Cori Dyke

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Cori Dyke
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Dyke with the Orlando Pride in 2024
Personal information
Full name Coriana Dyke
Date of birth (2000-09-20) September 20, 2000 (age 24)
Place of birth San Jose, California, United States
Height 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Position(s) Right back, center back, defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Orlando Pride
Number 31
Youth career
Colorado Rush
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2019–2023 Penn State Nittany Lions 108 (9)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2024– Orlando Pride 21 (0)
International career‡
2016 United States U-16
2017–2018 United States U-18
2017–2018 United States U-19 3 (1)
2018–2019 United States U-20 4 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of November 2, 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of March 5, 2019

Coriana Dyke (born September 20, 2000) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a right back for the Orlando Pride of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL).

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Dyke played college soccer for the Penn State Nittany Lions, earning Big Ten Defender of the Year honors in 2023. She was drafted by the Pride in the second round of the 2024 NWSL Draft and won the NWSL Shield and NWSL Championship in her rookie season.

Early life

Dyke was born in San Jose, California, to Annette and Peter Dyke. [1] [2] She has an older sister, Camryn, who played college soccer at Notre Dame. [1] Her family moved to Littleton, Colorado, when she was seven. [3] She captained her club soccer teams in the academy programs of the Colorado Rush at the under-16/17 level and the Colorado Rapids at under-19. [3] She was named United Soccer Coaches All-American in 2017 and second-team TopDrawerSoccer All-American in 2019. [1] [4] She attended Valor Christian High School and committed to Pennsylvania State University as a sophomore. [1] [3]

Penn State Nittany Lions

Dyke started all 108 games for the Penn State Nittany Lions over her five years with the team, accruing the most appearances in program history. [1] In her freshman season in 2019, she came into the program as the replacement for graduate Emily Ogle as the team's starting defensive midfielder. [3] She helped the team win the Big Ten tournament that year and was named to the Big Ten all-freshman and TopDrawerSoccer Freshman Best XI teams. [1] In her sophomore year in 2020, the team won the Big 12 regular season title. [1]

During her senior season in 2022, Dyke was described by Penn State head coach Erica Dambach as "the franchise ... We go through her". [5] She scored her first career goal that year against Liberty and finished the season with four goals. [1] [5] She helped lead the team to the Big Ten championship and was named to the all-tournament team. [1] Dyke returned for a fifth year in 2023, contributing to the team's solid defense at central midfielder or center back. She recorded a career-high five goals and six assists. [1] [6] Penn State made it to the quarterfinals of the NCAA tournament. [7] In her fifth and final season, Dyke was named the Big Ten Defender of the Year, first-team All-Big Ten, second-team United Soccer Coaches All-American, first-team TopDrawerSoccer All-American. [1] [8]

Club career

Orlando Pride

Dyke was drafted by the Orlando Pride 22nd overall in the second round of the 2024 NWSL Draft. [9] She was initially signed to a one-year contract, which was extended for another year during her rookie season. [10] [11] Dyke made her professional debut on April 16, coming on as a late substitute for Angelina in a 3–2 win against the Washington Spirit. [12] Head coach Seb Hines deployed Dyke at multiple positions before Dyke established herself as the starting right back after Brianna Martinez went out with an injury. [13] [14] On September 28, she registered her first NWSL assist when her long cross connected to Carson Pickett's header for the opener in a 3–1 win against the Houston Dash. [15] She finished her rookie regular season with 21 appearances (11 starts) as the Pride claimed the NWSL Shield with the best record in the league. [16] She started all three playoff games and played the full match in the NWSL Championship, a 1–0 victory over the Washington Spirit on a goal from Barbra Banda. [17] [18]

In February 2025, Orlando extended Dyke's contract for a further two years, keeping her with the club until 2027. [19]

International career

Dyke was first called into training camp with the United States youth national team at the under-14 level in 2014. [20] She trained with the under-16 and under-17 teams the following year. [21] She was selected to play friendlies with the under-16 team in 2016, the under-18 and under-19 teams in 2017, and the under-20 team in 2018. [22] While in college, she was called up to the under-23 team for friendlies against NWSL teams in the 2022 preseason. [1]

