Minnesota United acquired defensive midfielder Carlos Harvey from USL Championship’s Phoenix Rising FC for an undisclosed transfer fee. Harvey joins MNUFC through 2025 with a club option for the 2026 season.
During his time with Phoenix, Harvey scored seven goals and provided five assists in 36 matches across all competitions in 2023. He started and played all of Phoenix’s USLC Playoffs games, assisting the team to its first USL Championship title.
The 23-year-old defensive midfielder made his professional debut with Tauro FC in his native country of Panama before being loaned to LA Galaxy II ahead of the 2019 season. He scored six goals and provided one assist in 55 USL Championship regular season appearances between two seasons. Harvey would later join LA Galaxy on loan in June 2020 before completing his transfer to the MLS side in February 2021. With the Galaxy, Harvey appeared in 10 MLS matches across three seasons.
Harvey made his debut for Minnesota United during an international friendly against St. Patrick’s Athletic on May 20 at Allianz Field. During the 2024 regular season, Harvey made 18 game appearances and 12 starts while providing one assist. The Panamanian international made his Leagues Cup debut in the Starting XI against the Seattle Sounders, playing the full 90 minutes in both matches before Minnesota was eliminated after the group stage. During the postseason, Carlos made his MLS playoff debut against Real Salt Lake during the Best-of-3 Series in Game 1, playing the full 90 minutes.
INTERNATIONAL: Harvey has represented Panama at the U20 and senior team levels, making his debut for the Panamanian National Team on Jan. 27, 2019, against the U.S. Men’s National Team. Since his debut, he's made 11 appearances and six starts.
