Position: Goalkeeper
Birthdate: February 2, 1993
Hometown: Seattle, Washington
Height: 6-foot-1
Pronunciation: Danny Faundez
Previous Team: Orange County SC
2024: Faundez signed a new contract in the offseason to start a third year in purple.
Last Season: He made three appearances in 2023: U.S. Open Cup Second Round clean sheet victory against Lexington SC and starts in LouCity’s two international friendlies against Germany’s FC Kaiserslautern and Mexico’s Atlante FC.
Highlights in purple: Faundez stood in net for City’s entire playoff run in 2022, making a key stop in a penalty shootout against Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC in the conference semifinal round. With LouCity down to 10 men, Faundez managed a clean sheet in a 1-0 victory over the Tampa Bay Rowdies in the conference final, helping the club lift an Eastern Conference trophy. Faundez, who earned his way on the roster having impressed at open tryouts, made his first USL Championship appearance on June 6.
Before Louisville City: Faundez spent two seasons with Orange County SC, serving as a reserve in 2021 on a USL Championship title-winning squad. A dual citizen of the United States and Chile, previously had a three-year stint in the South American nation while representing first division club Everton de Viña del Mar’s youth academy system. Faundez then featured for NAIA Bellevue College in Washington before signing with Seattle Sounders 2 in 2015.
