Taylor Suarez
{{Short description|American soccer player (born 2005)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2024}}
{{Infobox football biography
|name = Taylor Suarez
|image = FSU at Wake 2024 - 022.jpg
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|caption = Suarez with Florida State in 2024
|full_name = Taylor Marie Suarez{{cite web |url=https://fdp.fifa.org/assetspublic/ce43/pdf/SquadLists-English.pdf |title=Squad List: FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup India 2022 – USA |publisher=FIFA |date=4 October 2022 |access-date=11 October 2022|page=16}}
|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|2005|07|27}}
|birth_place =
|position = Forward
|currentclub = Florida State Seminoles
|clubnumber = 9
|youthyears1 =
|youthclubs1 =
| collegeyears1 = 2024–
| college1 = Florida State Seminoles
| collegecaps1 = 14
| collegegoals1 = 3
|years1 = –
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|caps1 =
|goals1 =
|nationalyears1 = 2022
|nationalteam1 = United States U-17
|nationalcaps1 = 13
|nationalgoals1 = 3
|nationalyears2 = 2024–
|nationalteam2 = United States U-20
|nationalcaps2 = 8
|nationalgoals2 = 1
| medaltemplates =
{{Medal|Sport|Women's soccer}}
{{Medal|Competition|FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup}}
{{medal|Bronze|Colombia 2024|}}
|club-update =
|nationalteam-update = July 16, 2024
}}
Taylor Marie Suarez (born May 27, 2005) is an American college soccer player who plays as a forward for the Florida State Seminoles. She won bronze with the United States at the 2024 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.
Early life
Suarez grew up in Charlotte, North Carolina, one of three children born to Lorie and Rick Suarez. She is of Puerto Rican and Portuguese descent.{{cite web|url=https://seminoles.com/sports/womens-soccer/roster/taylor-suarez/7023|title=Taylor Suarez – 2024 – Women's Soccer|publisher=Florida State Seminoles|access-date=2024-08-08}} Her family played college baseball, her father at Seton Hall and her brothers at Charlotte and Lenoir–Rhyne. She began playing soccer at age three or four.{{cite news|url=https://www.fsunews.com/story/sports/2024/10/14/on-the-world-stage-suarez-secures-bronze-with-team-usa/75620040007/|title=On the world stage: Suarez secures bronze with Team USA|last=Schram|first=Kani|date=2024-10-14|website=FSUNews.com|access-date=2024-11-23}} She played club soccer for Charlotte Soccer Academy, earning ECNL All-American honors in 2021–22.{{cite news|url=https://www.topdrawersoccer.com/club-soccer-articles/ecnl-girls-all-america-teams_aid51158|title=ECNL Girls All-America Teams|date=August 29, 2022|publisher=Elite Clubs National League|via=TopDrawerSoccer|access-date=2024-08-08}}
Suarez attended Ardrey Kell High School, where she played three years of high school soccer before graduating early.{{cite news|url=https://www.charlotteobserver.com/sports/high-school/article287729995.html|title='Her potential is to the moon and back.' Ardrey Kell freshman soccer star turning heads|last=Wertz Jr.|first=Langston|date=2024-04-25|newspaper=The Charlotte Observer|access-date=2024-08-08}} She led her school to the 4A state final as a sophomore in 2022, contributing 18 goals and 12 assists though she missed part of the regular season for national team duties.{{cite news|url=https://www.highschoolot.com/story/ardrey-kell-sophomore-taylor-suarez-named-gatorade-nc-player-of-the-year-in-girls-soccer/20344229/|title=Ardrey Kell sophomore Taylor Suarez named Gatorade NC Player of the Year in girls soccer|date=2022-06-23|website=HighSchoolOT|last=Stevens|first=Nick|access-date=2024-08-08}} In her junior year in 2023, she recorded 36 goals and 33 assists and led the team to win its first state championship, scoring once and assisting twice in the 3–2 victory in the final.{{cite news|url=https://www.si.com/high-school/north-carolina/2023/06/23/taylor-suarez-of-ardrey-kell-picks-up-second-straight-n-c-gatorade-player-of-the-year-award-in-girls-soccer|title=Taylor Suarez of Ardrey Kell picks up second straight N.C. Gatorade Player of the Year Award in girls soccer|last=Pruitt|first=Marc|date=2023-06-23|website=Sports Illustrated|access-date=2024-08-08}}{{cite news|url=https://www.wcnc.com/article/sports/watching-the-womens-world-cup-you-could-see-an-ardrey-kell-student-on-the-us-womens-team-someday/275-e6640d2e-f4e3-4884-b48a-a7de97557c7d|title=Watching the women's World Cup? You could see an Ardrey Kell student on the US women's team someday|last=Carboni|first=Nick|date=2023-07-21|publisher=WCNC-TV|access-date=2024-08-08}} She was named the Charlotte Observer, NCSCA, and Gatorade North Carolina player of the year in both her sophomore and junior years.