Danilo Acosta

Danilo Israel Acosta Martinez (born November 17, 1997) is a Honduran-American soccer player who currently plays for LA Galaxy in MLS.

Danilo Acosta
Personal information
Full name Danilo Israel Acosta Martinez[1]
Date of birth (1997-11-17) November 17, 1997
Place of birth San Pedro Sula, Honduras
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Defender
Club information
Current team
 LA Galaxy
Number 24
Youth career
2013–2015 Real Salt Lake AZ
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2018 Real Monarchs 26 (0)
2016–2019 Real Salt Lake 29 (0)
2019 → Orlando City (loan) 8 (0)
2020– LA Galaxy 0 (0)
National team‡
2016–2017 United States U20 16 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of November 21, 2019
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of June 23, 2019

Club career

After spending time with Real Salt Lake's academy in Arizona, and United Soccer League affiliate, Real Monarchs, Acosta signed a Homegrown Player contract with the club on December 29, 2015.[2]

On December 28, 2018, Acosta joined Orlando City SC 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.[3] Orlando declined to make the transfer permanent.[4] Acosta's contract option with Real Salt Lake was also declined, leaving him as a free agent at the end of the 2019 season.[5]

On November 25, 2019, the LA Galaxy selected Acosta for the end of year Waiver Draft.[6] He officially signed for the club on January 8, 2020.[7]

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.[8] On January 3, 2016, Acosta was named in Tab Ramos' United States U20 January training camp.[9]

Acosta won the 2017 CONCACAF U-20 Championship with the United States, and represented the United States at the 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup in South Korea.

He received his first and so far only call up to the U.S. senior national team camp in January 2018.[10]

With no senior caps to his name, Acosta remained eligible for his country of birth and was selected to represent Honduras at the 2019 Gold Cup. [11][12] Having failed to make an appearance for the team, Acosta declined to sign a letter of intent from FIFA confirming his one-time switch of allegiance to Honduras following their elimination from the competition.[13]

Club statistics
As of July 18, 2019
Club Season Division Domestic League Domestic Cup Playoffs Continental Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Real Monarchs 2015 USL 3020000050
Real Salt Lake 2016 MLS 0000000000
2017 170000000170
2018 120000000120
Total 290000000290
Real Monarchs (loan) 2016 USL 180000000180
2018 5000000050
Total 230000000230
Orlando City (loan) 2019 MLS 8000000080
LA Galaxy 2020 0000000000
Career Total 630200000650

References
  1. "40-Player National Team Roster: 2019 Concacaf Gold Cup: Canada" (PDF). CONCACAF. p. 2. Retrieved 20 May 2019 – via Bernews.
  2. "Real Salt Lake Signs Academy Product Danilo Acosta | Real Salt Lake". rsl.com. Retrieved 2015-12-29.
  3. "Orlando City SC Acquires Defender Danilo Acosta on Loan | Orlando City Soccer Club".
  4. "Orlando City SC Announces 2019 End-of-Season Roster Decisions". Orlando City SC. November 21, 2019.
  5. "Real Salt Lake announce roster moves; Beckerman, Plata and Silva statuses up in the air". mlssoccer.com. Major League Soccer.
  6. "LA Galaxy select defender Danilo Acosta in 2019 MLS End-of-Year Waiver Draft". lagalaxy.com. LA Galaxy. November 25, 2019.
  7. "LA Galaxy sign former Real Salt Lake, Orlando City SC left back Danilo Acosta". mlssoccer.com. Major League Soccer. January 8, 2020. Retrieved March 19, 2020.
  8. "SoccerAmerica - U.S. under-18 men's national team roster 10/23/2014". socceramerica.com. Retrieved 2016-01-06.
  9. "Flores Leads USL Players Named in U.S. U20 Squad - United Soccer League". uslsoccer.com. Archived from the original on 2016-02-23. Retrieved 2016-01-06.
  10. II, Donald Wine (8 January 2018). "USMNT January Camp roster announced". Stars and Stripes FC.
  11. "78 MLS players named to preliminary rosters for 2019 Concacaf Gold Cup | MLSsoccer.com".
  12. "Convocatoria oficial selección nacional de Honduras Copa Oro 2019" (in Spanish). FENAFUTH Facebook. 6 June 2019.
  13. Danny Acosta se arrepiente, ya no jugar para Honduras; La Prensa. 23 June 2019
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