Tyler Tompkins Lussi (born January 26, 1995) is an American professional

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 currently plays for North Carolina Courage of the

National Women's Soccer League The National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) is a professional women's soccer league at the top of the United States league system. It is owned by the teams and, until 2020, was under a management contract with the United States Soccer Federatio ...

(NWSL). In college she played for the

Princeton Tigers The Princeton Tigers are the athletic teams of Princeton University. The school sponsors 35 varsity teams in 20 sports. The school has won several NCAA national championships, including one in men's fencing, three in women's lacrosse, six in m ...

College career

Lussi played for

from 2013 to 2016, while majoring in history. In her first season she won the Ivy League Rookie of the Week award three times, becoming the first player to do so in one season, and won Ivy Player of the Week in her first week. She scored 10 goals in 17 games, making her the highest-scoring freshman in 31 years. In her second season she scored 18 goals in 16 games, and twice won the Ivy League Player of the Week award At the end of the season was selected for the first-team All-Ivy League, first-team All-ECAC, second-team NSCAA All-Mid-Atlantic Region and was picked as the Ivy League Offensive Player of the Year. In her third season she scored 15 goals in 19 games, winning Ivy League Player of the Week four times. She was picked a second consecutive time as the Ivy League Offensive Player of the Year, and was selected again for the first-team All-Ivy League and for the NSCAA second-team All-America. In her fourth and final season, she scored 10 goals in 16 games and twice won the Ivy League Player of the Week. At the end of the season she was selected a third consecutive time for the first-team All-Ivy League and also for the NSCAA All-Mid-Atlantic Region first team. During her four-year collegiate career, Lussi established new records with her 53 career goals and 122 career points.

Club career

Portland Thorns FC

Lussi was drafted in the third round of the

2017 NWSL College Draft The 2017 NWSL College Draft was the fifth annual meeting of National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) franchises to select eligible college players. It was held on January 12, 2017 at the National Soccer Coaches Association of America Convention in ...

with the 21st overall pick by the Portland Thorns FC. On July 1, 2017, after a two-week trial, was signed by the club. She made her professional debut a week later, being substituted on in a 1–1 draw against Houston Dash. On August 5, 2017, she scored her first professional goal in a 2–1 victory over Houston Dash.

Angel City FC

On December 8, 2021, Lussi was traded to Angel City FC along with forward Simone Charley.

North Carolina Courage

In January 2023, Lussi was traded to North Carolina Courage in exchange for defender Merritt Mathias.

Career statistics

International career

In February 2017, Lussi was called up to the United States under-23 squad for the 2017 La Manga Tournament in Spain. In the tournament she came on as a substitute in the matches against

Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...

and against

England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe b ...

, and started the match against

Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and t ...

assisting

Morgan Andrews Morgan Elizabeth Andrews (born March 25, 1995) is an American soccer player who last played as a midfielder for OL Reign in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). She previously played for Perth Glory and Boston Breakers. Andrews has represe ...

for the only goal of the match.

References

External links

Portland Thorns FC player profile
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lussi, Tyler Living people 1995 births American women's soccer players National Women's Soccer League players People from Lutherville, Maryland Portland Thorns FC draft picks Portland Thorns FC players Princeton Tigers women's soccer players Soccer players from Maryland Sportspeople from Baltimore County, Maryland Women's association football forwards Angel City FC players