Personal information | |||
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Full name | Taylor Marie Suarez [1] | ||
Date of birth | [1] | July 27, 2005||
Height | 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) [2] | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Florida State Seminoles | ||
Number | 9 | ||
College career | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2024– | Florida State Seminoles | 14 | (3) |
International career‡ | |||
2022 | United States U-17 | 13 | (3) |
2024– | United States U-20 | 8 | (1) |
Medal record | |||
‡ 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. She won bronze with the United States at the 2024 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.
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 three or four. [3] [4] She played club soccer for Charlotte Soccer Academy, earning ECNL All-American honors in 2021–22. [5]
Suarez attended Ardrey Kell High School, where she played three years of high school soccer before graduating early. [6] 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. [7] 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. [8] [9] She was named the Charlotte Observer , NCSCA, and Gatorade North Carolina player of the year in both her sophomore and junior years. [3]
Suarez scored three goals and added five assists in her freshman season with the Florida State Seminoles in 2024. She netted the team's first goal in 3–2 victory over North Carolina in the final of the ACC tournament. [2]
Suarez received her first youth national team call-up at the United States under-17 level in November 2021. [10] 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. [11] [12] 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. [13] [14] 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. [15]
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