Nick DePuy
{{short description|American soccer player}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2020}}
{{Use American English|date=May 2023}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Nick DePuy
| image =
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| fullname = Nicholas Brady DePuy
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1994|11|14}}
| birth_place = Irvine, California, United States
| height = 6ft 5in{{Cite web |title=Nick DePuy |url=https://www.lagalaxy.com/players/nick-depuy/ |access-date=20 August 2022 |publisher=LA Galaxy}}
| position = Defender
| currentclub =
| clubnumber =
| youthyears1 = 2009–2010
| youthclubs1 = Strikers FC
| youthyears2 = 2010–2013
| youthclubs2 = Real Colorado
| collegeyears1 = 2013–2016
| college1 = UC Santa Barbara Gauchos
| collegecaps1 = 83
| collegegoals1 = 31
| years1 = 2014–2015
| clubs1 = Ventura County Fusion
| caps1 = 5
| goals1 = 0
| years2 = 2017–2018
| clubs2 = Montreal Impact
| caps2 = 5
| goals2 = 0
| years3 = 2017
| clubs3 = → Ottawa Fury (loan)
| caps3 = 8
| goals3 = 2
| years4 = 2018
| clubs4 = → Fremad Amager (loan)
| caps4 = 6
| goals4 = 0
| years5 = 2019
| clubs5 = LA Galaxy II
| caps5 = 26
| goals5 = 2
| years6 = 2019–2022
| clubs6 = LA Galaxy
| caps6 = 59
| goals6 = 0
| years7 = 2023
| clubs7 = Nashville SC
| caps7 = 0
| goals7 = 0
| years8 = 2024
| clubs8 = Huntsville City
| caps8 = 4
| goals8 = 0
| years9 = 2024
| clubs9 = → Memphis 901 (loan)
| caps9 = 2
| goals9 = 0
| nationalyears1 =
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| nationalcaps1 =
| nationalgoals1 =
| medaltemplates =
| club-update = September 14, 2024
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Nicholas "Nick" Brady DePuy (born November 14, 1994) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a defender.
Early life and education
DePuy played four years of college soccer at UC Santa Barbara between 2013 and 2016, where in 2016 he was named NSCAA Second Team All-Far West Region, Big West Conference Offensive Player of the Year and First Team All-Big West Conference.{{cite web|url=http://ucsbgauchos.com/sports/m-soccer/2016-17/bios/depuy_nick_szyl|title=Nick DePuy|access-date=March 5, 2017}}
While at college, DePuy also played with USL PDL sides Ventura County Fusion.{{cite web|url=http://www.uslpdl.com/archived?id=2339973-player-stats|title=Player Stats|access-date=March 5, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160328043624/http://www.uslpdl.com/archived?id=2339973-player-stats|archive-date=March 28, 2016|url-status=dead}}
Playing career
DePuy was selected in the first round (19th overall) of the 2017 MLS SuperDraft by Montreal Impact.{{cite web|url=https://montrealgazette.com/sports/soccer/mls/montreal-impact/impact-draft-striker-nick-depuy-with-19th-pick-at-mls-superdraft|title=Impact draft striker Nick Depuy with 19th pick at MLS SuperDraft|date=January 14, 2017|access-date=March 5, 2017}}{{cite web|title=Development Academy and YNT Players Highlight First Round of 2017 MLS SuperDraft|url=http://www.ussoccer.com/stories/2017/01/15/04/01/20170114-feat-development-academy-us-soccer-da-youth-national-team-players-highlight-mls-superdraft|website=USsoccer.com|publisher=U.S. Soccer|access-date=March 5, 2017|date=January 17, 2017}}
DePuy made his professional debut on March 4, 2017, as an 83rd-minute substitute during a 1–0 loss to San Jose Earthquakes.{{cite web|url=http://matchcenter.mlssoccer.com/matchcenter/2017-03-04-san-jose-earthquakes-vs-montreal-impact/boxscore|title=San Jose Earthquakes vs. Montreal Impact - MatchCenter Boxscore|access-date=March 5, 2017}} It was announced in May 2017 that he was loaned to the Impact's United Soccer League affiliate, Ottawa Fury FC.{{Cite web |url=https://www.impactmontreal.com/en/post/2017/05/12/nick-depuy-loaned-ottawa-fury-fc |title=Nick DePuy loaned to Ottawa Fury FC |date=May 12, 2017 |website=Montreal Impact |access-date=May 12, 2017}}
