Moses Blessing Nyeman (born November 5, 2003) is an American professional

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player who plays as a

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for

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club

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 2 ...

, on loan from

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Club career

Professional

Nyeman scored his first professional goal against

Louisville City FC Louisville City Football Club is an American professional soccer club based in Louisville, Kentucky. The team plays in the USL Championship, known through the 2018 season as the United Soccer League (USL), which is currently the second tier of th ...

on July 29, 2019, for Loudoun United in the

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. On October 3, 2019, Nyeman signed with

MLS Major League Soccer (MLS) is a men's professional soccer league sanctioned by the United States Soccer Federation, which represents the sport's highest level in the United States. The league comprises 29 teams—26 in the U.S. and 3 in Canada ...

club

D.C. United D.C. United is a professional soccer club based in Washington, D.C. that competes in the Eastern Conference of Major League Soccer, the top tier of American soccer. Domestically, the club has won four MLS Cups (league championships), four Supp ...

. In doing so, he became the 13th homegrown player to be signed by D.C. United and, at age 15, the second youngest signing in club history. He continued to play for Loudoun United for the remainder of the 2019–20 season. During the MLS and USL offseason, he trained with

Borussia Dortmund Ballspielverein Borussia 09 e. V. Dortmund, commonly known as Borussia Dortmund (), BVB (), or simply Dortmund (), is a German professional sports club based in Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia. It is best known for its men's professional footb ...

's U-19 team. Nyeman made his MLS debut for D.C. United on August 29, 2020, in a 1–4 loss against the

Philadelphia Union The Philadelphia Union are an American professional soccer club based in Chester, Pennsylvania. The Union compete in Major League Soccer (MLS) as a member of the Eastern Conference. Founded on February 28, 2008, the club began playing in 201 ...

. He made his first start for the team on September 27, 2020, in a 0–2 loss against the

New England Revolution The New England Revolution is an American professional soccer club based in the Greater Boston area that competes in Major League Soccer (MLS), in the Eastern Conference of the league. It is one of the ten charter clubs of MLS, having compet ...

. On August 31, 2022, Nyeman joined Belgian

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side

on a two-year deal for an undisclosed fee. On February 20, 2023, Nyeman was loaned to

for the 2023 MLS season.

International career

Nyeman is eligible to represent both his native

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and the

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. He has represented the United States at the under-16 level several times, but never in an official match.

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* 2003 births Living people American soccer players United States men's youth international soccer players Liberian footballers Liberian emigrants to the United States American people of Liberian descent Association football midfielders Loudoun United FC players D.C. United players Real Salt Lake players Soccer players from Maryland USL Championship players Place of birth missing (living people) Homegrown Players (MLS) Major League Soccer players {{US-footy-midfielder-stub