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William Paul Yarbrough Story (born March 20, 1989) is a professional soccer player who plays as a
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for Major League Soccer club
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. Born in Mexico, he played for the United States national team.


Personal life

Yarbrough was born and raised in Aguascalientes,
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, to
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parents who emigrated from Texas in the 1980s. His parents are missionaries Lee Yarbrough and Stacey Story, who decided to live in Mexico, after having their honeymoon there. He is a devout Christian.


Club career


Pachuca

Yarbrough started his career at six years old with
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. In 2005, he was invited for a trial with the U17 team of
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and later signed with them at the age of sixteen. He played until April 2010 for the youth squad of Pachuca and was loaned out to his first senior team,
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. He was on loan until July 2011, participating in 38 matches during the
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2010–2011 season. In summer 2011, he joined
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on another loan.


León

During the 2012–2013 season, he was loaned out to
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from Pachuca, and did not play a league match during the 2012 Apertura tournament. Yarbrough played his only match in the first round of the Copa MX Apertura against
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. Yarbrough was the starting goalkeeper for León until the end of the 2013 Clausura tournament, playing 8 matches. Yarbrough eventually joined León on a permanent basis, becoming their starting goalkeeper for most matches of both the Apertura and Clausura over the following seasons, and helped León to two Liga MX titles. In the 2015 Apertura and 2016 Clausura, Yarbrough led León to a third-place finish, while leading all Liga MX goalkeepers in both saves and clean sheets. In May 2018, León acquired Rodolfo Cota. Cota took over as the starting goalkeeper. Yarbrough started four matches late in 2018, and started two matches in September 2019. On March 6, 2020, Yarbrough was loaned to
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side
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for one year.


Colorado Rapids

Yarbrough made his Rapids debut against Sporting Kansas City at the
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on July 17, 2020. Yarbrough earned his first Rapids victory and clean sheet in a 5–0 win over Real Salt Lake to reclaim the Rocky Mountain Cup. Yarbrough ended the season with a 6-4-4 (W-L-D) record and four clean sheets. Yarbrough also started Colorado's first-round playoff loss at Minnesota United FC. On February 2, 2021, Yarbrough moved permanently to the Colorado Rapids on a 3-year deal. In week two of the 2023 season, Yarbrough was named to the league's Team of the Matchday after registering eleven saves in a scoreless draw against Sporting Kansas City, becoming the first player in club history to do so.


International career

In 2007, Yarbrough received a call up to the Mexico national under-20 team. In an interview, Yarbrough said though he had been called up for the Mexico under-20s, he had no preference between the two national teams as he is eligible to represent both. Despite accepting a call-up from the Mexican Federation in 2007, he ended up accepting an offer to the U.S. national team. Yarbrough earned his first call-up to the United States national team in March 2015. He appeared in the bench when the United States played against
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on March 25, 2015. Yarbrough substituted
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in the beginning of the second half against Switzerland on March 31 to earn his first cap. Yarbrough conceded one goal against Switzerland; the game ended in a 1–1 draw. In his second appearance for the United States, Yarbrough was subbed in for Rimando at halftime during a friendly against
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on April 15, 2015. He had two saves in the 2–0 victory for the U.S. Yarbrough made his 3rd appearance for the United States team in a friendly match against
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which ended in a 1–1 draw.


Honors

León * Liga MX: Apertura 2013, Clausura 2014


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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Yarbrough, William 1989 births Living people Footballers from Aguascalientes Mexican Christians American men's soccer players C.F. Pachuca players Men's association football goalkeepers Club León footballers C.D.S. Tampico Madero footballers Colorado Rapids players Colorado Rapids 2 players People from Aguascalientes City Mexican expatriate men's footballers Mexican men's footballers Mexican people of American descent Sportspeople of American descent Mexico men's youth international footballers Liga MX players Expatriate men's footballers in Mexico United States men's international soccer players 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup players Major League Soccer players MLS Next Pro players