| Vaughn Covil | |
| Fullname: | Vaughn Patrick Covil[1] |
| Birth Date: | 26 July 2003 |
| Birth Place: | San Diego, California, United States |
| Height: | 1.79m (05.87feet)[2] |
| Position: | Winger, forward |
| Currentclub: | Las Vegas Lights |
| Clubnumber: | – |
| Youthyears1: | 2011-2013 |
| Youthclubs1: | Amesbury Town |
| Youthyears2: | 2013–2014 |
| Youthclubs2: | Salisbury |
| Youthyears3: | 2014–2019 |
| Youthclubs3: | Southampton |
| Youthyears4: | 2019 |
| Youthclubs4: | Forest Green Rovers |
| Years1: | 2019–2022 |
| Clubs1: | Forest Green Rovers |
| Caps1: | 2 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Years2: | 2020 |
| Clubs2: | → Salisbury (loan) |
| Caps2: | 3 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Years3: | 2021 |
| Clubs3: | → Melksham Town (loan) |
| Caps3: | 5 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Years4: | 2022–2024 |
| Clubs4: | Hull City |
| Caps4: | 6 |
| Goals4: | 0 |
| Years5: | 2024– |
| Clubs5: | Las Vegas Lights |
| Caps5: | 0 |
| Goals5: | 0 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2023– |
| Nationalteam1: | United States U23 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 5 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
| Club-Update: | 20:09, August 12, 2024 (UTC) |
Vaughn Patrick Covil (born July 26, 2003) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a winger or forward for Las Vegas Lights in the USL Championship.
Born in San Diego, California, to an English father and a Canadian mother.[3] Covil attended Bishop Wordsworth's School while playing youth soccer for Amesbury Town[4] and Salisbury. In 2014, Covil joined the academy at Southampton, staying with the club for five years. In June 2019, Covil signed for EFL League Two club Forest Green Rovers.[5] On October 8, 2019, Covil made his debut for Forest Green at 16 years old, in a 0–0 EFL Trophy draw against Coventry City, scoring a penalty in an 8–7 penalty shoot-out win.[6] During the 2020–21 season, Covil was loaned out to Salisbury. The following season, Covil went out on loan to Melksham Town.[7]
On July 6, 2022, Covil signed a one-year deal with Hull City, with the club holding an option of a further year.[8] Covil featured in the 60th minute in a pre-season friendly against Fenerbache in Istanbul; started against Brighton and came on in the 65th minute against Malaga during first team pre-season tour in Marbella, Spain. Covil was named on the bench in the inaugural Corendon Cup which Hull City lost 0–4 to Leicester City F.C. The final pre-season friendly saw Covil start and help City win 1–2 against League 1 side Cambridge United. Covil made his debut as an 84th-minute substitute for Allahyar Sayyadmanesh on July 30, 2022, in the home match against Bristol City.[9]
On 19 May 2024, the club announced he would be released in the summer when his contract expired.[10]
Covil signed with Las Vegas Lights on August 9, 2024.[11]
Covil holds dual American and British nationality and has been called up for England under-15s and the United States under-16s.[12] He was called up to play for the United States U23s for the 2023 Pan American Games.[13]
| Club | Season | League | National cup | League cup | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Forest Green Rovers | 2019–20 | League Two | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2020–21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
| Total | 2 | 0 | — | — | 5 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |||||
| Hull City | 2022–23 | Championship | 6 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 7 | 0 | |||
| 2023–24 | Championship | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Total | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | |||
| Career total | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 15 | 0 | |||