player · data as of 2026-08-25 00:37 UTC
John Nelson
Be the first in the standsDefenderage 285' 9"
United Statescurrently LA Galaxy
United Statescurrently LA GalaxyCareer goals
1
all competitions, from the season archive · club 1 · country 0 — season by season in The Record below
Career appearances
173
all competitions, from the season archive — the same total The Record shows
World Cup 2026
no goals yet
goals and assists land here the moment they happen
Team trophies
2
team silverware — the cabinet below
Career totals from the ESPN season archive — all competitions, the same numbers The Record below shows (Wikidata's senior spells fill in when the archive is thin — never the youth years, which stay listed on their own below); live World Cup stats from our own match timelines. Individual awards are counted separately from team trophies, so the headline count can't inflate.
John Vincent Nelson is an American professional soccer player who plays as a defender for Major League Soccer club LA Galaxy. — Wikipedia's own summary; its figures are theirs
Honours
2 team trophies · Wikipedia + Wikidata, community-updated| Team honours2 | ||||
| MLS Cup | ×1 | 2024 | LA Galaxy | |
| Western Conference (regular season) | ×1 | 2023 | St. Louis City SC | |
The Record
season by season · 15 competition-seasons · ESPN archive| Season | Competition | Team | Apps | Goals | Assists | Shots | YC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | all competitions | all teams | 173 | 1 | 8 | 30 | 10 |
| 2026 | CONCACAF Champions Cup | LA Galaxy | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2026 | MLS | LA Galaxy | 20 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 2025 | CONCACAF Champions Cup | LA Galaxy | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | Campeones Cup | LA Galaxy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | Leagues Cup | LA Galaxy | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | MLS | LA Galaxy | 31 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 2 |
| 2024 | Leagues Cup | LA Galaxy | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024 | MLS | LA Galaxy | 28 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 |
| 2023 | Leagues Cup | St. Louis CITY SC | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | MLS | St. Louis CITY SC | 17 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
Career
league apps & goals · Wikidata, community-updated (national-team rows can lag a match or two)| Years | Team | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| ?–now | FC Cincinnati | — | — |
| ?–now | FC Dallas | — | — |
| ?–now | North Carolina Tar Heels men's soccer | — | — |
The Stands
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