Taylor Twellman
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| Personnel | ||
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| Surname | Taylor Timothy Twellman | |
| birthday | February 29, 1980 | |
| place of birth | St. Louis , USA | |
| position | striker | |
| Juniors | ||
| Years | station | |
| 1998-1999 | Maryland Terrapins | |
| Men's | ||
| Years | station | Games (goals) 1 |
| 2000-2002 | TSV 1860 Munich II | 58 (29) |
| 2002-2010 | New England Revolution | 174 (101) |
| National team | ||
| Years | selection | Games (goals) |
| 1997 | USA U-17 | 3 (2) |
| 1999 | USA U-20 | 4 (4) |
| 2002-2008 | United States | 30 (6) |
| 1 Only league games are given. | ||
Taylor Timothy Twellman (born February 29, 1980 in St. Louis , Missouri ) is a retired American football player .
Career
Youth and college
Twellmann spent his youth in his hometown of St. Louis in the US state of Missouri, where he attended Saint Louis University High School. During his high school years he was very active in the school teams in the sports of American football , basketball , soccer and baseball and was also one of the top performers of the respective teams. He was even offered a contract with the major league baseball team Kansas City Royals . After graduating from SLU High School in 1998, he went to the University of Maryland , where he received an athletic scholarship to specialize in soccer.
There he played for the Maryland Terrapins in 1998 and 1999, scoring 27 goals in 40 games. In 1999 he was nominated for the Hermann Trophy, an award for the best college soccer player, and was named the best player in the Mid-American Conference. After two seasons in Maryland, he left college to turn pro.
In his two years in Germany, Twellman did not play a game for the club's professional team, but only played for the amateurs. After this disappointing time for him, he moved to Major League Soccer for New England Revolution in 2002. In his first season he was one of the most dangerous players in the league and scored 23 goals for the Revs and was even top scorer of the league with 52 points. In the same year he finished second as the best player in the league behind Carlos Ruiz , who was then playing for Los Angeles Galaxy .
In the 2003 and 2004 seasons, Twellman suffered several injuries and he did not find his way back to his old form. In 2005, however, he was in top form and was the top scorer in the MLS with 17 goals. He was also named the best player of the season.
At the end of the 2010 season, Twellman ended his career after he was no longer used in the New England Revolution .
National team
On November 17, 2002, he played his first international match for the US national team against El Salvador .
Personal / family
Taylor Twellman comes from a sports-loving family. His father Tim and his two uncles Mike and Steve already played at professional level in the North American Soccer League (NASL) in the 1970s and 1980s . Taylor Twellman's younger brother James (* 1982) completed a few games for the reserve team of the San José Earthquakes in 2002 . The grandfather of the two was Jim Delsing , a major league baseball player who had his career high in the 1950s. His son Jay Delsing , an uncle of Taylor Twellman, has been a professional golfer since the 1980s .
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Twellman, Taylor |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Twellman, Taylor Timothy (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American soccer player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 29, 1980 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | St. Louis , Missouri |