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 23)
Place of birth Littleton, Colorado
Height 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Position(s) 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 11 (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 July 6, 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 midfielder for the Orlando Pride of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). She played collegiately for the Penn State Nittany Lions. She has represented the United States at the youth international level.

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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]

College career

Dyke started every game for the Penn State Nittany Lions for five years, accruing the most starts and appearances in program history (108). [1] In her freshman season in 2019, she came into the program as the replacement for graduate Emily Ogle as the team's top defensive midfielder. [3] She helped the team win the 2019 Big Ten tournament and was named to the Big Ten all-freshman and TopDrawerSoccer Freshman Best XI teams. [1] The following season, 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 in a win against Liberty and ended the season with four goals. [1] [5] She helped lead the team to win the 2022 Big Ten tournament and was named to the all-tournament team. [1]

Dyke used her fifth year of eligibility to return for the 2023 season, contributing to Penn State's solid defense and recording a career-high five goals and six assists. [1] [6] The team made it to the quarterfinals of the 2023 NCAA tournament. [7] 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

Dyke was drafted by the Orlando Pride 22nd overall in the second round of the 2024 NWSL Draft. [9] She was signed to a one-year contract on March 11. [10] Dyke debuted for the team at the Washington Spirit on April 16 and made her first start at the San Diego Wave on June 7. On July 10, she signed a new contract to stay with the Pride through 2025 with an option for an additional year. [11]

International career

Dyke was first called into training camp with the United States youth national team at the under-14 level in 2014. [12] She trained with the under-16 and under-17 teams the following year. [13] 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. [14] While in college, she was called up to the under-23 team for friendlies against NWSL teams in the 2022 preseason. [1]

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  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.
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