Taylor Lytle

Taylor Lytle
Personal information
Full nameTaylor Lytle
Date of birthMarch 31, 1989
Height5 ft 2 in (1.57 m)
Playing positionMidfielder
Club information
Current team
Sky Blue FC
Number6
Youth career
2005Rio Vista FC 89
2008-2011Texas Tech Red Raiders
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2012Pali Blues1(0)
2013–Sky Blue FC21(4)
2014Sky Blue7
Total28(4)
National team
2012United States U-23 women's national soccer team3(1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of May 20, 2013.
† Appearances (Goals).

Taylor Lytle (born March 31, 1989) is an American professional soccer midfielder. She currently plays for Sky Blue FC of the NWSL.

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 nations Top 125 Freshman for the year's recruiting class by Soccer Buzz. She ended her high school career with 78 goals and 81 assists.[1]

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.[1]

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 Twelve 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.[1]

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, Spain and scored one goal.[2]

Club

Sky Blue FC

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.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Taylor Lytle". Texas Tech University. Retrieved May 9, 2013.
  2. "U.S. Women's Soccer"http://www.ussoccer.com/teams/youth.aspx?d=201203, accessed December 30, 2013
  3. "Sky Blue FC sign Kendall Johnson and Taylor Lytle". NWSL News. Retrieved March 27, 2013.
  4. http://www.nwslsoccer.com/Stats/index_E.html, accessed 30 Dec2013
  5. http://www.nwslsoccer.com/News/720087.html
  6. "Flash Shut Out Sky Blue FC 2-0 in Semifinal" http://www.nwslsoccer.com/News/750093.html, accessed December 30, 2013

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