_(cropped).jpg) Lovitz with theUnited States in 2019 | |||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||
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| Full name | Daniel Harry Lovitz[1] | ||||||||||
| Date of birth | (1991-08-27)August 27, 1991 (age 33) | ||||||||||
| Place of birth | Wyndmoor, Pennsylvania, United States | ||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[2] | ||||||||||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||||||||||
| Team information | |||||||||||
Current team | Nashville SC | ||||||||||
| Number | 2 | ||||||||||
| College career | |||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||
| 2010–2013 | Elon Phoenix | 80 | (9) | ||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||
| 2012–2013 | Carolina Dynamo | 16 | (1) | ||||||||
| 2014–2016 | Toronto FC | 41 | (0) | ||||||||
| 2014 | →Wilmington Hammerheads (loan) | 5 | (1) | ||||||||
| 2016 | →Toronto FC II (loan) | 2 | (0) | ||||||||
| 2017–2019 | Montreal Impact | 84 | (1) | ||||||||
| 2020– | Nashville SC | 143 | (2) | ||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||
| 2019 | United States | 13 | (0) | ||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of March 16, 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of November 19, 2019 | |||||||||||
Daniel Harry Lovitz (born August 27, 1991) is an American professionalsoccer player who plays as adefender forMajor League Soccer clubNashville SC.
Lovitz grew up playing youth soccer in EasternPennsylvania for Lower Merion Soccer Club Velez.[3]He played high school soccer forGermantown Academy followed by four years ofcollege soccer atElon University, making 80 appearances, scoring nine goals and added 16 assists.
In 2010, Lovitz was named to theSouthern Conference all-freshman team.[4] Lovitz was named to the2012 SoCon all-tournament team.[5] In 2013 Lovitz was named the Southern Conference Player of the Year after leading the Phoenix to a third straight conference tournament title and NCAA Tournament berth.[6]
While at college, Lovitz also appeared forUSL PDL clubCarolina Dynamo during their 2012 and 2013 season's.[7][8]
On January 16, 2014, Lovitz was drafted in the second round (24th overall) of the2014 MLS SuperDraft byToronto FC.[9] He was loaned to Toronto'sUSL Pro affiliateWilmington Hammerheads in March 2014 along withQuillan Roberts andManny Aparicio. Lovitz made his professional debut in a 0–0 draw withHarrisburg City Islanders on April 5, 2014.[10] The following week Lovitz scored his first goal againstPittsburgh Riverhounds in a 4–3 away victory.[11] On December 12, Lovitz was selected byNew York City FC in the2014 MLS Expansion Draft. However, hours later Toronto announced that they had re-acquired Lovitz from New York in exchange for allocation money.[12] In 2015, Lovitz made 11 appearances, starting three for Toronto FC.
On February 28, 2017, Daniel Lovitz signed with theMontreal Impact.[13]
On November 19, 2019, Lovitz was traded toNashville SC in exchange for $50,000 in General Allocation Money and $50,000 in Targeted Allocation Money.[14]
He made his debut for theUnited States national team on January 27, 2019, in afriendly againstPanama, as a starter.[15] He was also named to the2019 Gold Cupsquad, and continued to feature at left back for the United States national team throughout 2019.[16] Despite this, Lovitz has received criticism for his performance for the national team, referring to his talent and technical ability to play at the international level.[17][18]
All 13 of his national team appearances came in 2019.
| Club | Season | League | National cup | Other | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Toronto FC | 2014 | MLS | 18 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 21 | 0 | |
| 2015 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| 2016 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 41 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 0 | ||
| Wilmington Hammerheads (loan) | 2014 | USL | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 5 | 1 | |
| Toronto FC II (loan) | 2016 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | |||
| Montreal Impact | 2017 | MLS | 25 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 28 | 0 | |
| 2018 | 31 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | 33 | 1 | |||
| 2019 | 28 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 30 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 84 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 91 | 1 | ||
| Nashville SC | 2020 | MLS | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3[a] | 0 | 24 | 1 |
| 2021 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2[a] | 0 | 29 | 0 | ||
| 2022 | 31 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 35 | 1 | ||
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 80 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 89 | 2 | ||
| Career totals | 212 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 233 | 4 | ||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2019 | 13 | 0 |
| Total | 13 | 0 | |
Source:US Soccer
Montreal Impact
Daniel Lovitz earned another call-up despite having yet to impress in his multiple cameos with the USMNT.
Then there are the players who can safely be called Gregg's guys: for sure that's Trapp and Zardes while maybe Lima, Ream, and Lovitz also fall into that categoryThese are guys who Berhalterlikes but who can't keep up with top international competition, at least with the tactics the team is trying to use
