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LA Galaxy Acquire Forward Miguel Berry from Atlanta United

Published on December 19, 2023 under Major League Soccer (MLS)
LA Galaxy News Release


LOS ANGELES - The LA Galaxy today announced that the club acquired the player rights to forward Miguel Berry from Atlanta United in exchange for LA's natural second round pick in the 2024 MLS SuperDraft.

Berry, 26, has recorded 11 goals and three assists in 75 career regular-season matches played (40 starts) across four MLS seasons with the Columbus Crew (2021-22), D.C. United (2022) and Atlanta United (2023). The forward logged one goal and one assist in 27 appearances (10 starts) for Atlanta during the 2023 MLS Regular Season. In his rookie season with Columbus, Berry logged eight goals and two assists in 18 matches played (9 starts) during the 2021 campaign.

"We are excited to work with Miguel and look forward to adding his attacking experience to our roster," said LA Galaxy General Manager Will Kuntz.

After being traded to D.C. United from Columbus midway through the 2022 MLS Regular Season, the Barcelona, Spain, native made 14 appearances (8 starts) for the Black-and-Red. Berry was selected with the No. 7 overall pick in the 2020 MLS SuperDraft by the Columbus Crew after recording 38 goals and 16 assists in 72 appearances (69 starts) for the University of San Diego (2016-19).

Transaction: LA Galaxy acquire the player rights to forward Miguel Berry from Atlanta United in exchange for the Galaxy's natural second round pick in the 2024 MLS SuperDraft on Dec. 19, 2023.

Miguel Berry

Position: Forward

Height: 6-3

Weight: 180

Date Of Birth: Sept. 16, 1997

Age: 26

Birthplace: Barcelona, Spain

Last Club: Atlanta United (MLS)

Citizenship: Spain / United States

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