Honors

Orlando Pride

Penn State Nittany Lions

Individual

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 "Cori Dyke – Women's Soccer". Penn State Nittany Lions . Retrieved July 10, 2024.
  2. ↑ "Cori Dyke". Orlando Pride . Retrieved July 10, 2024.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Lam, Ryan (September 25, 2019). "Freshman Cori Dyke was handed the keys – and now she's driving Penn State women's soccer". Daily Collegian . Retrieved July 10, 2024.
  4. ↑ "HS Girls: TDS Spring All-America". TopDrawerSoccer . July 27, 2019. Retrieved July 10, 2024.
  5. 1 2 Perez, Daniel (September 9, 2022). "'Cori Dyke is the franchise' | Career-first tally secures win for Penn State women's soccer over Liberty". Daily Collegian . Retrieved July 10, 2024.
  6. ↑ Ward, Collin (November 19, 2023). "Penn State Women's Soccer's Defense Shining Through First Two Rounds Of NCAA Tournament Play". Onward State. Retrieved July 10, 2024.
  7. ↑ Ward, Collin (November 29, 2023). "A Look Back At Penn State Women's Soccer's 2023 Season". Onward State. Retrieved July 10, 2024.
  8. ↑ Perez, Daniel (December 15, 2023). "Penn State women's soccer's Cori Dyke claims spot on Top Drawer's First Team". Daily Collegian . Retrieved July 10, 2024.
  9. ↑ Waxman, Adam (January 12, 2024). "Women's soccer midfielder Cori Dyke drafted by Orlando Pride in NWSL Draft". Daily Collegian . Retrieved July 10, 2024.
  10. ↑ "Orlando Pride Signs 2024 NWSL Draft No. 22 Overall Selection Cori Dyke to a One-Year Contract". Orlando Pride. March 11, 2024. Retrieved July 10, 2024.
  11. ↑ "Orlando Pride signs midfielder Cori Dyke to a new contract". Orlando Pride. July 10, 2024. Retrieved July 10, 2024.
  12. ↑ Rollins, Sean (April 26, 2024). "Orlando Pride vs. Washington Spirit: Final Score 3-2 as Pride Win Third Straight". The Mane Land. Retrieved March 7, 2025.
  13. ↑ Rollins, Sean (August 5, 2025). "Young Orlando Pride Players Impress During Summer Cup". The Mane Land. Retrieved March 7, 2025.
  14. ↑ Rohe, David (December 5, 2024). "2024 Orlando Pride Season in Review: Cori Dyke". The Mane Land. Retrieved March 7, 2025.
  15. ↑ "Match Report: Orlando Pride sets Club attendance record at Inter&Co in 3-1 victory over Houston Dash". Orlando Pride. September 28, 2024. Retrieved March 7, 2025.
  16. ↑ "2024 Orlando Pride Stats". FBref.com . Retrieved November 23, 2024.
  17. ↑ Cori Dyke at FBref.com OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  18. 1 2 Dure, Beau (November 23, 2024). "Orlando Pride 1-0 Washington Spirit: NWSL championship final – live". The Guardian . Retrieved November 23, 2024.
  19. ↑ "Orlando Pride extends defender Cori Dyke through 2027 season". Orlando Pride. February 14, 2025. Retrieved March 7, 2025.
  20. ↑ "U-14 GNT Starts New Cycle with Portland Camp". United States Soccer Federation. May 27, 2014. Archived from the original on May 31, 2014.
  21. ↑ "U16 GNT roster released for April camp". United States Soccer Federation. April 1, 2015. Retrieved July 10, 2024– via TopDrawerSoccer .
    "24 players called into U17 WNT camp". United States Soccer Federation. August 4, 2015. Retrieved July 10, 2024– via TopDrawerSoccer .
  22. ↑ "U16 GNT heads to the Tournament of Gradisca". United States Soccer Federation. April 13, 2016. Retrieved July 10, 2024– via TopDrawerSoccer .
    "U18 WNT heads to England for three games". United States Soccer Federation. February 14, 2017. Retrieved July 10, 2024– via TopDrawerSoccer .
    "U19 WNT roster named for China tournament". United States Soccer Federation. August 31, 2017. Retrieved July 10, 2024– via TopDrawerSoccer .
    "U20 WNT roster revealed for Nike Friendlies". United States Soccer Federation. December 3, 2018. Retrieved July 10, 2024– via TopDrawerSoccer .
  23. ↑ NWSL (October 7, 2024). "Orlando Pride Claims 2024 NWSL Shield". NWSL. Retrieved October 9, 2024.
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