Tyler Lussi

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Tyler Lussi
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Lussi with the North Carolina Courage in 2024
Personal information
Full name Tyler Tompkins Lussi [1]
Date of birth (1995-01-26) January 26, 1995 (age 29)
Place of birth Gibson Island, Maryland, United States
Height 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Position(s) Forward, right back
Team information
Current team
 North Carolina Courage
Number 14
Youth career
Bethesda Soccer Club
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2013–2016 Princeton Tigers 68 (53)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2017–2021 Portland Thorns 42 (5)
2022 Angel City 20 (0)
2023– North Carolina Courage 20 (6)
International career‡
2017 United States U23 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of January 13, 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of October 9, 2021

Tyler Tompkins Lussi (born January 26, 1995) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a forward for the North Carolina Courage of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). She played college soccer for the Princeton Tigers before being drafted by the Portland Thorns in the 2017 NWSL College Draft. She has also played for Angel City FC for which she mostly played at right back.

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College career

Lussi played for Princeton Tigers from 2013 to 2016, while majoring in history. In her first season she won the Ivy League Rookie of the Week award three times, becoming the first player to do so in one season, and won Ivy Player of the Week in her first week. She scored 10 goals in 17 games, making her the highest-scoring freshman in 31 years.

In her second season she scored 18 goals in 16 games, and twice won the Ivy League Player of the Week award At the end of the season was selected for the first-team All-Ivy League, first-team All-ECAC, second-team NSCAA All-Mid-Atlantic Region and was picked as the Ivy League Offensive Player of the Year.

In her third season she scored 15 goals in 19 games, winning Ivy League Player of the Week four times. She was picked a second consecutive time as the Ivy League Offensive Player of the Year, and was selected again for the first-team All-Ivy League and for the NSCAA second-team All-America.

In her fourth and final season, she scored 10 goals in 16 games and twice won the Ivy League Player of the Week. At the end of the season she was selected a third consecutive time for the first-team All-Ivy League and also for the NSCAA All-Mid-Atlantic Region first team. [2] During her four-year collegiate career, Lussi established new records with her 53 career goals and 122 career points. [3]

Club career

Portland Thorns FC

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Lussi playing for Portland Thorns FC in 2017

Lussi was drafted in the third round of the 2017 NWSL College Draft with the 21st overall pick by the Portland Thorns FC. On July 1, 2017, after a two-week trial, was signed by the club. [4] She made her professional debut a week later, being substituted for Mana Shim in a 1–1 draw against the Houston Dash. [5] On August 5, 2017, she scored her first professional goal in a 2–1 victory over the Houston Dash. [6] She finished her rookie season with 5 appearances and 3 starts and was an unused substitute as the Thorns won the NWSL Championship 1–0 against the North Carolina Courage. [7] The following season, she made 15 appearances with 3 starts and was unused as the Thorns lost their championship game rematch with the Courage. [7]

Lussi never made more than 3 regular-season starts for the Thorns in a season. [7] On July 14, 2019, she scored in the 90+4th minute in a 4–3 win over the Orlando Pride. [8] She finished her five years in Portland with 5 goals and 4 assists in 42 regular-season appearances. [7]

Angel City FC

On December 8, 2021, Lussi was traded to expansion team Angel City FC along with forward Simone Charley. [9] She featuring in the starting lineup of Angel City's first-ever game on March 19, 2022, drawing 1–1 to the San Diego Wave in the Challenge Cup group stage. [10] A week later, she scored her first club goal in a 3–1 loss to OL Reign in the Challenge Cup on March 26. [7] However, due to positional need including an injury to Jasmyne Spencer, Lussi spent most the season as Angel City's starting right back despite not having previously played as a defender. [11] [12]

North Carolina Courage

On January 20, 2023, Lussi was traded to the North Carolina Courage in exchange for defender Merritt Mathias. [13] She signed a new contract to the end of the next year with an option to extend further to 2025, which was agreed to. [14] [15] Lussi debuted for the Courage on the opening matchday on March 25, 2023, starting in a 1–0 win over the Kansas City Current. On April 28, she scored her first club goal in a 1–0 win over the Houston Dash which was not played in full due to weather. [7] [16] She finished the season with 6 goals (second on the team to MVP Kerolin) of which 5 came as the game winners in 1–0 victories. [7] [15]

Lussi scored and assisted in a 2–0 win over the Portland Thorns on April 13, 2024, the first of her three games in a row with goals, also scoring against Angel City and the Seattle Reign. [7] [17] She played one game at right back on June 15, a 0–0 draw to the Orlando Pride. [7] She finished the season with 4 goals which was second on the team after Ashley Sanchez. [7]

International career

In February 2017, Lussi was called up to the United States under-23 squad for the 2017 La Manga Tournament in Spain. [18] In the tournament she came on as a substitute in the matches against Japan [19] and against England, [20] and started the match against Norway assisting Morgan Andrews for the only goal of the match. [21]

Career statistics

As of match played October 22, 2023 [22]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubLeagueSeasonLeaguePlayoffsCup [a] Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Portland Thorns FC NWSL
2017 5100—51
2018 15100—151
2019 12200—122
2020 —100100
2021 1010041142
Total42500142566
Angel City FC NWSL 2022 2000061261
North Carolina Courage 2023 2061080296
Career total82111028211113

Honors


Portland Thorns


North Carolina Courage

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  5. ↑ "NWSL MATCH RECAP – Houston Dash 1, Portland Thorns FC 1". Portland Thorns FC. July 8, 2017. Archived from the original on October 10, 2017. Retrieved October 9, 2017.
  6. ↑ Murray, Caitlin (August 6, 2017). "Tyler Lussi's goal helps Portland Thorns top Houston Dash in front of big crowd at Providence Park". The Oregonian .
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Tyler Lussi at FBref.com OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
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