galaxy

Individual

References

  1. "2025 CONCACAF Champions Cup – Club roster: Los Angeles Galaxy (USA)" (PDF). CONCACAF. January 29, 2025. p. 17. Retrieved May 25, 2025.
  2. "Team Challenger FC piles up the titles". The Chronicle Telegram. November 18, 2010. p. 20. Retrieved December 7, 2025.
  3. "Crew SC Academy". crew.ussoccerda.com. Archived from the original on April 16, 2021. Retrieved April 16, 2021.
  4. "Crew Youth adds seven partner clubs to the Crew Network | Columbus Crew". ColumbusCrew.com. Retrieved June 26, 2023.
  5. "Isaiah Parente - Men's Soccer". Wake Forest University Athletics.
  6. "Isaiah Parente Signs Homegrown Deal with the Columbus Crew". Wake Forest University Athletics. Retrieved May 24, 2025.
  7. "Michigan Bucks | uslleaguetwo.com". www.uslleaguetwo.com.
  8. "Columbus Crew signs Academy product and midfielder Isaiah Parente | Columbus Crew". ColumbusCrew.com.
  9. "ESIvsCLB 04-08-2021 | MLSsoccer.com". www.mlssoccer.com. Archived from the original on April 19, 2021. Retrieved April 16, 2021.
  10. Johnson, Bailey. "Columbus Crew roll to 5-1 win over 10-man Loudoun United in U.S. Open Cup". The Columbus Dispatch. Retrieved December 7, 2025.
  11. "LA Galaxy Sign Midfielder Isaiah Parente from Ventura County FC | LA Galaxy". lagalaxy. Retrieved December 7, 2025.
  12. "MLS NEXT Pro 2022 Best XI | MLSNEXTPro.com". mlsnextpro. Retrieved December 7, 2025.
  13. Johnson, Bailey. "Columbus Crew 2 wins inaugural MLS Next Pro Cup with dominant 4-1 victory". The Columbus Dispatch. Retrieved December 7, 2025.
  14. "Columbus Crew announce End-of-2023 Roster Decisions | Columbus Crew". ColumbusCrew.com. Retrieved December 7, 2025.
  15. "LA Galaxy sign midfielder Isaiah Parente". mlssoccer. Retrieved December 7, 2025.
  16. Calhoun, Damian (March 15, 2025). "Galaxy's Isaiah Parente settling into a rhythm with expanded role". Orange County Register. Retrieved May 24, 2025.
  17. "Welcome, Isaiah Parente | Promoesport". www.promoesportagency.com.
  18. Isaiah Parente at Soccerway
  19. Sigal, Jonathan (December 7, 2024). "Champions! LA Galaxy lift MLS Cup 2024 over New York Red Bulls". Major League Soccer. Retrieved December 8, 2024.