Daniel Lovitz

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Daniel Lovitz

| fullname = Daniel Harry Lovitz{{cite web |url=http://cloudfront.bernews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/2019_Concacaf_Gold_Cup_Preliminary_Lists_May_20.pdf |title=40-Player National Team Roster: 2019 Concacaf Gold Cup: United States |publisher=CONCACAF |page=16 |access-date=May 21, 2019 |via=Bernews}}

| image = USAvVEN 2019-06-09 - Daniel Lovitz (51170565003) (cropped).jpg

| caption = Lovitz with the United States in 2019

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1991|8|27}}

| birth_place = Wyndmoor, Pennsylvania, United States

| height = {{convert|1.78|m|order=flip}}{{cite web |title=Daniel Lovitz |url=https://www.nashvillesc.com/players/daniel-lovitz/ |publisher=Nashville SC |access-date=23 August 2022}}

| position = Defender

| currentclub = Nashville SC

| clubnumber = 2

| collegeyears1 = 2010–2013

| college1 = Elon Phoenix

| collegecaps1 = 80

| collegegoals1 = 9

| clubs1 = Carolina Dynamo

| years1 = 2012–2013

| caps1 = 16

| goals1 = 1

| clubs2 = Toronto FC

| years2 = 2014–2016

| caps2 = 41

| goals2 = 0

| years3 = 2014

| clubs3 = → Wilmington Hammerheads (loan)

| caps3 = 5

| goals3 = 1

| years4 = 2016

| clubs4 = → Toronto FC II (loan)

| caps4 = 2

| goals4 = 0

| years5 = 2017–2019

| clubs5 = Montreal Impact

| caps5 = 84

| goals5 = 1

| years6 = 2020–

| clubs6 = Nashville SC

| caps6 = 143

| goals6 = 2

| club-update = March 16, 2025

| nationalteam-update = November 19, 2019

| nationalyears1 = 2019

| nationalteam1 = United States

| nationalcaps1 = 13

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalCountry|{{USA}}}}

}}

Daniel Harry Lovitz (born August 27, 1991) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a defender for Major League Soccer club Nashville SC.

Club career

=Early career=

Lovitz grew up playing youth soccer in Eastern Pennsylvania for Lower Merion Soccer Club Velez.{{Cite web|url=https://issuu.com/epayouthsoccer/docs/dan_lovitz_feature_with_pictures|title = Youth Soccer Month Spotlight: Lower Merion Soccer Club's Daniel Lovitz Finds His Place in Montreal| date=September 7, 2017 }}

He played high school soccer for Germantown Academy followed by four years of college soccer at Elon University, making 80 appearances, scoring nine goals and added 16 assists.

In 2010, Lovitz was named to the Southern Conference all-freshman team.{{Cite web|url=https://elonphoenix.com/news/2010/11/10/MSOC_1110100840.aspx|title=Thomas Named League Player of the Year; Six Earn All-SoCon Honors|website=Elon University Athletics|date=November 10, 2010 }} Lovitz was named to the 2012 SoCon all-tournament team.{{Cite web|url=https://elonphoenix.com/news/2012/11/10/MSOC_1110124815.aspx|title=Back-to-Back SoCon Champions! Elon Men's Soccer Defeats Wofford, 2-1 in SoCon Final|website=Elon University Athletics|date=November 10, 2012 }} 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.elonphoenix.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=3108|title=Elon University|website=elonphoenix.com|publisher=Elon Phoenix|access-date=April 6, 2014}}

While at college, Lovitz also appeared for USL PDL club Carolina Dynamo during their 2012 and 2013 season's.{{cite web|url=http://www.uslsoccer.com/teams/2012/22307.html#STATS|title=United Soccer Leagues (USL)|website=uslsoccer.com|publisher=United Soccer League|access-date=April 6, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407100745/http://www.uslsoccer.com/teams/2012/22307.html#STATS|archive-date=April 7, 2014|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://www.uslsoccer.com/teams/2013/22307.html#STATS|title=United Soccer Leagues (USL)|website=uslsoccer.com|publisher=United Soccer League|access-date=April 6, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407100046/http://www.uslsoccer.com/teams/2013/22307.html#STATS|archive-date=April 7, 2014|url-status=dead}}

