Taylor Leach
{{short description|American soccer player}}
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| image = Taylor Leach 20190925.jpg
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| fullname = Taylor Maree Leach{{cite web |url=https://gamecocksonline.com/sports/womens-soccer/roster/taylor-leach/4062 |title=Taylor Leach |date=22 June 2018 |publisher=South Carolina Gamecocks |access-date=June 26, 2022}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1992|1|19}}
| birth_place = Toledo, Ohio, United States
| height = 5 ft 10 in
| position = Defender
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| youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}–2010
| youthclubs1 = Cleveland Internationals
| collegeyears1 = 2010–2014
| college1 = South Carolina Gamecocks
| collegecaps1 = 86
| collegegoals1 = 6
| years1 = 2016
| clubs1 = Sunnanå SK
| caps1 = 13
| goals1 = 2
| years2 = 2017
| clubs2 = Östersunds DFF
| caps2 = 14
| goals2 = 2
| years3 = 2017–2019
| clubs3 = BK Häcken
| caps3 = 53
| goals3 = 4
| years4 = 2020
| clubs4 = Utah Royals
| caps4 = 2
| goals4 = 0
| years5 = 2021–2022
| clubs5 = Kansas City Current
| caps5 = 34
| goals5 = 1
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| club-update = 17 October 2020
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Taylor Maree Leach (born January 19, 1992) is a retired American professional soccer player who last played as a defender for Kansas City Current in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL).{{Cite web|url=https://www.kansascitycurrent.com/news/defender-taylor-leach-announces-retirement|title=Defender Taylor Leach Announces Retirement - Kansas City Current|date=November 29, 2022|website=www.kansascitycurrent.com}}
Club career
Leach played for Swedish club Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC.{{cite news|url=https://www.toledoblade.com/sports/pro/2020/03/02/anthony-wayne-grad-taylor-leach-earns-chance-to-play-pro-soccer-in-u-s/stories/20200303044|title=Anthony Wayne grad Taylor Leach earns chance to play pro soccer in U.S.|work=Toledo Blade|last=Monroe|first=Mark|date=March 2, 2020|access-date=June 1, 2024}}
Leach made her NWSL debut in the 2020 NWSL Challenge Cup on July 8, 2020, for Utah Royals FC.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nwslsoccer.com/game/utah-royals-vs-ol-reign-2020-07-08#boxscore|title=Utah Royals FC vs. OL Reign|website=www.nwslsoccer.com}} She later played for Kansas City Current and retired after the 2022 NWSL season.
References
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External links
- {{Soccerway|taylor-leach/442870}}
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Category:American women's soccer players
Category:Soccer players from Ohio
Category:People from Maumee, Ohio
Category:Women's association football defenders
Category:South Carolina Gamecocks women's soccer players
Category:Damallsvenskan players
Category:American expatriate women's soccer players
Category:Expatriate women's footballers in Sweden
Category:American expatriate sportspeople in Sweden
Category:National Women's Soccer League players
Category:Kansas City Current players
Category:21st-century American sportswomen
Category:Östersunds DFF players
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