Abraham Romero

Professional footballer (born 1998)

Abraham Romero
Personal information
Full name	Abraham Isaí Romero González^[1]
Date of birth	(1998-02-18) 18 February 1998 (age 26)
Place of birth	Pasadena, California, United States
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team	Los Angeles FC
Number	22
Youth career
2015–2016	LA Galaxy
2016–2017	Pachuca
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2017–2019	Pachuca	0	(0)
2019–2020	LA Galaxy II	19	(0)
2021	Orange County	9	(0)
2022	Las Vegas Lights	21	(0)
2023–	Los Angeles FC	0	(0)
2023–	→ Los Angeles FC 2 (loan)	17	(0)
International career^‡
2012	United States U15^[2]^[3]	2	(0)
2015	Mexico U17	7	(0)
2017	Mexico U20	5	(0)
2018–2019	Mexico U21	2	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22 October 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13 May 2019

Abraham Isaí Romero González^[a] (born 18 February 1998) is a professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Major League Soccer club Los Angeles FC.^[4] Born in the United States, he represented the Mexico national under-21 team.^[5]

Club career

Los Angeles Galaxy II

On January 30, 2019, USL Championship club Los Angeles Galaxy II announced that they had signed Romero for the 2019 season.^[6]

Orange County SC

On January 27, 2021, USL Championship club Orange County SC announced that they had signed Romero for the 2021 season.^[7]

Las Vegas Lights

On February 4, 2022, USL Championship club Las Vegas Lights FC announced that they had signed Romero for the 2022 season.^[8] On July 19, 2022, Romero was named USL Championship Player of the Week for Week 19 of the 2022 season after earning a shutout against Rio Grande Valley FC.^[9]

Los Angeles FC

On January 26, 2023, Romero signed a one-year contract with Major League Soccer side Los Angeles FC.^[10]

International career

Youth

Romero was called up for the 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup.^[11]

Romero was included in the under-21 roster that participated in the 2018 Toulon Tournament,^[12] where Mexico would finish runners-up.

Honours

Orange County SC

USL Cup: 2021

Mexico U17

CONCACAF U-17 Championship: 2015

Notes

^ In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Romero and the second or maternal family name is González.

References

^ "FIFA Club World Cup UAE 2017: List of Players: CF Pachuca" (PDF). FIFA. 29 November 2017. p. 3. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 December 2017.
^ U.S. U-15 BNT HEAD COACH TONY LEPORE NAMES ROSTER FOR INTERNATIONAL MARVELD TOURNAMENT, ussoccer.com, 21 May 2012
^ U.S. U-15 BOYS’ NATIONAL TEAM PLAYS COLOMBIA TO A SCORELESS TIE, ussoccer.com, 20 June 2012
^ "LAFC Signs Midfielder Daniel Crisostomo & Goalkeeper Abraham Romero". Los Angeles FC. January 26, 2023. Retrieved January 26, 2023.
^ "Orange County Sc Sign Former Mexican Youth National Team Goalkeeper, Abraham Romero". 27 January 2021.
^ "Los Dos Ink Mexican Youth International". uslchampionship.com. 30 January 2019. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
^ "ORANGE COUNTY SC SIGN FORMER MEXICAN YOUTH NATIONAL TEAM GOALKEEPER, ABRAHAM ROMERO". orangecountysoccer.com. 27 January 2021. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
^ "Lights FC's 2022 Pre-Season Kicks-Off with Multiple Announcements". lasvegaslightsfc.com. 4 February 2022. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
^ "USL Championship Team of the Week – Week 19". uslchampionship.com. 19 July 2022. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
^ "LAFC Signs Midfielder Daniel Crisostomo & Goalkeeper Abraham Romero". Los Angeles FC. January 26, 2023. Retrieved January 26, 2023.
^ "Convocatoria de la SNM Sub-20 para la Copa del Mundo de la FIFA Corea 2017". miseleccion.mx. FMF. Retrieved 30 October 2018.
^ "Revelan convocatoria del Tri Sub-21 para el torneo Esperanzas de Toulon". ESPN (in Spanish). 22 May 2018. Retrieved 26 October 2018.