=Toronto FC=

On January 16, 2014, Lovitz was drafted in the second round (24th overall) of the 2014 MLS SuperDraft by Toronto FC.{{cite web|url=https://www.wakingthered.com/2014/1/16/5316144/toronto-fc-select-daniel-lovitz-24th-overall-in-the-2014-mls|title=Toronto FC select Daniel Lovitz 24th overall in the 2014 MLS SuperDraft – Waking The Red|website=wakingthered.com|publisher=Waking The Red|date=January 16, 2014|access-date=April 6, 2014|archive-date=April 21, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190421160923/https://www.wakingthered.com/2014/1/16/5316144/toronto-fc-select-daniel-lovitz-24th-overall-in-the-2014-mls|url-status=dead}} He was loaned to Toronto's USL Pro affiliate Wilmington Hammerheads in March 2014 along with Quillan Roberts and Manny Aparicio. Lovitz made his professional debut in a 0–0 draw with Harrisburg City Islanders on April 5, 2014.{{cite web|url=http://www.pennlive.com/sports/index.ssf/2014/04/post_466.html|title=City Islanders and Wilmington play to scoreless draw in USL PRO opener | PennLive.com|website=pennlive.com|date=April 6, 2014|publisher=Penn Live|access-date=April 6, 2014}} The following week Lovitz scored his first goal against Pittsburgh Riverhounds in a 4–3 away victory.{{cite web|url=http://uslpro.uslsoccer.com/home/801519.html|title=United Soccer Leagues (USL)|website=uslsoccer.com|publisher=United Soccer League|access-date=June 28, 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140414174140/http://uslpro.uslsoccer.com/home/801519.html|archive-date=April 14, 2014}} On December 12, Lovitz was selected by New York City FC in the 2014 MLS Expansion Draft. However, hours later Toronto announced that they had re-acquired Lovitz from New York in exchange for allocation money.{{cite web|url=https://www.torontofc.ca/news/daniel-lovitz-re-acquired-new-york-city-fc|title=Daniel Lovitz re-acquired from New York City FC|website=torontofc.ca|publisher=Toronto FC|date=December 12, 2014|access-date=May 20, 2020|archive-date=September 27, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150927233506/http://www.torontofc.ca/news/2014/12/daniel-lovitz-re-acquired-new-york-city-fc|url-status=live}} In 2015, Lovitz made 11 appearances, starting three for Toronto FC.

=Montreal Impact=

On February 28, 2017, Daniel Lovitz signed with the Montreal Impact.{{cite web|url=https://montrealgazette.com/sports/soccer/mls/montreal-impact/montreal-impact-signs-former-tfc-defender-daniel-lovitz|title= Montreal Impact signs former TFC defender Daniel Lovitz|website=montrealgazette.com|publisher=Montreal Gazette|date=February 28, 2017|access-date=March 5, 2017}}

=Nashville SC=

On November 19, 2019, Lovitz was traded to Nashville SC in exchange for $50,000 in General Allocation Money and $50,000 in Targeted Allocation Money.{{cite web|url=https://www.impactmontreal.com/fr/post/2019/11/19/limpact-fait-lacquisition-de-montants-dallocation-et-dune-place-de-joueur-%C3%A9tranger|title=L'Impact fait l'acquisition de montants d'allocation et d'une place de joueur étranger de Nashville SC|trans-title=The Impact acquires allocation amounts and a foreign player place from Nashville SC|language=fr|website=impactmontreal.com|publisher=Montreal Impact|date=November 19, 2019|access-date=May 20, 2020}}

