Auston Trusty

Auston Levi-Jesaiah Trusty (born August 12, 1998) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a center-back for Scottish Premiership club Celtic and the United States national team.

In club soccer, Trusty played in the USL Championship for Bethlehem Steel and in Major League Soccer for the Philadelphia Union and the Colorado Rapids before signing for Premier League club Arsenal, and spent the 2022–23 season on loan to Birmingham City of the EFL Championship. In August 2023, Trusty signed for Sheffield United, for which he made his Premier League debut. He moved on to Celtic in 2024. Internationally, he represented his country at under-age levels before making his senior debut in March 2023.

Trusty was born in Media, Pennsylvania. He is the youngest of six children. All of his siblings played collegiate soccer. His sister, Onnie Nicholson, also played internationally.

He began playing soccer with Nether United Soccer Club in Wallingford. He attended and played for Penncrest High School before joining the SockerClub youth setup of the Philadelphia Union in 2011.

In 2016, Trusty signed an amateur United Soccer League contract with the Philadelphia Union reserve affiliate Bethlehem Steel. The contract with the Steel allowed Trusty to remain eligible to play college soccer with the North Carolina Tar Heels. He made his debut for the Steel on April 10, 2016, against New York Red Bulls II, starting in the 4–0 defeat.

Trusty would go on to play 44 games for the Bethlehem Steel within two seasons.

On August 10, 2016, Trusty signed a homegrown player deal with the Philadelphia Union, electing not to join the Tar Heels. Despite his signing, Trusty did not make his debut for the Union until March 3, 2018, in the club's season opener against the New England Revolution. He finished his first season with the Union having played every minute of the season as the club finished sixth in the Eastern Conference. He also scored his first professional goal on September 15 against the Montreal Impact, a 4–1 defeat.

Going into the 2019 season, Trusty continued his game streak, playing in an additional seven matches before being sent off during a match against the LA Galaxy on April 13. Following his suspension, Trusty would start 15 more matches until July 2019.