Ty Maurin

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

Ty Maurin
Personal information
Full name Ty Marcelo Maurin
Date of birth (1982-08-16) August 16, 1982
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

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. "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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