Taylor Twellman (born February 29, 1980, in Minneapolis, Minnesota) is a retired American soccer player who currently works as a television analyst for the Philadelphia Union and ESPN soccer.
Taylor was raised in St. Louis, Missouri, and attended Saint Louis University High School, where he lettered in American football, basketball, soccer, and baseball, and maintained a 3.5 grade point average. Playing shortstop, he batted .450 as a junior and ....
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Taylor Twellman (born February 29, 1980, in Minneapolis, Minnesota) is a retired American soccer player who currently works as a television analyst for the Philadelphia Union and ESPN soccer.
Taylor was raised in St. Louis, Missouri, and attended Saint Louis University High School, where he lettered in American football, basketball, soccer, and baseball, and maintained a 3.5 grade point average. Playing shortstop, he batted .450 as a junior and .517 as a senior; although he was not drafted, he was offered a contract by the Kansas City Royals. After graduating from SLUH in 1998, Twellman rejected the offer, electing to play soccer at Maryland on an athletic scholarship.
At Maryland, Twellman played soccer in 1998 and 1999; in 1998 Twellman was named a second-team All American for the squad, and in his sophomore 1999 season he finished as a runner-up for both the Hermann Trophy and the MAC Player of the Year Award. After only two seasons with the Terrapins, Twellman left college to turn...
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