Nolan Norris (born 17 February 2005) is a professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who plays as a

centre-back In the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to stop attacks during the game and prevent the opposition from scoring. Defenders fall into four main categories: centre-backs, full-backs, sweepers ...

for

Major League Soccer Major League Soccer (MLS) is a professional Association football, soccer league in North America and the highest level of the United States soccer league system. It comprises 30 teams, with 27 in the United States and 3 in Canada, and is sanc ...

club

FC Dallas FC Dallas is an American professional Association football, soccer club based in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex. The club competes in Major League Soccer (MLS) as a member of the Western Conference (MLS), Western Conference. The franchise be ...

Club career

Norris joined the academy of

in 2017 at the age of 12. On 18 April 2022, he made his debut for

North Texas SC North Texas Soccer Club is a professional soccer club that competes in MLS Next Pro, the third division of American soccer. The team is owned by, and operates as the reserve team of the Major League Soccer club FC Dallas. North Texas SC currently ...

MLS Next Pro MLS Next Pro (MLSNP) is a men's professional association football, soccer league in the United States and Canada that is affiliated with Major League Soccer (MLS). It launched in 2022 with 21 teams and now comprises 27 reserve sides of MLS clu ...

, playing 74 minutes in a 1–0 victory over San Jose Earthquakes II. In November 2022, Norris signed a homegrown player contract with

, agreeing a three-year deal with the option of a further year. On 1 June 2023, he made his

debut for FC Dallas, starting in a 2–1 defeat to

Sporting Kansas City Sporting Kansas City is an American professional Association football, soccer club based in the Kansas City metropolitan area. The club competes in Major League Soccer (MLS) as a member of the Western Conference (MLS), Western Conference. The ad ...

International career

Norris has represented the United States at various youth international levels up to under–23s where he featured in the

2023 Pan American Games The 2023 Pan American Games (), officially the XIX Pan American Games () and commonly known as Santiago 2023, were an international multi-sport event governed by the Panam Sports Organization, held in Santiago, Chile from 20 October to 5 Novem ...

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* * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Nolan, Norris 2005 births Living people American men's soccer players Men's association football defenders Homegrown Players (MLS) Major League Soccer players MLS Next Pro players United States men's youth international soccer players Footballers at the 2023 Pan American Games Pan American Games footballers for the United States 21st-century American sportsmen FC Dallas players North Texas SC players Soccer players from Fort Worth, Texas