Danilo "Danny" Israel Acosta Martínez (born 17 November 1997) is a Honduran professional

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who currently plays for

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and the Honduras national team.

Club career

After spending time with

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's academy in Arizona, and

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affiliate,

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, Acosta signed a Homegrown Player contract with the club on December 29, 2015. On December 28, 2018, Acosta joined

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on a season-long loan with an option to make the transfer permanent at the end of the season, in exchange for $75,000 of General Allocation Money. Orlando declined to make the transfer permanent. Acosta's contract option with Real Salt Lake was also declined, leaving him as a free agent at the end of the 2019 season. On November 25, 2019, the

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selected Acosta for the end of year Waiver Draft. He officially signed for the club on January 8, 2020. On February 15 Acosta tore his ACL and missed out on the entire 2020 season. Following the 2021 season, Acosta was released by the Galaxy. On January 7, 2022 Acosta signed with

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side

ahead of their 2022 season.

International career

Acosta was selected in the United States U18 36-player training camp in October 2014, but has yet to represent the United States. On January 3, 2016, Acosta was named in

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' United States U20 January training camp. Acosta won the

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with the United States, and represented the United States at the

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. He received his first and so far only call up to the U.S. senior national team camp in January 2018. With no senior caps to his name, Acosta remained eligible for his country of birth and was selected to represent

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at the 2019 Gold Cup. Having failed to make an appearance for the team, Acosta declined to sign a letter of intent from

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confirming his one-time switch of allegiance to Honduras following their elimination from the competition. On June 16, 2021, the Football Federation of Honduras declared that Acosta had decided to, permanently, represent Honduras at the international level and that

had, already, approved his petition. He debuted with Honduras in a 0–0

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tie with

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on 5 September 2021.

Club statistics

Honors

United States U20 *

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References

External links

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USSF Development Academy bio
{{DEFAULTSORT:Acosta, Danilo 1997 births Living people People from San Pedro Sula People from Sandy, Utah Honduran footballers Honduras international footballers American soccer players United States men's under-20 international soccer players American people of Honduran descent Honduran emigrants to the United States Association football defenders Homegrown Players (MLS) LA Galaxy players LA Galaxy II players Major League Soccer players Orange County SC players Orlando City SC players Real Monarchs players Real Salt Lake players Soccer players from Utah USL Championship players