Updated December 15, 2020
AT A GLANCE:
- Signed first professional contract with Revolution II on Nov. 30, 2020.
- Played the 2019 USL League Two season with the Treasure Coast Tritons, making seven appearances, logging 436 minutes, scoring one goal, and picking up one yellow card for the season
- Played in 60 games with 49 starts for Wake Forest in three seasons, playing 4,476 minutes and finishing his career with three goals, including two game-winners, and an assist.
- Named Maryland Boy's Soccer Gatorade Player of the Year in 2015 and played in the High School All-American game in December 2015.
PROFESSIONAL CAREER: Signed by New England Revolution II to the USL League One roster on Nov. 30, 2020…Played the 2019 USL League Two season with the Treasure Coast Tritons of Port St. Lucie, Fla. alongside current Revolution II teammate Francois Dulysse…Made seven appearances logging 436 minutes during the 2019 season, scoring one goal and picking up one yellow card for the season…Added to the New York Red Bulls U-23 roster ahead of the 2018 PDL season, but did not play in any games…Also verbally committed to playing for FC Baltimore during the 2018 NPSL season, though he did not make an appearance.
COLLEGE (WAKE FOREST): Played in 60 games with 49 starts for Wake Forest in three seasons, playing 4,476 minutes and finishing his career with three goals, including two game-winners, and an assist…Missed entire 2020 season after suffering a neck injury in a preseason scrimmage vs. Pittsburgh…Started in 21 of 22 matches as a redshirt junior, tallying nine shots on the season, along with one game-winning goal…Anchored a defense that maintained a 0.72 goals-against average...Named Second-Team All-South Region in 2019…Played in and started 18 games at center back as a redshirt sophomore in 2018…Scored a goal in a 2-1 victory over Boston College on Oct. 12, 2018…Played the full 90 minutes or more 11 times…Helped Wake Forest record seven shutouts and allow less than a goal per game during the 2018 season, with the team posting a 16-2 record in games DeShields played in…Played in 20 games, making 10 starts, appearing at both center back and outside back as a redshirt freshman in 2017...Scored the first goal of his career, a game-winner, against Longwood on Oct. 10, 2017...Named to the 2017 ACC All-Tournament Team after helping Wake Forest record shutouts over Virginia Tech and Virginia as well as a 2-1 win over Clemson...In games DeShields played, Wake Forest outscored its opponents 52-9, including 12 shutouts…Made his first-career start and shot in a win over App State on Sept. 12, 2017...Redshirted his freshman season in 2016.
PERSONAL: Born in Baltimore, Md.…The oldest of four children in his family…Volunteered in Maryland as a youth mentor, a youth soccer coach and as a patient coordinator at health fairs…Graduated from Wake Forest with a degree in Communications in 2020…Graduated from McDonogh High School in 2016…Led McDonogh High School to 21-0-1 record and the Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association Class A state championship in 2015…Named Maryland Boy's Soccer Gatorade Player of the Year in 2015…Earned Baltimore Sun All-Metro selection three times and All-State First Team honors twice…Was named an All-American once and played in the High School All-American game in December 2015…Anchored the defense that allowed just 10 goals in 2015 and recorded 13 shutouts on the season…Played club soccer for Baltimore Celtic FC.