Leon Taylor (soccer)
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | [1] | 19 May 1993||
Place of birth | Dallas, Texas, United States | ||
Height | 1.9 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Tampa Bay Rowdies | ||
Number | 14 | ||
Youth career | |||
2010 | Plano West HS | ||
2011 | Oral Roberts Golden Eagles | ||
2012–2013 | Incarnate Word Cardinals | ||
2014–2016 | Midwestern State Mustangs | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2015 | Laredo Heat | 10 | |
2016 | Midland-Odessa Sockers FC | 5 | (1) |
2017 | Bodens BK | 24 | (8) |
2018– | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 11 | (4) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 9 July 2018 |
Leon Taylor (born 19 May 1993) is an American professional soccer player who currently plays for the Tampa Bay Rowdies in the United Soccer League.
Youth career
Taylor attended Plano West Senior High School where he played both football and soccer. He first played college soccer at Oral Roberts University in Oklahoma, before transferring to the University of the Incarnate Word in San Antonio, Texas and then on to Midwestern State University in Wichita Falls.[2]
Professional career
During his college years, Taylor also played for the Laredo Heat and the Midland-Odessa Sockers FC of the fourth-tier Premier Development League. After college he signed a contract in the Swedish Division 2 with Bodens BK in 2017 where Taylor quickly made a name for himself leading the team in goals and assists. Shortly after returning to America Taylor signed a contract with the Tampa Bay Rowdies.[3]
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References
External links
- Leon Taylor at Soccerway
- ^ "Leon "Lil Smoothie" Taylor Bio". Tampa Bay Rowdies. Retrieved 8 July 2018.
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- Living people
- 1993 births
- African-American soccer players
- American expatriate soccer players
- American soccer players
- Soccer players from Texas
- Association football forwards
- Bodens BK players
- Laredo Heat players
- Midland/Odessa Sockers players
- Tampa Bay Rowdies players
- USL League Two players
- Expatriate footballers in Sweden
- United Soccer League players
- Midwestern State Mustangs men's soccer players
- Incarnate Word Cardinals men's soccer players
- Oral Roberts Golden Eagles men's soccer players
- Midwestern State University alumni
- University of the Incarnate Word alumni
- Oral Roberts University alumni