Brooks Howard Lennon (born September 22, 1997) is an American professional
soccer
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player who plays as a
winger and
right-back
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Centre-backs are usually positioned in pairs, with one full-back on either s ...
for
Major League Soccer
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club
Atlanta United.
Club career
As a teenager, Lennon played with the Real Salt Lake youth academy in Arizona. He signed with English team
Liverpool
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in 2015, and joined their youth teams.
On December 20, 2017, it was announced that Lennon would join
Real Salt Lake
Real Salt Lake, often shortened to RSL, is an American professional soccer franchise based in the Salt Lake City metropolitan area. The club competes as a member club of Major League Soccer (MLS) in the Western Conference. RSL began play in 20 ...
on a permanent basis. During the 2018 season, he made an appearance at
rightback
In the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield position whose primary role is to stop attacks during the game and prevent the opposition from scoring.
Centre-backs are usually positioned in pairs, with one full-back on either s ...
in an early defeat, eventually establishing himself as the club's starter at the position.
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.
International career
Lennon won the
2017 CONCACAF U-20 Championship
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with the
United States
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.
On January 8, 2018, Lennon received a call-up for the
United States men's national soccer team
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The U.S. team ha ...
for a friendly against
Bosnia and Herzegovina
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.
Lennon also holds an Irish passport making him eligible to represent the Republic of Ireland.
On January 21, 2022, Lennon was called into his first World Cup Qualifying camp with the U.S. Men's Senior team.
Career statistics
Club
International
Honors
United States U20
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CONCACAF U-20 Championship
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:
2017
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Individual
*
CONCACAF U-20 Championship
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Best XI:
2017
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References
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1997 births
Living people
People from Paradise Valley, Arizona
Sportspeople from the Phoenix metropolitan area
Soccer players from Arizona
Men's association football forwards
American soccer players
Liverpool F.C. players
Real Salt Lake players
Atlanta United FC players
Homegrown Players (MLS)
Major League Soccer players
American expatriate soccer players
American expatriate sportspeople in England
Expatriate footballers in England
United States men's youth international soccer players
United States men's under-20 international soccer players
United States men's international soccer players
Men's association football fullbacks