Holden Trent, a substitute goalkeeper for the Philadelphia Union, has died at the age of 25

Holden Trent, a substitute goalkeeper for the Philadelphia Union team, died on Saturday, October 26 at the Major League Soccer club – wrote in the statement. He was 25 years old.

The team did not provide a cause of death, but this week his family wrote on their Instagram account that he was in intensive care at the hospital.

“The Philadelphia Association is devastated by the heartbreaking death of Holden Trent,” the club said in a statement. “While he was a great player and a fierce competitor, he was above all a devoted son, brother, fiancé and teammate who made everyone around him better.”

On Trent’s Instagram, his family said in a statement that he died “surrounded by family and friends.”

“Our family is deeply touched to see and experience the love you all have for Holden,” the family said.

Holden Trent's Instagram — Holden Trent’s family shares a statement.Instagram

Trent, from Greensboro, North Carolina, was selected 28th overall in the 2023 MLS SuperDraft out of High Point University. Although he has not played in the first team yet, he has made several appearances for Union II this season.

“Major League Soccer joins the Philadelphia Association and our entire soccer community in mourning the tragic death of Union goalkeeper Holden Trent,” MLS wrote on X.

Maddie Ellis contributed.