David Romney

David Romney (born June 12, 1993) is an American professional soccer player who plays for Nashville SC in Major League Soccer.

David Romney
Romney with LA Galaxy
Personal information
Date of birth (1993-06-12) June 12, 1993[1]
Place of birth Irvine, California, United States
Height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Position(s) Defender
Club information
Current team
 Nashville SC
Number 4
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2014 San Francisco Dons 72 (5)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015 San Francisco City
2015–2019 LA Galaxy II 24 (2)
2015–2019 LA Galaxy 84 (3)
2020– Nashville SC 63 (2)
National team‡
2015 United States U23 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of April 16, 2022
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of November 15, 2015

Career

Born and raised in Irvine, California, Romney began his professional career with LA Galaxy II, having previously played in the U.S. Soccer Development Academy with the Irvine Strikers[2] as well as the University of San Francisco men's soccer team and amateur club San Francisco City FC. He made his USL debut against Sacramento Republic FC in March 2015.[3] He became the first LA Galaxy II player to sign a MLS contract when he was signed by LA Galaxy on August 5, 2015.[4]

Romney was re-signed by the LA Galaxy at the beginning of the 2019 season.[5]

On November 12, 2019, Romney was traded to Nashville SC ahead of their inaugural season in MLS. LA Galaxy received $225,000 in General Allocation Money and will receive an additional $50,000 in General Allocation Money if Romney meets certain performance-based metrics.[6]

Personal life

Romney is a distant relative of 2012 Republican Party presidential candidate, former governor of Massachusetts and current United States Senator from Utah, Mitt Romney.[7]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 30 November 2020[8]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
LA Galaxy II 2015 USL 171———171
2016 71———71
Total 242000000242
LA Galaxy 2015 MLS 50—2[lower-alpha 1]00070
2016 100415[lower-alpha 2]000191
2017 29230——322
2018 28120——301
2019 120202[lower-alpha 3]12[lower-alpha 4]0181
Total 84311191201066
Nashville SC 2020 MLS 231——3[lower-alpha 4]0261
Career total 131611191501568
  1. Appearance(s) in the International Champions Cup
  2. Appearance(s) in CONCACAF Champions League
  3. Appearance(s) in Leagues Cup
  4. Appearance(s) in MLS Cup Playoffs

References
  1. David Romney at Soccerway
  2. "Dave Romney | Sporting Kansas City".
  3. "LA GALAXY II VS. SACRAMENTO REPUBLIC 2 – 3". Soccerway. March 29, 2015.
  4. "Galaxy sign defender Dave Romney from Galaxy II". LAGalaxy.com. August 5, 2015.
  5. "LA Galaxy re-sign defender Dave Romney". LAGalaxy.com. January 10, 2019.
  6. "Official: Nashville add versatile defender Dave Romney from LA Galaxy | MLSSoccer.com".
  7. MLS Soccer Dave Romney profile
  8. David Romney at Soccerway. Retrieved 25 January 2021.


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