{{cite news|url=https://www.charlotteobserver.com/sports/high-school/article276445661.html|title=Ardrey Kell's 'phenomenal' Taylor Suarez is Observer's girls athlete of the year|last=Wertz Jr.|first=Langston|date=2023-06-25|newspaper=The Charlotte Observer|url-access=subscription|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240808171821/https://www.charlotteobserver.com/sports/high-school/article276445661.html|archive-date=2024-08-08}}
College career
Suarez scored three goals and added five assists in her freshman season with the Florida State Seminoles in 2024. She netted the team's first goal in 3–2 victory over North Carolina in the final of the ACC tournament.
International career
Suarez received her first youth national team call-up at the United States under-17 level in November 2021.{{cite news|url=https://www.thecharlottepost.com/news/2022/10/13/qcfc/ardrey-kell-high-junior-taylor-suarez-showcases-soccer-talents-in-india/|title=Ardrey Kell High junior Taylor Suarez showcases soccer talents in India|date=2022-10-13|last=Goldberg|first=Steve|newspaper=The Charlotte Post|access-date=2024-08-08}} She made the roster for the 2022 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship following an injury to Melanie Barcenas went on to start for the team, helping the United States win the tournament with the game-winning assist against Mexico in the final.{{cite news|url=https://www.topdrawersoccer.com/club-soccer-articles/relentless-attack-anchors-u17-wnt-dominance_aid50806|title=Relentless attack anchors U17 WNT dominance|date=May 12, 2022|last=Hindle|first=Tom|website=TopDrawerSoccer|access-date=2024-08-08|url-access=subscription}}{{cite web |title=Five Things To Know About The 2022 Concacaf Womens U17 Championship |url=https://www.ussoccer.com/stories/2022/04/five-things-to-know-about-the-2022-concacaf-womens-u17-championship |publisher=United States Soccer Federation |language=en |date=2022-04-21|access-date=2024-08-08}} She was part of the team at the 2022 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup, where they lost on penalties in the quarterfinals. She trained with the combined under-18/under-19 teams in 2023 and the under-20 team in 2024.{{cite news|url=https://www.topdrawersoccer.com/club-soccer-articles/u18-19-wnt-camp-roster-named-for-california_aid51691|title=U18/19 WNT Camp Roster Named for California|date=January 10, 2023|publisher=United States Soccer Federation|via=TopDrawerSoccer|access-date=2024-08-08}}{{cite news|url=https://www.topdrawersoccer.com/college-soccer-articles/u20-wnt-begins-world-cup-preparations_aid52958|title=U20 WNT Begins World Cup Preparations|date=January 10, 2024|publisher=United States Soccer Federation|via=TopDrawerSoccer|access-date=2024-08-08}} She was selected to the roster for the 2024 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup, helping the United States finish in third place, its best result since 2012.{{cite news|url=https://www.ussoccer.com/stories/2024/09/us-under-20-womens-youth-national-team-vs-netherlands-score-result-stats-match-recap-fifa-u20-world-cup-third-place-match|title=USA Scores Dramatic 119th-Minute Game-Winner To Defeat The Netherlands 2-1 And Finish Third At 2024 FIFA Under-20 Women's World Cup|date=2024-09-22|publisher=United States Soccer Federation|access-date=2024-09-21}}
References
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External links
- {{Soccerway|716495}}
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Category:Soccer players from Charlotte, North Carolina
Category:American women's soccer players
Category:American sportspeople of Puerto Rican descent
Category:American people of Portuguese descent
Category:Women's association football forwards
Category:United States women's youth international soccer players
Category:United States women's under-20 international soccer players