Erika Tymrak
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Erika Tymrak | ||
| Date of birth | August 7, 1991 | ||
| Place of birth | Detroit, Michigan | ||
| Height | 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder / Forward | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | FC Kansas City | ||
| Number | 15 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2009–2012 | University of Florida | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2013– | FC Kansas City | 21 | (6) |
| 2013 | → Bayern Munich (loan) | 2 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| United States U-17 | |||
| United States U-20 | |||
| United States U-23 | |||
| 2013- | United States | 2 | (1) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of August 18, 2013. † Appearances (Goals). | |||
Erika Tymrak (born August 7, 1991) is an American professional soccer midfielder who plays for FC Kansas City in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). She was previously a member of the United States national soccer team that was runner-up at the 2008 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup, and has also represented the United States at the youth and full national team levels.
Early life
Born in Detroit, Michigan, Tymrak grew up in Lakewood Ranch, Florida where she attended the Edison Academic Center.[1] She was a five-year member of the club soccer team at the IMG Soccer Academy led the team to the 2009 Florida State Cup U-19 final and 2008 U-18 semifinal. She was named 2009 and 2008 IMG Soccer Player of the Year and IMG's Most Valuable Player in 2007, 2006 and 2005.[2]
Ranked as the number eight recruit on the ESPN RISE Fab 50 list, was a 2009 Parade All-American. In 2008, she was a member of the Region III Olympic Development Program (ODP) and the Florida ODP team and was a NSCAA/adidas Youth Girls All-Region III selection as well as an NSCAA/adidas Girls Youth All-America selection.[2]
University of Florida
As a freshman for the University of Florida Gators soccer team during the 2009 season, Erika played in all 20 regular season games and started in 18 of them. In the Gators' second game and the first home game of the season on August 28, 2009, Erika took a 20-yard shot in the 79th minute to score her first collegiate goal, helping her team to a 3-0 win over Florida International.[3] She also had her first collegiate assist and drew her first penalty kick for the Florida Gators, resulting her team's both goals in the 2-1 overtime win over Kentucky on September 25, 2009.[4] On October 30, 2009, Erika's 2 assists in the final regular season match against South Carolina brought the Florida Gators to a decisive 3-0 win and thus the 2009 SEC regular season title.[5] She scored 5 goals (tied 4th in team) and had 7 assists with 17 points (team's 2nd most) in the regular season. With her 7 assists, Erika became the Gators' top leader and second in the SEC in assists. She was one of the only two unanimous selections in the 2009 SEC All-Freshman team.[6] She was also named to the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) All-South Region third team and the Soccer America All-Freshman second team.[7][8] As a sophomore in 2010, Erika was named to the 2010 Coaches Preseason All-Southeastern Conference Team.[9]
In 2011, Tymrak led Florida with collegiate-highs for points (32) and goals (12) and was second in assists with eight. She ranked third in final SEC standings for points, shared third in goals and shared sixth in assists. She was named to the NSCAA All-America second team selection and NSCAA All-South Region first team. She was also an All-SEC first-team selection. TopDrawerSoccer.com ranked her number 15 its final top 100 upperclassmen list of 2011.[2]
During her senior year in 2012, Tymrak appeared in 22 matches with 21 starts and was Florida’s leader in goals (9), assists (12) and points (30). She tied for third on Gators’ career charts in assists (40), sixth in points (104), tied for seventh in game-winning goals (11) and eighth for goals (32) and was the SEC leader (in all matches) in assists, second on game-winning goals, third in points and tied for sixth in goals. Her twelve assists shared sixth in the NCAA Division I. She was a semi-finalist for Hermann Trophy and was nominated for the Senior CLASS Award. Tymrak was named to the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) All-America first team, NSCAA All-South Region first team, and All-SEC first team. She earned Southeastern Conference Offensive Player of the Year and SEC Tournament MVP honors and was a Soccer America MVP first team selection. She was ranked number 16 on TopDrawerSoccer.com’s final top 100 upperclassmen list of 2012. Following a golden goal at against Duke University, Tymrak was named NSCAA Player of the Week, SEC Offensive Player of Week and named to two national teams of the week. She earned her second SEC Offensive Player of the Week honor after hitting game-winning goal at Louisiana State and assisting on a game-winning goal at then No. 5 Texas A&M University.[2][10]
Playing career
Club
FC Kansas City
Tymrak was selected during the second round (eleventh overall) by FC Kansas City during the 2013 NWSL College Draft.[11][12][13] She was named the league's NWSL Player of the Month for the month of July after scoring three goals and serving one assist in six games during the month and helped FC Kansas City to a 3-0-3 record.[14] She was named NWSL Rookie Of The Year for the 2013 season.[15]
FC Bayern München
In September 2013, Tymrak signed with German Frauen Bundesliga side FC Bayern München on loan until the end of the year. .[16]
International
Erika was a member of the United States national soccer team that finished runner-up at the 2008 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in New Zealand. She had an assist in USA's come-from-behind 2-1 victory over Germany in the semifinal, helping her team to go into the final versus Korea DPR.[17] In July 2008, she was named Player of the Match after recording four assists in the U.S. U-17 National Team's 9-1 win versus Trinidad & Tobago in the CONCACAF Championships.
