Taylor Booth (soccer)

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Taylor Booth
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Booth training with Utrecht in 2022
Personal information
Full name Taylor Anthony Booth [1]
Date of birth (2001-05-31) May 31, 2001 (age 23)
Place of birth Eden, Utah, United States
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.74 m) [2]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Utrecht
Number 10
Youth career
0000–2015 La Roca FC
2016–2018 Real Salt Lake
2019–2020 Bayern Munich
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2020–2022 Bayern Munich II 27 (3)
2021–2022 Bayern Munich 0 (0)
2021SKN St. Pölten (loan) 15 (3)
2022 Jong Utrecht 3 (0)
2022– Utrecht 44 (7)
International career
2016 United States U16 7 (0)
2017 United States U17 13 (0)
2018 United States U18 3 (0)
2018 United States U19 2 (1)
2023–2024 United States U23 8 (0)
2023– United States 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of May 26, 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of August 2, 2024

Taylor Anthony Booth (born May 31, 2001) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder for Eredivisie club Utrecht and the United States national team.

Contents

Club career

Youth career

Booth joined the Bayern Munich youth team from the Real Salt Lake youth academy in January 2019. [3] He made his professional debut for Bayern Munich II in the 3. Liga on June 14, 2020, coming on as a substitute in the 73rd minute for Malik Tillman in the away match against Waldhof Mannheim, which finished as a 3–2 win. [4] He finished the 2019–20 season with two appearances. [5] He also made two appearances for the reserve team during the 2020–21 season [6] before being loaned out to SKN St. Pölten. [7]

Loan to SKN St. Pölten

On February 8, 2021, Booth was loaned to Austrian side SKN St. Pölten until the end of the season.

Bayern Munich

On August 25, he was promoted to Bayern Munich's senior squad for their 2021–22 DFB-Pokal first round fixture against Bremer SV. He came as a substitute in the second half and played 22 minutes in the 12–0 victory.

Utrecht

On January 28, 2022, Booth signed a pre-contract with Eredivisie club Utrecht to join the team as a free agent in the summer. [8]

After scoring a goal in both of Utrecht's league matches during November 2022, Booth was named the November Eredivisie Player of the Month. [9]

Booth scored his first goals of the following league campaign by way of a hat-trick, the first of his career, against FC Volendam on February 4, 2024; his brother, Zach, also scored in the match. [10]

International career

Booth has represented the United States at a number of youth levels, from under-15 to under-19. Most notably, he was included in the United States squad for the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup in India. [1] He made two appearances in the tournament, helping his team to the quarter-finals before losing 4–1 to eventual champions England. [2] On December 3, 2021, he was called up for the first time to the United States senior team for the friendly match against Bosnia and Herzegovina on December 18, [11] though he did not make an appearance. Booth got his first cap on March 24, 2023, in a CONCACAF Nations League match against Grenada.

On October 8, 2023, Booth was called up to the United States under-23 national team ahead of friendlies against Mexico and Japan. [12]

Personal life

Booth was born in Eden, Utah, to Kelli (née Carver) and Chad Booth, both collegiate soccer players. [13] Through his father's Italian heritage, he was able to obtain an Italian passport, allowing him to move to Germany at 17. [14] Booth was born with torticollis, which required physical therapy as an infant. He is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. [15] [16] His younger brother, Zach, plays for Excelsior Rotterdam. [17]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played May 26, 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cup [lower-alpha 1] ContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Bayern Munich II 2019–20 [5] 3. Liga 2020
2020–21 [6] 3. Liga2020
2021–22 Regionalliga Bayern 233233
Total273273
SKN St. Pölten (loan) 2020–21 [6] Austrian Bundesliga 153153
Bayern Munich 2021–22 [18] Bundesliga 001010
Utrecht 2022–23 Eredivisie 25230282
2023–24 Eredivisie19521216
2024–25 Eredivisie000000
Total44751498
Career total86136100009214
  1. Includes DFB-Pokal and KNVB Cup

International

As of match played March 27, 2023
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
United States 202320
Total20

Honors

Bayern Munich II

United States

Individual

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