Brendan Lambe (born December 19, 2004) is an American professional

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player who plays as a

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for

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Club career

Born in

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North Carolina North Carolina () is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States. The state is the 28th largest and 9th-most populous of the United States. It is bordered by Virginia to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, Georgia and So ...

, Lambe began playing competitive soccer with the Capital Area RailHawks in 2016 before joining

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youth in 2017. Lambe then joined the

Atlanta United FC Atlanta United FC, commonly known as Atlanta United, is an American professional soccer club based in Atlanta that competes in Major League Soccer (MLS) as a member of the league's Eastern Conference. Founded in 2014, Atlanta United began pl ...

academy in 2019. On September 16, 2020, Lambe made his professional debut for

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, Atlanta United's reserve team, against the

Tampa Bay Rowdies The Tampa Bay Rowdies are an American professional Association football, soccer team based in St. Petersburg, Florida. The club was founded in 2008 and first took the pitch in 2010. Since 2017, the Rowdies have been members of the USL Champions ...

. Lambe started the match and played 53 minutes as Atlanta United 2 lost 2–1. Lambe played in the 2023 and

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editions of

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for Say Word FC, scoring 4 goals in 3 games in 2023.

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2004 births Living people American men's soccer players Men's association football midfielders Atlanta United 2 players USL Championship players Soccer players from North Carolina People from Apex, North Carolina Sportspeople from Wake County, North Carolina {{US-footy-midfielder-stub