Abraham Isaí Romero González (born 18 February 1998) is a professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club

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. Born in the United States, he represented the Mexico national under-21 team.

Career

Romero began his youth career playing for Los Angeles Futbol Club Chelsea, before joining the academy of the LA Galaxy in 2012. He left in 2016 to play for

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's U20 team, and left the team three years later without making a first team appearance. He then joined LA Galaxy's second team in 2019 in the

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. After two seasons at ''Los Dos'', he moved to

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and won the USL Championship Cup in his lone season with the club. For the 2022 season he signed with

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, the second team for

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. Romero signed directly to the first team the following season, but strictly appeared for their newly created second team, LAFC 2. On 14 August 2024, Romero was traded to the

in exchange for $50,000 of General Allocation Money. He made his league debut on 7 September against

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due to the absences of Patrick Schulte and

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, who were both called up to their national teams. Romero was sent off with a

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near the end of the first half for a foul outside the box and was replaced in goal by midfielder Sean Zawadzki due to the lack of a backup goalkeeper on the bench.

International career

Youth

Having represented the United States U15 team twice, Romero originally stated that he opted to play for Mexico because he felt criticized for being Latino. "I played for the United States from the age of 12 to 16... 15 and a half years, and I didn't like being with them anymore because I felt very isolated, I felt like the outsider. The players judged me for having more Latin, more Mexican habits." However, he later backtracked those claims and said it was due to his own immaturity and not being the undisputed starter for the United States. Romero was called up for the

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, and was included in the under-21 roster that participated in the

2018 Toulon Tournament The 2018 Toulon Tournament (officially ) was the 46th edition of the Toulon Tournament. It was held in the department of Bouches-du-Rhône from 26 May to 9 June 2018. England won the tournament for the third successive year beating Mexico 2–1 i ...

, where Mexico would finish runners-up. He also appeared at the

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, receiving a red card in the 49th minute in a match versus El Salvador.

Honours

Orange County SC *

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Columbus Crew *

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Mexico U17 *

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Romero, Abraham 1998 births Living people Sportspeople from Altadena, California Soccer players from Pasadena, California Mexican men's footballers Mexico men's youth international footballers American men's soccer players American sportspeople of Mexican descent Men's association football goalkeepers Ventura County FC players Orange County SC players Las Vegas Lights FC players USL Championship players Los Angeles FC players MLS Next Pro players Los Angeles FC 2 players Columbus Crew players 21st-century American sportsmen Major League Soccer players Columbus Crew 2 players 21st-century Mexican sportsmen