Abby Boyan

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Abby Boyan
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Boyan with the Utah Royals in 2025
Personal information
Full name Abigail Patricia Boyan [1]
Date of birth (1999-08-24) August 24, 1999 (age 26) [2]
Place of birth Spring Lake, New Jersey [3]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Utah Royals
Number 32
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2018–2022 Georgia Bulldogs 93 (17)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2024 AaB 14 (2)
2024–2025 Fylkir 19 (2)
2025– Utah Royals 0 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Abigail Patricia Boyan (born August 24, 1999) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder for the Utah Royals of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). She played college soccer for the Georgia Bulldogs before starting her professional career with European clubs AaB and Fylkir.

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Early life

Born in Spring Lake, New Jersey, to Tom and Leanne Boyan, she attended Ranney School from kindergarten through her senior year of high school. At Ranney, she set the school record for goals scored [4] and finished with over 100 goals in her high school career. [5]

During her senior year, Boyan accepted a scholarship to play college soccer for the University of Georgia Bulldogs. [6]

College career

She played for five years for the Bulldogs from 2018 to 2022, scoring 17 goals from 93 games. In her final year, Boyan led Georgia to its first NCAA Women's Soccer Tournament in eight years. [7] Boyan was named First Team All-SEC in 2022, and Second Team-All-SEC in 2021. [8]

Club career

After playing for amateur side Asheville City SC, Boyan signed with AaB in the A-Liga, the top division in Denmark before the 2024 season. [9]

In late 2024, she joined Fylkir in Iceland. [10]

On August 13, 2025, The Utah Royals of the NWSL brought Boyan in on a relief contract [11] and subsequently signed her fully through the year on September 4. [12]

References

  1. Abby Boyan at Soccerway OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  2. NWSL. "Players | NWSLsoccer.com". NWSL. Retrieved 17 September 2025. Abby Boyan |accessed September 17, 2025
  3. "Abby Boyan - 2022 - Soccer". University of Georgia Athletics. Retrieved 17 September 2025.
  4. "Abby Boyan Breaks School Record". Ranney School. 7 November 2016. Retrieved 17 September 2025.
  5. Gould, Brandon (2 November 2017). "Abby Boyan leads Ranney girls soccer in upset victory, scores 100th career goal". nj. Retrieved 17 September 2025.
  6. "Abby Boyan Signs National Letter of Intent for Georgia Women's Soccer". Ranney School. 7 February 2018. Retrieved 17 September 2025.
  7. Warden, Owen (8 November 2022). "No. 27 Georgia soccer earns first NCAA tournament berth since 2014". The Red & Black. Retrieved 17 September 2025.
  8. "Boyan Named to First Team All-SEC". University of Georgia Athletics. Retrieved 17 September 2025.
  9. Kepley-Steward, Kristy (12 August 2023). "ACSC's Abby Boyan signs professional contract with Danish football club". Asheville City SC - Belong. Believe. Be Blue. Retrieved 17 September 2025.
  10. "Abigail Boyan". September 2025.
  11. "URFC Signs Midfielder Abby Boyan To Roster Relief Contract". rsl. 13 August 2025. Retrieved 17 September 2025.
  12. "Utah Royals FC Releases Macey Fraser and Extends Abby Boyan". rsl. Retrieved 17 September 2025.