Tarn Weir (born April 10, 1999) is an American

soccer Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...

player who plays as a

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for

FC Tucson FC Tucson is an American soccer club based in Tucson, Arizona that plays in USL League Two. The club has an amateur women’s team, FC Tucson Women, that play in the WPSL. Organized in 2010, the club first fielded a team in March 2011, then joine ...

of USL League One.

Career

Youth

Weir spent time with various youth sides in California, including four years with the academy of MLS side

San Jose Earthquakes The San Jose Earthquakes are an American professional soccer team based in San Jose, California. The Earthquakes compete as a member club of the Western Conference of Major League Soccer (MLS). Originally as the San Jose Clash, the franchise ...

between 2013 and 2016. In 2017, he played with Marbella United in Spain, securing trials with

Anderlecht Anderlecht (, ) is one of the 19 municipalities of the Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium. Located in the south-western part of the region, it is bordered by the City of Brussels, Forest, Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, and Saint-Gilles, as well as the ...

and

Troyes Troyes () is a commune and the capital of the department of Aube in the Grand Est region of north-central France. It is located on the Seine river about south-east of Paris. Troyes is situated within the Champagne wine region and is near to ...

during his spell there. Following a spell in England with

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in 2018, Weir moved to Greek side Panthiraikos in February 2019.

Professional

Weir started his career with

Oakland Roots Oakland Roots Sports Club is an American professional soccer team based in Oakland, California. The club was formed in 2018 by a group of Oakland natives, and began play in the National Independent Soccer Association in the fall of 2019. In 2021, ...

in the NISA during their 2020 season, making 5 regular season appearances for the club. On December 10, 2020, Weir re-signed with

ahead of their inaugural USL Championship season in 2021. He made his debut in the USL Championship on May 8, 2021, appearing as a 78th-minute substitute during a 3–0 defeat to

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. Weir signed with

on February 23, 2022.

Career statistics

References

External links

NISA profile
Living people 1999 births American men's soccer players Soccer players from California Men's association football defenders Oakland Roots SC players FC Tucson players National Independent Soccer Association players USL Championship players USL League One players {{US-footy-defender-stub