Taylor Morgan
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Taylor Lee Morgan | ||
| Date of birth | 21 October 1990 | ||
| Place of birth | Southampton, England | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2000–2004 | Southampton | ||
| 2004–2006 | Queens Park Rangers | ||
| 2007–2009 |
English Schools Football Association | ||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2009 | Central Connecticut Blue Devils | ||
| 2010–2012 | George Mason Patriots | 50 | (23) |
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2010 | Bradenton Academics | 8 | (3) |
| 2012 |
Chicago Fire Premier | 6 | (3) |
| 2013 | Toronto FC | 1 | (0) |
| 2013 | → Toronto FC II (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| 2013–2016 | Östersunds FK | 19 | (3) |
| 2015 | → Falkirk (loan) | 10 | (0) |
| 2015–2016 | → Airdrieonians (loan) | 18 | (2) |
| 2016 |
Tulsa Roughnecks | 13 | (1) |
| 2016 | San Antonio FC | 14 | (0) |
| 2017 | Whitehawk | 4 | (0) |
| Total | 94 | (6) | |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22 June 2017 | |||
Taylor Lee Morgan (born 21 October 1990) is an English former footballer who played as a forward.
Career
Early career
Taylor joined the
USL Premier Development League
.
Toronto FC
Morgan was signed by
BC Place Stadium, coming on as a 75th-minute substitute for Terry Dunfield.[5] Morgan was released by Toronto on 14 May 2013, after making this one appearance.[6]
Östersunds
Morgan signed with Swedish football club
Varbergs BolS in the 82nd and 87th minute, after coming on as a substitute match in a 3–0 victory.[9] Morgan then scored his third goal for the club on 19 October against Ljungskile SK in the 90th minute of a 3–1 victory.[10]
Falkirk (loan)
After the 2014 Superettan season concluded, Morgan signed with Scottish Championship side Falkirk on loan until the end of the season.[11] He made his debut on 10 January 2015 against Hibernian, coming on as a substitute.[12]
Airdrieonians (loan)
On 23 July 2015, Morgan moved on loan to Scottish League One club Airdrieonians, signing until January 2016.[13] He made his debut for the club on 25 July 2015 in a Scottish Challenge Cup match against Annan Athletic. He started the match and played 75 minutes as Airdrieonians lost 3–1.[14]
Tulsa Roughnecks
Morgan signed with the
Swope Park Rangers.[17]
San Antonio
Morgan signed for Tulsa's Texas rivals
Seattle Sounders FC 2
on 20 August 2016.
[20] He left the club at the end of the 2016 season and signed for National League South side Whitehawk on 23 March 2017.[21]
Personal
Taylor supports
Queen's Park Rangers. Two weeks before being signed by Toronto FC, he went to a QPR game while back in the UK on holiday, not knowing at the time that he would be watching one of his soon-to-be coach Ryan Nelsen's final professional games as a player. Nelson subsequently left QPR to coach Toronto FC and signed Taylor the following month.[22]
Taylor attended
Taunton's College in Southampton. While at George Mason University he studied psychology.[22]
Career statistics
- As of 20 May 2016[23]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Toronto FC | 2013 | MLS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 |
| Östersunds FK | 2013 | Superettan | 9 | 3 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | 10 | 5 |
| 2014 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 11 | 1 | ||
| Total | 19 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 6 | ||
| Falkirk (loan) | 2014–15 | Scottish Championship | 10 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| Airdrieonians (loan) | 2015–16 | Scottish League One | 18 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 4 |
Tulsa Roughnecks
|
2016 | USL | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 9 | 1 |
| Career total | 57 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 68 | 11 | ||
References
- ^ "ESFA Under 18 Squad 2008/2009". ESFA. Retrieved 2 March 2013.
- ^ "Taylor Morgan". Pass4Soccer.
- ^ "Young Striker Morgan relishes time at Toronto FC camp". TSN. Retrieved 2 March 2013.
- ^ "Toronto FC signs Welsh international Earnshaw". TSN. Retrieved 2 March 2013.
- ^ "Vancouver vs. Toronto – Rosters". MLS. Retrieved 2 March 2013.
- ^ "Toronto FC waives Ashton Bennett and Taylor Morgan". Waking the Red. 14 May 2013. Retrieved 5 August 2013.
- ^ "Östersunds Fotbollsklubb » Nyheter » Ny forward klar för ÖFK". ostersundsfk.se. Archived from the original on 16 September 2013.
- ^ "VÄNERSBORG VS. ÖSTERSUNDS FK 0 – 5". Soccerway. Retrieved 15 September 2013.
- ^ "VARBERG VS. ÖSTERSUNDS FK 0 – 3". Soccerway. Retrieved 15 September 2013.
- ^ "LJUNGSKILE VS. ÖSTERSUNDS FK 1 – 3". Soccerway. Retrieved 26 October 2013.
- ^ "Falkirk recruit striker Taylor Morgan on loan". BBC Sport. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
- ^ "Hibernian 3-3 Falkirk". Soccerway. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
- ^ "Taylor Morgan pens loan deal". Airdrieonians F.C. 23 July 2015. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
- ^ "Annan Athletic 3-1 Airdrieonians". Soccerway.
- ^ "Roughnecks Add English Striker Taylor Morgan".
- ^ "Tulsa Roughnecks 2-0 RGV Toros". Soccerway.
- ^ "Tulsa Roughnecks 1-2 Swope Park Rangers". Soccerway.
- ^ "San Antonio Fc Acquires Forward Taylor Morgan from Tulsa Roughnecks Fc". 22 June 2016.
- ^ "San Antonio Fc Unbeaten Streak Reaches Five Matches After Draw Vs. Okc Energy Fc". 9 July 2016.
- ^ "San Antonio Fc Records Second Straight Victory; Sweeps Season-Series Vs. Seattle". 20 August 2016.
- ^ "Whitehawk Sign Well-Travelled Striker – Pitchero Non-League". nonleague.pitchero.com. Archived from the original on 25 March 2017.
- ^ a b "Young Striker Morgan relishes time at Toronto FC camp". TSN. Retrieved 2 March 2013.
- ^ "Soccerway profile". Soccerway. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
External links
- Taylor Morgan at Major League Soccer
- Taylor Lee Morgan at the Swedish Football Association (in Swedish) (archived)
- Taylor Morgan at Soccerway