Raheem Taylor-Parkes

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Raheem Taylor-Parkes
Personal information
Date of birth (1998-04-21) April 21, 1998 (age 25)
Place of birth Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Height 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
2013–2014 Toronto FC
2014–2016 Philadelphia Union
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2016–2017 Virginia Cavaliers 29 (2)
2019 Oregon State Beavers 7 (1)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2016 Bethlehem Steel 5 (0)
2017 Reading United 1 (0)
2018–2019 Lakeland Tropics 17 (2)
2021 Tampa Bay United 5 (1)
International career‡
2013 Canada U15 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:07, 9 June 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17:07, 9 June 2023 (UTC)

Raheem Taylor-Parkes (born April 21, 1998) is a Canadian soccer player who played as a forward.

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Early life

Taylor-Parkes was born in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada to Jamaican parents and started playing with Erin Mills SC. At the age of 10, he moved to Tampa, Florida, USA with his family and continued his footballing development there. [1]

Career

Taylor-Parkes signed to play with United Soccer League side Bethlehem Steel FC in 2016 on an amateur contract to allow him to still be eligible to play college soccer at the University of Virginia, whom he'd verbally agreed to join after graduating high school. [2]

In August 2018, Taylor-Parkes reportedly signed a deal with Swiss amateur side, Stade-Lausanne-Ouchy in the Swiss Promotion League. However, he was unable to secure a work permit due to non-EU regulations. [3]

On April 7, 2019, Taylor-Parkes scored the Lakeland Tropics' first-ever U.S. Open Cup goal. [4]

International career

Taylor-Parkes was called up to the United States U14s for a set of matches against regional sides in October 2011. [5] He was named to the Canadian U15 national team for the 2013 Copa de México de Naciones. [6]

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References

  1. ↑ "Profile - Canada Soccer". January 28, 2020.
  2. ↑ Ralph, Matt (2 June 2015). "Taylor-Parkes verbally commits to Virginia" . Retrieved 14 June 2016.
  3. ↑ "Union Academy grad signs with third division team in Switzerland". BrotherlyGame.com. Retrieved 22 August 2018.
  4. ↑ "The EQUALIZER!😳🔥". Twitter.com. U.S. Open Cup . Retrieved 13 January 2023.
  5. ↑ "Raheem Taylor-Parkes makes U.S. team". The Laker/Lutz News. October 12, 2011.
  6. ↑ Rowaan, Dave (August 7, 2013). "Seven Toronto FC academy players headed to Copa Mexico de Naciones". Waking the Red.
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