Taylor Lytle

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Taylor Lytle
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Lytle playing for Sky Blue FC in 2015
Personal information
Full name Taylor Marie Lytle [1]
Date of birth (1989-03-31) March 31, 1989 (age 35)
Place of birth Las Cruces, New Mexico, United States
Height 5 ft 2 in (1.57 m)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
2005 Rio Vista FC 89
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2008–2011 Texas Tech Red Raiders 74 (14)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2012 Pali Blues 1 (0)
2013–2017 Sky Blue FC 82 (5)
2018–2020 Utah Royals 13 (0)
International career
2012 United States U23 3 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of October 17, 2020

Taylor Marie Lytle (born March 31, 1989) is a former professional soccer player who last played as a midfielder for Utah Royals FC of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL).

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Early life

Lytle was raised in Las Cruces, New Mexico, where she attended Las Cruces High School. She helped lead the Las Cruces squad to state championship titles in 2003 and 2005 and was named first team All-District and All-State all four years. In 2005, she was named New Mexico State Player and Gatorade Player of the Year as well as NSCAA High School All-American. In 2007, she was named as one of the nation's Top 125 Freshman for the year's recruiting class by Soccer Buzz. She ended her high school career with 78 goals and 81 assists. [2]

Lytle played for Rio Vista FC 89, who were State Champions in 2005 and was a member of the New Mexico State Olympic Development Program (ODP) team. She also participated in multiple U-14 and U-15 national camps. [2]

Club

Texas Tech University

Lytle attended Texas Tech University majoring in animal science. She played from 2008 to 2011 for the Texas Tech Red Raiders and was named to the Big 12 Conference first team in 2009 and all-second team in 2008 and 2011. During her career she scored 14 goals and 27 assists, the latter a school record. She was team captain in her Junior and Senior seasons. [2]

Sky Blue FC

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Taylor Lytle playing for Sky Blue FC in 2017

In 2013, she signed as a discovery player with Sky Blue FC in the National Women's Soccer League. [3] Often coming off the bench, Lytle appeared in 21 of Sky Blue's 22 regular season games and scored four goals. [4] On May 16, 2013, Lytle scored her first goal in her Sky Blue FC and National Women's Soccer League career. This goal was scored in the 80th minute of the match, and proved to be the game winner of Sky Blue's 1–0 defeat of then first place team [5] Portland Thorns FC.

Lytle was a substitute in Sky Blue's semi-final loss to the Western New York Flash on August 24, 2013. [6]

In 2014, Lytle played in 7 games, starting in 5, for Sky Blue before suffering a season-ending tibia fracture and lateral meniscus tear on May 11.[ citation needed ]

Lytle returned to Sky Blue in 2015 and appeared in 15 games. She appeared in 18 games in 2016 and a career high 21 games in 2017. [7]

Utah Royals, 2018–2020

On December 29, 2017, Sky Blue traded Lytle and teammate Kelley O'Hara to Utah Royals FC. [8] Lytle appeared in 10 games for the Royals in 2018, she was tied for the team lead with 2 assists. [9]

Lytle returned to Utah for the 2019 season. She suffered a serious foot injury prior to their first match of the season and was placed on the season ending injury list (SEI) and she would miss the entire 2019 season. [10]

International career

Lytle was a member of the U.S. women's national under-23 team in 2012. She came off the bench in each of the three matches of the Under-23 Four Nations Tournament in La Manga Club, Spain and scored one goal. [11]

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References

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  3. ↑ "Sky Blue FC sign Kendall Johnson and Taylor Lytle". NWSL News. Archived from the original on October 1, 2013. Retrieved March 27, 2013.
  4. ↑ "2014 Player Statistics - National Women's Soccer League". Archived from the original on January 7, 2015. Retrieved September 15, 2014.
  5. ↑ "SBFC SHUT OUT THORNS FC 1–0 – National Women's Soccer League". May 16, 2013. Archived from the original on January 2, 2014.
  6. ↑ "FLASH SHUT OUT SKY BLUE FC 2–0 IN SEMIFINAL – National Women's Soccer League". August 24, 2013. Archived from the original on January 4, 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  7. ↑ "Taylor Lytle Player Stats". June 30, 2018. Retrieved July 3, 2018.
  8. ↑ "Kelley O'Hara to Utah in blockbuster – Equalizer Soccer". December 29, 2017.
  9. ↑ "T. LYTLE" . Retrieved September 29, 2019.
  10. ↑ "Utah Royals pick up Portland player to replace injured Lytle". May 13, 2019. Retrieved September 29, 2019.
  11. ↑ "U.S. U-23 WNT Defeats Norway 5–0 to Win Four Nations Tournament in La Manga, Spain". www.ussoccer.com.
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