Taylor Leach

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Taylor Leach
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Personal information
Full name Taylor Maree Leach [1]
Date of birth (1992-01-19) January 19, 1992 (age 32)
Place of birth Toledo, Ohio, United States
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
0000–2010 Cleveland Internationals
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2010–2014 South Carolina Gamecocks 86 (6)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2016 Sunnanå SK 13 (2)
2017 Östersunds DFF 14 (2)
2017–2019 BK Häcken 53 (4)
2020 Utah Royals 2 (0)
2021–2022 Kansas City Current 34 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17 October 2020

Taylor Maree Leach (born January 19, 1992) is a retired American professional soccer player who last played as a defender for Kansas City Current in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). [2]

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Club career

Leach played for Swedish club Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC.[ citation needed ]

Leach made her NWSL debut in the 2020 NWSL Challenge Cup on July 8, 2020, for Utah Royals FC. [3] She later played for Kansas City Current and retired after the 2022 NWSL season. [2]

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References

  1. "Taylor Leach". South Carolina Gamecocks. 22 June 2018. Retrieved June 26, 2022.
  2. 1 2 "Defender Taylor Leach Announces Retirement - Kansas City Current". www.kansascitycurrent.com. November 29, 2022.
  3. "Utah Royals FC vs. OL Reign". www.nwslsoccer.com.