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Tyler Tompkins Lussi (born January 26, 1995) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a forward for the North Carolina Courage of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). She played college soccer for the Princeton Tigers before being drafted by the Portland Thorns in the 2017 NWSL College Draft.
_129.jpg) Lussi with the North Carolina Courage in 2024 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Tyler Tompkins Lussi[1] | ||
| Date of birth | January 26, 1995 | ||
| Place of birth | Gibson Island, Maryland, United States | ||
| Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | North Carolina Courage | ||
| Number | 14 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Bethesda Soccer Club | |||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2013–2016 | Princeton Tigers | 68 | (53) |
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2017–2021 | Portland Thorns | 42 | (5) |
| 2022 | Angel City | 20 | (0) |
| 2023– | North Carolina Courage | 20 | (6) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2017 | United States U23 | 3 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of January 13, 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of October 9, 2021 | |||
Lussi played for Princeton Tigers 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.[2] During her four-year collegiate career, Lussi established new records with her 53 career goals and 122 career points.[3]
Lussi was drafted in the third round of the 2017 NWSL College Draft with the 21st overall pick by the Portland Thorns FC. On July 1, 2017, after a two-week trial, was signed by the club.[4] She made her professional debut a week later, being substituted on in a 1–1 draw against Houston Dash.[5] On August 5, 2017, she scored her first professional goal in a 2–1 victory over Houston Dash.[6]
On December 8, 2021, Lussi was traded to Angel City FC along with forward Simone Charley.[7]
In January 2023, Lussi was traded to North Carolina Courage in exchange for defender Merritt Mathias.[8] She signed a contract extension through 2024 with an option for 2025.[9] She was second on the team in goals (6) in the 2023 season.[10]
Before the 2024 season, Lussi extended her contract with the Courage through 2025 with an option for 2026.[10] She scored in three consecutive games against the Thorns, Angel City, and Seattle Reign in April 2024.[11]
In February 2017, Lussi was called up to the United States under-23 squad for the 2017 La Manga Tournament in Spain.[12] In the tournament she came on as a substitute in the matches against Japan[13] and against England,[14] and started the match against Norway assisting Morgan Andrews for the only goal of the match.[15]
| Club | League | Season | League | Playoffs | Cup[lower-alpha 1] | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Portland Thorns FC | NWSL | |||||||||
| 2017 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 5 | 1 | |||
| 2018 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 15 | 1 | |||
| 2019 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 12 | 2 | |||
| 2020 | — | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | |||||
| 2021 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 2 | ||
| Total | 42 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 56 | 6 | ||
| Angel City FC | NWSL | 2022 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 26 | 1 |
| North Carolina Courage | 2023 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 29 | 6 | |
| Career total | 82 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 2 | 111 | 13 | ||
Portland Thorns
North Carolina Courage
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