John Nelson

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Born
1998 (28 years old)
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Medina, USA

Position
Defender

Status
Active

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Team Number
14

Height
1.75 m (5 ft 7 in)

Weight
161 lbs

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Soccer

Team
L.A. Galaxy

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League
American Major League Soccer

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Description

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.

Career
Youth & College
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 boy's soccer team. 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.

While in college, Nelson played in the PDL with North Carolina FC U23 and Tobacco Road FC.

Nelson opted to leave college early and signed a Generation Adidas contract with MLS ahead of the 2019 MLS SuperDraft.

Professional career
On January 11, 2019, Nelson was drafted 10th overall in the 2019 MLS SuperDraft, by FC Dallas.

0 goals scored in the current 2026-2027 Season

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Trophies

American MLS Cup	LA Galaxy	2024

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Former Youth Teams

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Former Senior Teams

North Carolina FC U23	2017	Permanent	1 app	0 gls
Tobacco Road	2018	Permanent	5 app	1 gls
FC Dallas	2019-2021	Permanent	30 app	0 gls
North Texas SC	2019	Permanent	6 app	1 gls
FC Cincinnati	2022	Permanent	24 app	0 gls
LA Galaxy	2024-	Permanent	23 app	0 gls