On August 22, 2013, Erika Tymrak received her first United States senior team call up from US Head Coach Tom Sermanni. On September 3, 2013 Tymrak made her debut for the United States against Mexico in a friendly match at RFK Stadium in Washington, D.C.; started in the match and played for 70 minutes.[18] On November 10, 2013, on her second cap, Tymrak scored her first international goal, against Brazil, on an assist from Lindsey Horan, from a spot at 18 yards surrounded by defenders.
International goals
| Key | |
|---|---|
| # | numberOfGoals.goalNumber by the player in the match |
| Lineup | Start – played entire match on minute (off player) – substituted on at the minute indicated, and player was substituted off at the same time off minute (on player) – substituted off at the minute indicated, and player was substituted on at the same time (c) – captain |
| Min | The minute in the match the goal was scored; blank indicates played in the match but did not score a goal. |
| Assist/pass | The ball was passed by the player, which assisted in scoring the goal. This column depends on the availability and source of this information. See Assist (football) page. |
| penalty or pk | Goal scored on penalty-kick which was awarded due to foul by opponent. (Goals scored in penalty-shoot-out, at the end of a tied match after extra-time, are not included.) |
| Score | The match score after the goal was scored. |
| Result | The final score. |
| aet | The score at the end of extra-time; the match was tied at the end of 90' regulation |
| pso | Penalty-shoot-out score shown in parenthesis; the match was tied at the end of extra-time |
| Light-purple background color – exhibition or closed door international friendly match | |
| Light-yellow background color – match at an invitational tournament | |
| Light-orange background color – Olympic women's football qualification match | |
| Light-blue background color – FIFA women's world cup qualification match | |
| Pink background color – Continental Games or regional tournament | |
| Orange background color – Olympic women's football tournament | |
| Blue background color – FIFA women's world cup final tournament | |
| NOTE on background colors: Continental Games or regional tournament are sometimes also qualifier for World Cup or Olympics; information depends on the source such as the player's federation.
NOTE: some keys may not apply for a particular football player | |
| Date | # | Location | Opponent | Lineup | Min | Assist/pass | Score | Result | Competition | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2013-11-10[m 1] | 1.1 |  Orlando FL |
 Brazil |
76 | Lindsey Horan |
4-1 |
4-1 |
Friendly | |
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Personal
Tymrak was nicknamed Baby Samurai by some of her fans in Gainesville, Florida, home of the Florida Gators.
See also
- 2008 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup squads
- 2008 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
- Florida Gators women's soccer
References
- ↑ "Florida Soccer's Erika Tymrak and Lindsay Thompson Pick up Honors on Monday". University of Florida. Retrieved 5 March 2013.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "Erika Tymrak player profile". University of Florida. Retrieved 5 March 2013.
- ↑ No. 7 Florida Soccer Opens Home Season with 3-0 Win Over FIU (Friday August 28, 2009)
- ↑ No. 10 Florida Soccer Opens SEC Plays with 2-1 OT Win vs. Kentucky (Friday September 25, 2009)
- ↑ No. 10 Florida Soccer Claims SEC Title with 3-0 Win Over No. 13 USC (Friday October 30, 2009)
- ↑ Lauren Hyde Named SEC Defensive Player of the Year; Six Gators Recognized by League (Tuesday November 3, 2009)
- ↑ Four Gators Named to NSCAA All-South Region Soccer Teams (Friday December 4, 2009)
- ↑ Erika Tymrak Named to Soccer America All-Freshman Team (Thursday December 17, 2009)
- ↑ Five Gators Named to 2010 SEC Preseason Soccer Team (Monday August 9, 2010)
- ↑ "Gators down FGCU 2-0". ESPN Radio. Retrieved 5 March 2013.
- ↑ "Eight Teams Make Selections at 2013 NWSL College Draft at NSCAA Convention in Indianapolis". US Soccer. Retrieved 5 March 2013.
- ↑ "FC Kansas City sign Erika Tymrak and Bianca Henninger". NWSL News. Retrieved 5 March 2013.
- ↑ "Inaugural NWSL Draft Complete: Bywaters, U Of Florida Lead The Way". The American Pitch. Retrieved 5 March 2013.
- ↑ "JULY'S BEST: ERIKA TYMRAK". National Women's Soccer League. Retrieved 2 August 2013.
- ↑ "NWSL ROOKIE OF THE YEAR: ERIKA TYMRAK". National Women's Soccer League. Retrieved 20 August 2013.
- ↑ "Rookie of the Year Erika Tymrak heading to FC Bayern". Equalizer Soccer. August 28, 2013. Retrieved September 25, 2013.
- ↑ USA comeback seals final place in 2008 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
- ↑ "Leroux Scores Four as USA Downs Mexico 7-0". U.S.Soccer.
External links
- Erika Tymrak – FIFA competition record
- US Soccer player profile
- Florida player profile
- FC Kansas City player profile
- Erika Tymrak Fan Page
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