.jpg) Harriel with thePhiladelphia Union in 2025 | |||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Nathan Lee William Harriel[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (2001-04-23)April 23, 2001 (age 24)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Oldsmar, Florida, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[2] | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Defender | ||||||||||||||||
| Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | Philadelphia Union | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 26 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2015–2018 | Clearwater Chargers | ||||||||||||||||
| 2018–2020 | Philadelphia Union | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2019–2022 | Philadelphia Union II[3] | 41 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2021– | Philadelphia Union | 87 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
| 2025 | →Philadelphia Union II (loan) | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2018 | United States U18 | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2019 | United States U19 | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2019–2020 | United States U20 | 3 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023–2024 | United States U23 | 11 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2025– | United States | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of April 1, 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of September 9, 2025 | |||||||||||||||||
Nathan Lee William Harriel (/ˈhæriəl/HARR-ee-əl; born April 23, 2001)[4] is an American professionalsoccer player who plays as adefender forMajor League Soccer clubPhiladelphia Union and theUnited States national team.
Harriel appeared as an amateur player forUSL Championship sideBethlehem Steel during their 2019 season, as well as being part of thePhiladelphia Union academy.[5][6]
In 2019, Harriel verbally committed to playcollege soccer atClemson University.[7] However, on July 17, 2020, Harriel signed withPhiladelphia Union as a homegrown player, beginning from the 2021 season.[8] They acquired his homegrown rights fromOrlando City SC in exchange for a first round2021 MLS SuperDraft pick.[9]
Harriel was first named to senior matchday squads during the2021 season, and made his senior debut on September 3, playing at right back.[10] Both players who had played in the position during the season,Olivier Mbaizo andAlvas Powell, were away on international duty.[11]
In January 2024 he was selected for the senior United States squad for a match againstSlovenia.[12]
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | Continental | Other[b] | Total | ||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Bethlehem Steel | 2019 | USL | 23 | 0 | — | — | — | 23 | 0 | |||
| Philadelphia Union II | 2020 | USL | 13 | 0 | — | — | — | 13 | 0 | |||
| 2022 | MLS Next Pro | 5 | 1 | — | — | — | 5 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 18 | 1 | — | — | — | 18 | 1 | |||||
| Philadelphia Union | 2021 | MLS | 5 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
| 2022 | 25 | 1 | — | — | — | 25 | 1 | |||||
| 2023 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5[c] | 0 | 8 | 3 | 39 | 4 | ||
| 2024 | 29 | 2 | — | 4[c] | 0 | 4 | 0 | 37 | 2 | |||
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 84 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 108 | 7 | ||
| Career totals | 125 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 149 | 8 | ||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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| United States | 2025 | 3 | 0 |
| Total | 3 | 0 | |
Philadelphia Union
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