Personal information | |||
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Full name | Taylor Anthony Booth [1] | ||
Date of birth | May 31, 2001 | ||
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 | |||
–2015 | La Roca FC | ||
2016–2018 | Real Salt Lake | ||
2019–2020 | Bayern Munich | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2020–2022 | Bayern Munich II | 27 | (3) |
2021–2022 | Bayern Munich | 0 | (0) |
2021 | → SKN St. Pölten (loan) | 15 | (3) |
2022 | Jong Utrecht | 3 | (0) |
2022– | Utrecht | 47 | (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 September 29, 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.
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]
On February 8, 2021, Booth was loaned to Austrian side SKN St. Pölten until the end of the season.
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.
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]
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]
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]
Club | Season | League | National cup [lower-alpha 1] | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Bayern Munich II | 2019–20 [5] | 3. Liga | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | |||
2020–21 [6] | 3. Liga | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | ||||
2021–22 | Regionalliga Bayern | 23 | 3 | — | — | — | 23 | 3 | ||||
Total | 27 | 3 | — | — | — | 27 | 3 | |||||
SKN St. Pölten (loan) | 2020–21 [6] | Austrian Bundesliga | 15 | 3 | — | — | — | 15 | 3 | |||
Bayern Munich | 2021–22 [18] | Bundesliga | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||
Utrecht | 2022–23 | Eredivisie | 25 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 28 | 2 | ||
2023–24 | Eredivisie | 19 | 5 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 21 | 6 | |||
2024–25 | Eredivisie | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 3 | 0 | |||
Total | 47 | 7 | 5 | 1 | — | — | 52 | 8 | ||||
Career total | 89 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 95 | 14 |
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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United States | 2023 | 2 | 0 |
Total | 2 | 0 |
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United States
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