Daniel Lovitz
Lovitz with the United States in 2019
Personal information
Full name Daniel Harry Lovitz[1]
Date of birth (1991-08-27) August 27, 1991 (age 32)
Place of birth Wyndmoor, Pennsylvania, United States
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[2]
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Nashville SC
Number 2
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2013 Elon Phoenix 80 (9)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2013 Carolina Dynamo 16 (1)
2014–2016 Toronto FC 41 (0)
2014 → Wilmington Hammerheads (loan) 5 (1)
2016 → Toronto FC II (loan) 2 (0)
2017–2019 Montreal Impact 84 (1)
2020– Nashville SC 114 (2)
International career‡
2019 United States 13 (0)
Medal record
Representing  United States
Runner-up CONCACAF Gold Cup 2019
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of April 3, 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of November 19, 2019

Daniel Harry Lovitz (born August 27, 1991) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a defender for Major League Soccer club Nashville SC.

Club career

Early career

Lovitz grew up playing youth soccer in Eastern Pennsylvania for Lower Merion Soccer Club Velez.[3] He played high school soccer for Germantown Academy followed by four years of college soccer at Elon University, making 80 appearances, scoring nine goals and added 16 assists.

In 2010, Lovitz was named to the Southern Conference all-freshman team.[4] Lovitz was named to the 2012 SoCon all-tournament team.[5] In 2013 Lovitz was named the Southern Conference Player of the Year after leading the Phoenix to a third straight conference tournament title and NCAA Tournament berth.[6]

While at college, Lovitz also appeared for USL PDL club Carolina Dynamo during their 2012 and 2013 season's.[7][8]

Toronto FC

On January 16, 2014, Lovitz was drafted in the second round (24th overall) of the 2014 MLS SuperDraft by Toronto FC.[9] He was loaned to Toronto's USL Pro affiliate Wilmington Hammerheads in March 2014 along with Quillan Roberts and Manny Aparicio. Lovitz made his professional debut in a 0–0 draw with Harrisburg City Islanders on April 5, 2014.[10] The following week Lovitz scored his first goal against Pittsburgh Riverhounds in a 4–3 away victory.[11] On December 12, Lovitz was selected by New York City FC in the 2014 MLS Expansion Draft. However, hours later Toronto announced that they had re-acquired Lovitz from New York in exchange for allocation money.[12] In 2015, Lovitz made 11 appearances, starting three for Toronto FC.

Montreal Impact

On February 28, 2017, Daniel Lovitz signed with the Montreal Impact.[13]

Nashville SC

On November 19, 2019, Lovitz was traded to Nashville SC in exchange for $50,000 in General Allocation Money and $50,000 in Targeted Allocation Money.[14]

International

He made his debut for the United States national team on January 27, 2019 in a friendly against Panama, as a starter.[15] He was also named to the 2019 Gold Cup squad, and continued to feature at left back for the United States national team throughout 2019.[16] Despite this, Lovitz has received criticism for his performance for the national team, referring to his talent and technical ability to play at the international level.[17][18]

All 13 of his national team appearances came in 2019.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played February 25, 2023[19]
Club Season League National cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Toronto FC 2014 MLS 18 0 3 0 — 21 0
2015 11 0 1 0 0 0 12 0
2016 12 0 2 0 0 0 14 0
Totals 41 0 5 0 0 0 46 0
Wilmington Hammerheads (loan) 2014 USL 5 1 0 0 — 5 1
Toronto FC II (loan) 2016 2 0 — — 2 0
Montreal Impact 2017 MLS 25 0 3 0 — 28 0
2018 31 1 2 0 — 33 1
2019 28 0 2 0 — 30 0
Totals 84 1 7 0 0 0 91 1
Nashville SC 2020 MLS 21 1 0 0 3[a] 0 24 1
2021 27 0 0 0 2[a] 0 29 0
2022 31 1 3 0 1[a] 0 35 1
2023 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals 80 2 3 0 6 0 89 2
Career totals 212 4 15 0 6 0 233 4
  1. ^ a b c Appearance(s) in MLS Cup Playoffs