On January 31, 2018, DePuy was loaned out to Fremad Amager in the Danish 1st Division for the rest of the season.[https://www.bold.dk/fodbold/nyheder/fremad-amager-lejer-mls-angriber/ Fremad Amager lejer MLS-angriber]‚ bold.dk, January 31, 2018 The journey only lasted until April 14, 2018, before he picked up an injury and was recalled by Montreal.[https://www.bold.dk/fodbold/nyheder/montreal-kalder-depuy-tilbage-fra-amager/ Montreal kalder DePuy tilbage fra Amager]‚ bold.dk, April 14, 2018
On August 16, 2018, DePuy was waived by Montreal.{{Cite web|url=https://www.impactmontreal.com/en/post/2018/08/16/impact-waives-striker-nick-depuy|title=Impact waives striker Nick DePuy | Montreal Impact}}
On March 8, 2019, he signed with the LA Galaxy II.{{cite web |title=LA Galaxy II sign defender Nick DePuy |url=https://www.lagalaxy.com/post/2019/03/08/la-galaxy-ii-sign-defender-nick-depuy |website=lagalaxy.com |access-date=March 8, 2019}}
DePuy appeared on the bench for LA Galaxy's first-team on July 23, 2019, during a 2019 Leagues Cup fixture against Club Tijuana.{{Cite web|url=https://matchcenter.mlssoccer.com/matchcenter/2019-07-23-la-galaxy-vs-club-tijuana/recap|title=Recap: LA Galaxy vs. Club Tijuana 07/24/2019 | Matchcenter}}
On February 5, 2020, DePuy made the move to LA Galaxy's senior team roster.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lagalaxy.com/post/2020/02/05/la-galaxy-sign-defender-nick-depuy|title=LA Galaxy sign defender Nick DePuy | LA Galaxy}}
Career statistics
=Club=
{{updated|match played October 29, 2020}}{{Soccerway|jens-jonsson/196079|access-date=11 January 2021}}
| 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"|Continental !colspan="2"|Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| rowspan="3"|Ventura County Fusion
|2014{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Registration Entry #15610592|url=https://www.uslleaguetwo.com/survey_report/detail_view/682455?survey_result_id=15610592|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2021-01-11|website=www.uslleaguetwo.com}} | rowspan="2" |USL PDL |3 | 0 | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— | 3 | 0 | |||
| 2015{{Cite web|title=2015 Stats {{!}} uslleaguetwo.com|url=https://www.uslleaguetwo.com/2015-stats|access-date=2021-01-11|website=www.uslleaguetwo.com|language=en-us}}
|2 | 0 | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— | 2 | 0 | |||
| colspan="2"|Total
!5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
| rowspan="3" |Montreal Impact
|2017 | rowspan="2" |MLS |5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2" |— | 6 | 0 | ||
| 2018
|0 | 0 | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— | 0 | 0 | |||
| colspan="2" |Total
!5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
| Ottawa Fury (loan)
|2017 |USLC |8 | 2 | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— | 8 | 2 | |||
| Fremad Amager(loan)
|6 | 0 | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— | 6 | 0 | |||
| LA Galaxy II
|2019 |USLC |26 | 2 | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— | 26 | 2 | |||
| rowspan="3" |LA Galaxy
|2019 | rowspan="2" |MLS |0 | 0 | colspan="2" |— | 1{{efn|Appearance(s) in Leagues Cup}}
|0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| 2020
|16 | 0 | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— | 16 | 0 | |||
| colspan="2" |Total
!16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 0 | |
| colspan="3" |Career total
!66 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 68 | 4 |
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References
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External links
- {{MLS player|nick-depuy}}
- [http://ucsbgauchos.com/sports/m-soccer/2016-17/bios/depuy_nick_szyl UC Santa Barbara bio]
{{2017 MLS SuperDraft}}
{{2015 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer First-Team All-America}}
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