William Yarbrough

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Yarbrough and the second or maternal family name is Story.
William Yarbrough
Personal information
Full nameWilliam Paul Yarbrough Story
Date of birth20 March 1989
Place of birthAguascalientes, Mexico
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing positionGoalkeeper
Club information
Current team
León
Number25
Youth career
1995–2004Gallos de Aguascalientes
2005–2010Pachuca
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
2010–2013Pachuca0(0)
2010–2011→ Tampico Madero (loan)38(0)
2011→ Titanes Tulancingo (loan)21(0)
2012–2013→ León (loan)8(0)
2013–León62(0)
National team
2015–United States2(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

William Paul Yarbrough Story (born 20 March 1989) is a Mexican international soccer player who plays as a goalkeeper for Liga MX club León.[1]

Personal life

Yarbrough was born and raised in Aguascalientes, Mexico[2] to American parents who emigrated from Texas in the 1980s.[3] His parents are missionaries Lee Yarbrough and Stacey Story who decided to live and share their Christian beliefs in Mexico after having their honeymoon there. Yarbrough has three brothers, two older and one younger. Unlike William Yarbrough, his siblings live in the U.S. and not in Mexico. In March 2015, he accepted a United States national team call-up.[4]

Club career

Pachuca

Yarbrough started his career at six years old with Gallos de Aguascalientes. In 2005 he was invited for a trial with the under 17 team of C.F. Pachuca and later signed at the age of sixteen for the team.[5] He played until April 2010 in the youth squad of Pachuca and was loaned out to his first senior team, Jaibos Tampico Madero.[6] He was on loan until July 2011, participating in 38 matches during the Segunda División de México 2010–2011 season. In summer 2011 he joined Titanes Tulancingo on another loan.[7]

León (loan)

During the 2012–2013 season, he was loaned out to Club León from Pachuca, and didn't play a league match during the 2012 Apertura tournament. Yarbrough played his only match in the first round of the Copa MX Apertura against Dorados de Sinaloa. Yarbrough was the starting goalkeeper for León until the end of the 2013 Clausura tournament, playing 9 matches.[8]

International

William Yarbrough with Mexico U20 national team.

In 2007, Yarbrough received a call up to the Mexico U20 national team. In an interview, Yarbrough said he played for Mexico U20, but he says he has no preference between the two national teams as he is eligible to represent both.[9][10][11]

Yarbrough earned his first callup to the United States national team on March 2015. He appeared in the bench when the United States played against Denmark on March 25, 2015. Yarbrough substituted Nick Rimando in the beginning of the second half against Switzerland on March 31 to earn his first cap. Yarbrough conceded one goal against Switzerland; the game ended in a 1–1 draw. In his second appearance for the United States, Yarbrough was subbed in for Rimando at halftime during a friendly against Mexico on April 15, 2015. He had one save in the 2-0 victory for the US.[12]

Honours

León

References

  1. ↑ A host of American players gear up for Liga MX - Terra USA
  2. ↑ Ficha de WILLIAM YARBROUGH - BDFA Argentina
  3. ↑ Gringo Report: Mexico-born GK Yarbrough has US roots
  4. ↑ https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=JeeHBCI8R_M
  5. ↑ Gringo Report: Mexico-born GK Yarbrough has US roots
  6. ↑ Marcelino Bernal fue elegido por Pachuca, como entrenador de la Jaiba Brava de cara al Clausura 2011.
  7. ↑ RUTA:..: TITANES RECIBE A UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DEL EDO
  8. ↑ William Paul Yarbrough Story - RÉCORD
  9. ↑ American Exports: León's Mexico-born GK William Yarbrough has US roots
  10. ↑ Yarbrough, un capítulo más en la fuga de talento
  11. ↑ I'm 100 percent Mexican - William Yarbrough
  12. ↑ http://matchcenter.mlssoccer.com/matchcenter/2015-04-15-usa-vs-mexico/boxscore

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