International

As of November 19, 2019
National Team Year Apps Goals
United States 2019 13 0
Total 13 0

Source: US Soccer

Honors

Montreal Impact

References

  1. ^ "40-Player National Team Roster: 2019 Concacaf Gold Cup: United States" (PDF). CONCACAF. p. 16. Retrieved May 21, 2019 – via Bernews.
  2. ^ "Daniel Lovitz". Nashville SC. Retrieved August 23, 2022.
  3. ^ "Youth Soccer Month Spotlight: Lower Merion Soccer Club's Daniel Lovitz Finds His Place in Montreal". September 7, 2017.
  4. ^ "Thomas Named League Player of the Year; Six Earn All-SoCon Honors". Elon University Athletics. November 10, 2010.
  5. ^ "Back-to-Back SoCon Champions! Elon Men's Soccer Defeats Wofford, 2-1 in SoCon Final". Elon University Athletics. November 10, 2012.
  6. ^ "Elon University". elonphoenix.com. Elon Phoenix. Retrieved April 6, 2014.
  7. ^ "United Soccer Leagues (USL)". uslsoccer.com. United Soccer League. Archived from the original on April 7, 2014. Retrieved April 6, 2014.
  8. ^ "United Soccer Leagues (USL)". uslsoccer.com. United Soccer League. Archived from the original on April 7, 2014. Retrieved April 6, 2014.
  9. ^ "Toronto FC select Daniel Lovitz 24th overall in the 2014 MLS SuperDraft – Waking The Red". wakingthered.com. Waking The Red. January 16, 2014. Archived from the original on April 21, 2019. Retrieved April 6, 2014.
  10. ^ "City Islanders and Wilmington play to scoreless draw in USL PRO opener | PennLive.com". pennlive.com. Penn Live. April 6, 2014. Retrieved April 6, 2014.
  11. ^ "United Soccer Leagues (USL)". uslsoccer.com. United Soccer League. Archived from the original on April 14, 2014. Retrieved June 28, 2014.
  12. ^ "Daniel Lovitz re-acquired from New York City FC". torontofc.ca. Toronto FC. December 12, 2014. Archived from the original on September 27, 2015. Retrieved May 20, 2020.
  13. ^ "Montreal Impact signs former TFC defender Daniel Lovitz". montrealgazette.com. Montreal Gazette. February 28, 2017. Retrieved March 5, 2017.
  14. ^ "L'Impact fait l'acquisition de montants d'allocation et d'une place de joueur étranger de Nashville SC" [The Impact acquires allocation amounts and a foreign player place from Nashville SC]. impactmontreal.com (in French). Montreal Impact. November 19, 2019. Retrieved May 20, 2020.
  15. ^ "USA v Panama game report". mlssoccer.com. Major League Soccer. January 27, 2019. Archived from the original on May 7, 2019. Retrieved May 20, 2020.
  16. ^ "Daniel Lovitz Profile". ussoccer.com. U.S. Soccer. Retrieved May 20, 2020.
  17. ^ Galarcep, Ives (October 3, 2019). "Five most glaring omissions from the USMNT Nations League roster". SBI. Retrieved October 17, 2019. Daniel Lovitz earned another call-up despite having yet to impress in his multiple cameos with the USMNT.
  18. ^ Cleveland, Parker (October 9, 2019). "Checking in on The Process ahead of the USMNT opening Concacaf Nations League play". Stars and Stripes FC. SB Nation. Retrieved October 17, 2019. Then there are the players who can safely be called Gregg's guys: for sure that's Trapp and Zardes while maybe Lima, Ream, and Lovitz also fall into that categoryThese are guys who Berhalter likes but who can't keep up with top international competition, at least with the tactics the team is trying to use
  19. ^ Daniel Lovitz at Soccerway. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
  20. ^ "Montréal takes 2019 Canadian Championship title". Archived from the original on October 8, 2019. Retrieved September 28, 2019.

External links

Nashville SC – current squad
United States squad – 2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup runners-up
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