Brooks Lennon

Brooks Howard Lennon[2] (born September 22, 1997) is an American soccer player who plays for Atlanta United in MLS.

Brooks Lennon
Personal information
Full name Brooks Howard Lennon
Date of birth (1997-09-22) September 22, 1997[1]
Place of birth Paradise Valley, Arizona, U.S.
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Playing position(s) Winger, Full Back
Club information
Current team
 Atlanta United
Number 11
Youth career
2012–2015 Real Salt Lake AZ
2015–2017 Liverpool
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2018 Liverpool 0 (0)
2017 → Real Salt Lake (loan) 25 (3)
2018–2019 Real Salt Lake 61 (0)
2019 Real Monarchs 1 (0)
2020– Atlanta United 2 (0)
National team‡
2013 United States U17 6 (7)
2014–2015 United States U18 3 (1)
2015–2017 United States U20 11 (6)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of March 7, 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of June 4, 2017

Career

Club

As a teenager, Lennon played with the Real Salt Lake youth academy in Arizona. He signed with English team Liverpool in 2015, and joined their youth teams.

On December 20, 2017, it was announced that Lennon would join Real Salt Lake on a permanent basis.[3] During the 2018 season, he made an appearance at rightback in an early defeat, eventually establishing himself as the club's starter at the position.[4]

On December 2, 2019, Atlanta United acquired Lennon from Real Salt Lake in exchange for $150,000 in General Allocation Money and $150,000 in Targeted Allocation Money.[5]

International

Lennon won the 2017 CONCACAF U-20 Championship with the United States.[6]

On January 8, 2018, Lennon received a call-up for the United States men's national soccer team for a friendly against Bosnia and Herzegovina.[7] Lennon also holds an Irish passport making him eligible to represent the Republic of Ireland.

Honors

International
  • CONCACAF U-20 Championship: 2017[8]

References
  1. "Liverpool FC".
  2. "2020 Concacaf Men's Olympic Qualifying Rosters Provisional lists" (PDF). mcusercontent.com. Retrieved March 27, 2020.
  3. "RSL permanently acquires Brooks Lennon from Liverpool". rsl.com. MLS. December 20, 2017. Retrieved January 27, 2017.
  4. "Once a goal-scoring prospect, Brooks Lennon re-invents himself on RSL's back line". sltrib.com. The Salt Lake Tribune. July 14, 2018. Retrieved March 27, 2020.
  5. "Atlanta United acquires Brooks Lennon from Real Salt Lake". atlutd.com. December 2, 2019. Retrieved December 2, 2019.
  6. "USA win their first CONCACAF U-20 Championship". SN Nation. March 5, 2017.
  7. "Sarachan Calls 30 Player Roster to National Training Center for 2018 January Camp". ussoccer.com. United States Soccer Federation. January 8, 2018. Retrieved January 8, 2018.
  8. "U-20 MEN'S NATIONAL TEAM CLAIMS FIRST CONCACAF U-20 CHAMPIONSHIP WITH SHOOTOUT WIN VS. HONDURAS". ussoccer.com. 5 March 2017.
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