Personal information | |||
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Full name | John Vincent Nelson | ||
Date of birth | July 11, 1998 | ||
Place of birth | Medina, Ohio, United States | ||
Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | LA Galaxy | ||
Number | 14 | ||
Youth career | |||
Internationals SC | |||
College career | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2017–2018 | North Carolina Tar Heels | 41 | (1) |
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2017 | North Carolina FC U23 | 1 | (0) |
2018 | Tobacco Road FC | 5 | (1) |
2019–2021 | FC Dallas | 30 | (0) |
2019 | → North Texas SC | 6 | (1) |
2022 | FC Cincinnati | 24 | (0) |
2023 | St. Louis City | 17 | (0) |
2024– | LA Galaxy | 12 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2013 | United States U15 | 2 | (0) |
2013–2015 | United States U17 | 18 | (0) |
2016 | United States U19 | 7 | (0) |
2016–2017 | United States U20 | 3 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of July 7, 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of November 11, 2022 |
John Vincent Nelson (born July 11, 1998) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a defender for Major League Soccer club LA Galaxy.
John grew up in Medina, Ohio. In 2010, he joined Internationals SC, as a member of the U.S. Soccer Development Academy, in which he was a member of until 2017. While a graduate of Medina High School, Nelson did not play for the school's boys' soccer team. [1] Upon graduating high school, Nelson attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he played college soccer for two years between 2017 and 2018, making 41 appearances, scoring 1 goal and tallying 3 assists. [2]
While in college, Nelson played in the PDL with North Carolina FC U23 [3] and Tobacco Road FC. [4]
Nelson opted to leave college early and signed a Generation Adidas contract with MLS ahead of the 2019 MLS SuperDraft. [5]
On January 11, 2019, Nelson was drafted 10th overall in the 2019 MLS SuperDraft, by FC Dallas. [6] Following the 2021 season, Nelson's contract option was declined by Dallas. [7]
Nelson officially signed with FC Cincinnati on January 6, 2022, after having his rights acquired by Cincinnati in Stage 2 of the 2021 MLS Re-Entry Draft in December 2021. [8]
Club | Season | League | National cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
FC Dallas | 2019 | MLS | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | |
2020 | MLS | 11 | 0 | — | 2 [lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 13 | 0 | |||
Total | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 0 | |||
North Texas SC (loan) | 2019 | USL | 7 | 1 | — | — | 7 | 1 | |||
Total | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | |||
Career total | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 1 |
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