Taylor Suarez

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Taylor Suarez
Personal information
Full name Taylor Marie Suarez [1]
Date of birth (2005-05-27) May 27, 2005 (age 19) [1]
Height 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) [2]
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Florida State Seminoles
Number 9
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2024– Florida State Seminoles 1 (1)
International career‡
2022 United States U-17 13 (3)
2024– United States U-20 8 (1)
Medal record
Women's soccer
FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg Colombia 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of July 16, 2024

Taylor Marie Suarez (born May 27, 2005) is an American college soccer player who plays as a forward for the Florida State Seminoles and the United States national under-20 team.

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Early life

Suarez grew up in Charlotte, North Carolina, one of three children born to Lorie and Rick Suarez. She is of Puerto Rican and Portuguese descent. [2] Her family played college baseball, her father at Seton Hall and her brothers at Charlotte and Lenoir–Rhyne. She began playing soccer at age four. [3] She played club soccer for Charlotte Soccer Academy, earning ECNL All-American honors in 2021–22. [4]

Suarez attended Ardrey Kell High School, where she played three years of high school soccer before graduating early. [5] She led her school to the 4A state final as a sophomore in 2022, contributing 18 goals and 12 assists though she missed part of the regular season for national team duties. [6] In her junior year in 2023, she recorded 36 goals and 33 assists and led the team to win its first state championship, scoring once and assisting twice in the 3–2 victory in the final. [7] [8] She was named the Charlotte Observer , NCSCA, and Gatorade North Carolina player of the year in both her sophomore and junior years. [3]

College career

Suarez scored on her debut for the Florida State Seminoles in 2024. [2]

International career

Suarez received her first youth national team call-up at the United States under-17 level in November 2021. [9] She made the roster for the 2022 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship following an injury to Melanie Barcenas went on to start for the team, helping the United States win the tournament with the game-winning assist against Mexico in the final. [10] [11] She was part of the team at the 2022 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup, where they lost on penalties in the quarterfinals. [3] She trained with the combined under-18/under-19 teams in 2023 and the under-20 team in 2024. [12] [13] She was selected to the roster for the 2024 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup, helping the United States finish in third place, its best result since 2012. [14]

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References

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  2. 1 2 3 "Taylor Suarez – 2024 – Women's Soccer". Florida State Seminoles . Retrieved August 8, 2024.
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  5. ↑ Wertz Jr., Langston (April 25, 2024). "'Her potential is to the moon and back.' Ardrey Kell freshman soccer star turning heads". The Charlotte Observer . Retrieved August 8, 2024.
  6. ↑ Stevens, Nick (June 23, 2022). "Ardrey Kell sophomore Taylor Suarez named Gatorade NC Player of the Year in girls soccer". HighSchoolOT. Retrieved August 8, 2024.
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  8. ↑ Carboni, Nick (July 21, 2023). "Watching the women's World Cup? You could see an Ardrey Kell student on the US women's team someday". WCNC-TV . Retrieved August 8, 2024.
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  10. ↑ Hindle, Tom (May 12, 2022). "Relentless attack anchors U17 WNT dominance" . TopDrawerSoccer . Retrieved August 8, 2024.
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