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Taylor Hansen
Personal information
Date of birth (1999-04-04) April 4, 1999 (age 25)
Place of birth Florida, United States
Height 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
San Diego Surf SC
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2021 Montana Grizzlies 103 (5)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2022 San Diego Wave 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Taylor Hansen (born April 4, 1999) is an American professional soccer player who last played as a defender for San Diego Wave FC of the National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL). She played college soccer for the Montana Grizzlies before joining San Diego in the team’s inaugural season.

Early life

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Hansen was born in Florida to Dan and Diane Hansen.[1] The family moved to California and Indiana before settling in Cardiff-by-the-Sea, California, when Hansen was in 8th grade.[2] Although Hansen participated in various other sports, including tap, ballet, ice skating, and basketball, she eventually settled on soccer.[2] Hansen played youth club soccer with San Diego Surf SC,[2][3] winning the ECNL U-15 Championship in 2014 and a Division 1 title in 2016.[4][5] She attended Del Norte High School in San Diego, where she also played soccer.[5][6][7]

College career

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Hansen captained and played soccer for the Montana Grizzlies.[2][8] She scored her first collegiate goal on March 7, 2021, helping the Grizzlies beat MSU Billings 3–0.[9] With Montana, Hansen was a three-time All-Big Sky Conference First Team and a three-time Big Sky Conference All-Tournament Team honoree. As a senior, Hansen was named to the All-West Region First Team by the United Soccer Coaches.[1][10][11] Throughout her college career, Hansen played frequent minutes for the Grizzlies, starting all of Montana's matches from her sophomore year to her final year of college.[1][11] She set the program record for matches played and had the second-highest amount of starts in Grizzlies history. Hansen also left Montana as the 6th-highest assist leader.[1]

Club career

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Leading up to the 2022 NWSL Draft, Hansen was on San Diego Wave FC's radar of draftee options.[12] Ultimately, she went undrafted and instead joined the Wave as a non-roster invitee in their preseason squad.[13] Hansen later signed her first professional contract with the Wave in March 2022.[14][15] She made her professional debut on April 14, starting and playing for 65 minutes at left-back[16] in an NWSL Challenge Cup defeat to the OL Reign.[17][18][19] It would be her first and only appearance with the Wave.[20] At the end of the 2022 season, the Wave announced that Hansen would be among the contingent of players not returning to the club in 2023.[21]

Career statistics

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Club

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As of December 27, 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup[a] Playoffs[b] Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
San Diego Wave FC 2022 NWSL 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
Career total 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
  1. ^ Includes the NWSL Challenge Cup
  2. ^ Includes NWSL Playoffs

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Taylor Hansen - Soccer". University of Montana Athletics. Retrieved December 26, 2024.
  2. ^ a b c d "The Taylor Hansen experience". University of Montana Athletics. Retrieved December 26, 2024.
  3. ^ Paris, Jay (March 10, 2022). "Cardiff's Hansen rides pro soccer Wave". The Coast News Group. Retrieved December 26, 2024.
  4. ^ Content, Contributed; Reports, Staff (August 9, 2014). "San Diego Surf U15 team wins Elite Clubs National League Championship". San Diego Union-Tribune. Retrieved December 26, 2024.
  5. ^ a b "MeetUMMonday: Taylor Hansen". University of Montana Athletics. Retrieved December 26, 2024.
  6. ^ "San Diego Wave Fútbol Club's inaugural home game draws sellout crowd". cbs8.com. March 26, 2022. Retrieved December 26, 2024.
  7. ^ "Late goal wins title for Del Norte". San Diego Union-Tribune. March 6, 2016. Retrieved December 26, 2024.
  8. ^ surfboard (January 12, 2022). "Missoula Surf and University of Montana Join Forces". Missoula Surf. Retrieved December 26, 2024.
  9. ^ "Griz women top Yellowjackets 3-0 Sunday". Montana State University Billings Athletics. March 7, 2021. Retrieved December 26, 2024.
  10. ^ None (May 11, 2021). "Grizzlies Howard, Hansen All-region for soccer". Daily Inter Lake. Retrieved December 26, 2024.
  11. ^ a b Levine, Kevin (December 2, 2019). "Montana soccer player named to All-West team". KECI. Retrieved December 26, 2024.
  12. ^ "Ten minutes with Taylor Hansen". University of Montana Athletics. Retrieved December 26, 2024.
  13. ^ Emerick, Tyler (February 2, 2022). "San Diego Wave FC Announces 2022 Preseason Opening Day Roster and Club Technical Staff". San Diego Wave Fútbol Club. Retrieved December 26, 2024.
  14. ^ "Taylor Hansen signs with San Diego Wave, becomes 1st Montana Grizzly to sign with NWSL". MontanaSports.com (MTSPX). March 19, 2022. Retrieved December 27, 2024.
  15. ^ "Hansen signs with San Diego Wave". University of Montana Athletics. Retrieved December 26, 2024.
  16. ^ Rodriguez, Alicia (November 17, 2022). "San Diego Wave FC 2022 Player Postmortem: Taylor Hansen". LAG Confidential. Retrieved December 27, 2024.
  17. ^ frank.gogola@406mtsports.com, FRANK GOGOLA Missoulian (April 15, 2022). "Griz soccer notebook: Taylor Hansen makes NWSL pro debut, Camellia Xu to play in UWS". Nonstop Local SWX Sports. Retrieved December 26, 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  18. ^ "Seattle 3-1 San Diego (Apr 14, 2022) Final Score". ESPN. Retrieved December 26, 2024.
  19. ^ Tracy, Trebor (April 14, 2022). "Lessons learned: OL Reign 3, San Diego Wave FC 1". LAG Confidential. Retrieved December 26, 2024.
  20. ^ "Taylor Hansen Stats, Goals, Records, Assists, Cups and more". FBref.com. Retrieved December 26, 2024.
  21. ^ Emerick, Tyler (November 15, 2022). "San Diego Wave FC Announces Initial Roster Decisions Ahead of 2023 NWSL Season". San Diego Wave Fútbol Club. Retrieved December 26, 2024.
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