Brooks Lennon

Brooks Howard Lennon (born September 22, 1997) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a winger and right-back for Major League Soccer club Atlanta United.

Brooks Lennon
Personal information
Full name Brooks Howard Lennon
Date of birth (1997-09-22) September 22, 1997[1]
Place of birth Paradise Valley, Arizona, United States
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[2]
Position(s) Winger, right-back
Team information
Current team
 Atlanta United
Number 11
Youth career
2012–2015 Real Salt Lake AZ
2015–2017 Liverpool
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2018 Liverpool 0 (0)
2017 → Real Salt Lake (loan) 25 (3)
2018–2019 Real Salt Lake 61 (0)
2019 Real Monarchs 1 (0)
2020– Atlanta United 93 (5)
International career‡
2013 United States U17 6 (7)
2014–2015 United States U18 3 (1)
2015–2017 United States U20 11 (6)
2019 United States U23 3 (2)
2021– United States 1 (0)
Honours
Representing  United States
First placeCONCACAF U-20 Championship2017
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of May 18, 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of December 18, 2021

Club career

As a teenager, Lennon played with the Real Salt Lake youth academy in Arizona. He signed with English team Liverpool in 2015, and joined their youth teams.

On December 20, 2017, it was announced that Lennon would join Real Salt Lake on a permanent basis.[3] During the 2018 season, he made an appearance at rightback in an early defeat, eventually establishing himself as the club's starter at the position.[4]

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.[5]

International career

Lennon won the 2017 CONCACAF U-20 Championship with the United States.[6]

On January 8, 2018, Lennon received a call-up for the United States men's national soccer team for a friendly against Bosnia and Herzegovina.[7] 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.[8]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played May 6, 2023[9]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup League cup Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Real Salt Lake (loan) 2017 Major League Soccer 25310——263
Real Salt Lake 2018 330103[lower-alpha 1]0—370
2019 280——1[lower-alpha 2]0290
Total 863203010923
Real Monarchs 2019 USL Championship 10———10
Atlanta United 2020 Major League Soccer 232——3[lower-alpha 3]0262
2021 320—1[lower-alpha 1]03[lower-alpha 3]0360
2022 25221——273
2023 111———111
Total 9152110601006
Career total 17884140701939
  1. Appearance(s) in MLS Cup Playoffs
  2. Appearance(s) in Leagues Cup
  3. Appearance(s) in CONCACAF Champions League

International
As of match played December 18, 2021[10]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
United States 202110
Total10

Honors

United States U20

Individual

References
  1. "Brooks Lennon: Overview". Premier League. Retrieved August 21, 2022.
  2. "Brooks Lennon". Atlanta United FC. Retrieved August 21, 2022.
  3. "RSL permanently acquires Brooks Lennon from Liverpool". rsl.com. MLS. December 20, 2017. Retrieved January 27, 2017.
  4. "Once a goal-scoring prospect, Brooks Lennon re-invents himself on RSL's back line". sltrib.com. The Salt Lake Tribune. July 14, 2018. Retrieved March 27, 2020.
  5. "Atlanta United acquires Brooks Lennon from Real Salt Lake". atlutd.com. December 2, 2019. Retrieved December 2, 2019.
  6. "USA win their first CONCACAF U-20 Championship". SN Nation. March 5, 2017.
  7. "Sarachan Calls 30 Player Roster to National Training Center for 2018 January Camp". ussoccer.com. United States Soccer Federation. January 8, 2018. Retrieved January 8, 2018.
  8. "Berhalter Calls 28 Players to Columbus for January World Cup Qualifying Training Camp". www.ussoccer.com. Retrieved January 23, 2022.
  9. Brooks Lennon at Soccerway. Retrieved January 3, 2021.
  10. Brooks Lennon at National-Football-Teams.com
  11. "U-20 Men's National Team Claims First CONCACAF U-20 Championship with Shootout Win vs. Honduras". ussoccer.com. March 5, 2017.
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