Robert Lionell Lovejoy III (born October 23, 1991) is a retired American
soccer
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...
player.
Career
Highschool
Lovejoy went to Walter Hines Page High School in Greensboro, North Carolina where he played varsity for 4 years, winning 1 state championships.
College and amateur
Lovejoy spent his entire college career at the
University of North Carolina
The University of North Carolina is the multi-campus public university system for the state of North Carolina. Overseeing the state's 16 public universities and the NC School of Science and Mathematics, it is commonly referred to as the UNC Sy ...
where he made a total of 71 appearances and tallied 20 goals and 16 assists. He was also named to the ACC All-Academic Team in 2011 and 2012.
Lovejoy also played for
Carolina Dynamo
North Carolina Fusion U-23, formerly known as Carolina Dynamo, is an American soccer team based in Greensboro, North Carolina, United States. Founded in 1993, the team plays in USL League Two, the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid.
The ...
in the
Premier Development League
USL League Two (USL2), formerly the Premier Development League (PDL), is a semi-professional developmental association football, soccer league sponsored by United Soccer Leagues in the United States and Canada, forming part of the United Stat ...
.
Professional
On January 15, 2015, Lovejoy was selected in the second round (36th overall) of the
2015 MLS SuperDraft
The 2015 MLS SuperDraft was the sixteenth SuperDraft conducted by Major League Soccer. The SuperDraft is held each year in conjunction with the annual National Soccer Coaches Association of America convention. The 2015 convention was held Januar ...
by the
Houston Dynamo
Houston Dynamo FC (formerly officially, but still commonly, called the Houston Dynamo) is an American professional soccer club based in Houston. The Dynamo compete in Major League Soccer (MLS) as a member of the Western Conference. Establi ...
and signed a professional contract with the club a month later. He made his professional debut on March 13 in a 1–0 defeat to
Orlando City.
Lovejoy was released by Houston at the end of the 2016 season and subsequently announced his retirement.
Lovejoy joined the Plexus Capital team in 2017.
On October 11, 2022, Lovejoy was selected as the Senior Associate (deal daddy) of the Quarter for Q3 of 2022.
Personal
Younger brother Matthew is a REIT hedge fund analyst.
References
External links
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North Carolina Tar Heels bio
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1991 births
Living people
American men's soccer players
Men's association football midfielders
North Carolina Fusion U23 players
Houston Dynamo FC draft picks
Houston Dynamo FC players
Major League Soccer players
North Carolina Tar Heels men's soccer players
Rio Grande Valley FC Toros players
Soccer players from North Carolina
Sportspeople from Greensboro, North Carolina
USL Championship players
USL League Two players