Ty Maurin

Ty Maurin
Personal information
Full name Ty Marcelo Maurin
Date of birth (1982-08-16) August 16, 1982 (age 42)
Place of birth La Mirada, California, United States
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1995–1998 Santa Anita Breakaway
1998–2000 Santa Anita Heat
2000–2003 UCLA Bruins
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003 Orange County Blue Star 5 (0)
2004–2005 FC Dallas 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ty Marcelo Maurin (born August 16, 1982) is a former American soccer player.

Early life and education

Maurin was born on August 16, 1982, in La Mirada, California,[1] to Marcelo and Susan Maurin.[2] In 1991 he was playing for the Division 5 Boys American Youth Soccer Organization Region 67 youth soccer team, Chino Outlaws.[3] He attended Don Antonio Lugo High School in Chino, California where he played soccer for 4 years, winning all-league honors in 1998 and 2000.[1] He attended UCLA, where he had played at least 60 matches beginning in 2000,[4] starting in most of them.[1] This included coming on as a substitute in the championship game of the 2002 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament.[5]

Career

On January 16, 2004, Maurin was drafted in the third round of the 2004 MLS SuperDraft (29th overall) by the Dallas Burn,[6][7] who were rebranded as FC Dallas later in 2004. After a scoring a header against the Colorado Rapids in the last 2005 pre-season match,[8] he made three appearances for the club a year later. He only played 17 minutes in the MLS before retiring.

References

  1. ^ a b c "Player Bio: Ty Maurin". UCLA Official Athletic Site. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
  2. ^ "Player Bio: Melissa Maurin". UCLA Official Athletic Site. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
  3. ^ "Chino Outlaws". Chino Champion. 6 December 1991. p. A-6. Retrieved 4 May 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ McKibben, Dave (22 September 2000). "UC Irvine Earns Respect, but Not Victory". Los Angeles Times (Orange County ed.). p. D13. ProQuest 421555437. Retrieved 4 May 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Stanford University vs UCLA (Dec 15, 2002)". uclabruins.com. UCLA Athletics. Retrieved May 9, 2021.
  6. ^ "Five Bruins Selected In MLS Draft". UCLA Bruins. 16 January 2004. Archived from the original on 25 October 2015. Retrieved 19 July 2013.
  7. ^ Ceglinsky, Sean (17 January 2004). "Local picks: UCLA forward Taylor taken no. 4 in draft". Daily News. Los Angeles. p. S10. ProQuest 282514516.
  8. ^ Boyce, John (27 March 2005). "Own goal results in FC Dallas victory". Austin American-Statesman. p. C7. Gale A130915027.


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