Lovel Palmer

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Lovel Palmer
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Palmer with Houston Dynamo in 2010
Personal information
Full name Lovel Palmer
Date of birth (1984-08-30) 30 August 1984 (age 39)
Place of birth Mandeville, Jamaica
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Position(s) Right back, Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Harbour View
Number 44
Youth career
1995–1998 Essex Valley FC
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1999–2010 Harbour View 143 (41)
2004W Connection (loan) 11 (2)
2010–2011 Houston Dynamo 45 (3)
2011–2012 Portland Timbers 34 (0)
2013 Real Salt Lake 17 (0)
2014–2015 Chicago Fire 52 (1)
2016–2017 Indy Eleven 38 (1)
2017–2018 Miami FC 11 (0)
2018 Des Moines Menace 1 (0)
2021- Harbour View 5 (0)
International career
2005–2012 Jamaica 30 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11:43, 30 October 2017 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 3 March 2011

Lovel Palmer (born 30 August 1984) is a Jamaican footballer who currently plays as a defender and midfielder for the Des Moines Menace in the Premier Development League.

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Career

Youth

Palmer began his career with the St. Elizabeth Technical High School football team in his native Jamaica, and in 1995 joined Essex Valley FC. In 1998, with Essex Valley, Palmer participated in an international youth tournament in Norway [1] He also played in several youth teams for Essex Valley before joining the youth system of Harbour View in January 1999.

Club

Palmer won Premier League and Caribbean Club Championship titles in 1995 and 2004 with Harbour View, before joining TT Pro League team W Connection on loan. While at Harbour View, Palmer also had an unsuccessful trial with IK Start in Norway in February 2009.

During the 2004 season he appeared in eleven games and scored two goals for W Connection before returning to Harbour View in December 2004. [2] Palmer soon became the leader and captain of Harbour View, and he led the team to victory in the Jamaica National Premier League in 2007/2008.

On 19 March 2010, Palmer and Harbour View completed a deal that sent Palmer to Houston Dynamo in Major League Soccer. The terms of the transfer were undisclosed. [3]

On 21 July 2011, Palmer was traded to Portland Timbers along with Mike Chabala and an international roster spot in exchange for Adam Moffat and allocation money. [4]

Palmer's option was declined by Portland on 3 December 2012. [5] He elected to enter the 2012 MLS Re-Entry Draft and was selected by Real Salt Lake in stage two of the draft on 14 December 2012. [6] He missed a penalty in a shootout during the 2013 MLS Cup that gave Sporting Kansas City the league title. Six days later he was traded by RSL to Chicago Fire in exchange for allocation money. [7]

After two years in Chicago, Palmer signed with Indy Eleven of the North American Soccer League on 12 January 2016. [8]

Palmer signed with NASL side Miami FC on 14 August 2017 following his release from Indy Eleven. [9]

Palmer signed with USL PDL side Des Moines Menace in June 2018 following his departure from Miami FC. [10] He left the club at the end of the season.

In June 2021, Palmer returned to professional football in the Jamaican Premier League with Harbour View. [11]

International

Palmer played for the Jamaican U-17, U-20 and U-23 national teams, and has been a member of the Jamaica national football team since 2005.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 3 August 2016 [12] [13]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational CupContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Houston Dynamo 2010 MLS 26221--283
2011 19110--201
Total45331----484
Portland Timbers 2011 MLS 15000--150
2012 19000--190
Total34000----340
Real Salt Lake 2013 MLS 17040-10220
Chicago Fire 2014 MLS 30120--321
2015 22020--240
Total52140----561
Indy Eleven 2016 NASL 12000-00120
Career total1604111--101725

International

Jamaica national team
YearAppsGoals
200530
200600
200760
200800
200930
201060
201100
201280
Total330

Statistics accurate as of match played 12 December 2012 [12]

Personal

Palmer holds a U.S. green card which qualifies him as a domestic player for MLS roster purposes. [7]

Honors

Club

Harbour View
Real Salt Lake
Indy Eleven
Des Moines Menace

International

Jamaica

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