International career

He made his debut for the United States national team on January 27, 2019, in a friendly against Panama, as a starter.{{cite web|publisher=Major League Soccer|url=https://matchcenter.mlssoccer.com/matchcenter/2019-01-27-us-mens-national-team-vs-panama/recap|title=USA v Panama game report|website=mlssoccer.com|date=January 27, 2019|access-date=May 20, 2020|archive-date=May 7, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190507143220/https://matchcenter.mlssoccer.com/matchcenter/2019-01-27-us-mens-national-team-vs-panama/recap|url-status=dead}} He was also named to the 2019 Gold Cup squad, and continued to feature at left back for the United States national team throughout 2019.{{cite web|url=https://www.ussoccer.com/players/l/daniel-lovitz|title=Daniel Lovitz Profile|website=ussoccer.com|publisher=U.S. Soccer|access-date=May 20, 2020}} 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.{{cite web |last1=Galarcep |first1=Ives |title=Five most glaring omissions from the USMNT Nations League roster |url=https://sbisoccer.com/2019/10/five-most-glaring-omissions-from-the-usmnt-nations-league-roster |website=SBI |access-date=October 17, 2019 |date=October 3, 2019 |quote=Daniel Lovitz earned another call-up despite having yet to impress in his multiple cameos with the USMNT.}}{{cite web |last1=Cleveland |first1=Parker |title=Checking in on The Process ahead of the USMNT opening Concacaf Nations League play |url=https://www.starsandstripesfc.com/2019/10/9/20896421/checking-in-on-the-process-ahead-of-the-usmnt-opening-concacaf-nations-league-play |website=Stars and Stripes FC |publisher=SB Nation |access-date=October 17, 2019 |date=October 9, 2019 |quote=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 Berhalter likes but who can’t keep up with top international competition, at least with the tactics the team is trying to use}}

All 13 of his national team appearances came in 2019.

Career statistics

=Club=

Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
class="wikitable" Style="text-align: center" \|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition !rowspan="2"\|Club !rowspan="2"\|Season !colspan="3"\|League !colspan="2"\|National cup !colspan="2"\|Other !colspan="2"\|Total
rowspan="4"\|Toronto FC	2014	rowspan="3"\|MLS	18	0	3	0	colspan="2" \|—	21	0
2015	11	0	1	0	0	0	12	0
2016	12	0	2	0	0	0	14	0
colspan="2"\|Totals	41	0	5	0	0	0	46	0
Wilmington Hammerheads (loan)	2014	rowspan="2"\|USL	5	1	0	0	colspan="2" \|—	5	1
Toronto FC II (loan)	2016	2	0	colspan="2"\|—	colspan="2" \|—	2	0
rowspan="4"\|Montreal Impact	2017	rowspan="3"\|MLS	25	0	3	0	colspan="2" \|—	28	0
2018	31	1	2	0	colspan="2" \|—	33	1
2019	28	0	2	0	colspan="2" \|—	30	0
colspan="2"\|Totals	84	1	7	0	0	0	91	1
rowspan="5" \|Nashville SC	2020	rowspan="4"\|MLS \|21	1	0	0	3{{efn\|Appearance(s) in MLS Cup Playoffs\|name=MLS}}	0	24	1
2021 \|27 \|0 \|0 \|0 \|2{{efn\|name=MLS}} \|0 \|29 \|0
2022 \|31 \|1 \|3 \|0 \|1{{efn\|name=MLS}} \|0 \|35 \|1
2023 \|1 \|0 \|0 \|0 \|0 \|0 \|1 \|0
colspan="2"\|Totals	80	2	3	0	6	0	89	2
colspan="3"\|Career totals	212	4	15	0	6	0	233	4

= International =

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" \|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year !National team!!Year!!Apps!!Goals
United States \|2019	13	0
colspan="2"\|Total	13	0

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"

|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year

!National team!!Year!!Apps!!Goals

United States

|2019

colspan="2"|Total

Source: [https://www.ussoccer.com/ US Soccer]

Honors

Montreal Impact

Canadian Championship: 2019{{cite web|title=Montréal takes 2019 Canadian Championship title|url=https://www.canadasoccer.com/montr-al-takes-2019-canadian-championship-title--p162385&t=championship_article|access-date=September 28, 2019|archive-date=October 8, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191008165855/https://www.canadasoccer.com/montr-al-takes-2019-canadian-championship-title--p162385%26t%3Dchampionship_article|url-status=dead}}