Evan Taylor (born 25 January 1989) is a

Jamaica Jamaica (; ) is an island country situated in the Caribbean Sea. Spanning in area, it is the third-largest island of the Greater Antilles and the Caribbean (after Cuba and Hispaniola). Jamaica lies about south of Cuba, and west of Hispan ...

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who currently plays for

Mount Pleasant Football Academy Mount Pleasant Football Academy is a Jamaican professional football club based in the parish of Saint Ann. The club currently plays in the Red Stripe Premier League. History Formed in 2016 by Peter Gould, Mount Pleasant Football Academy, former ...

Career

Club

Taylor attended and played soccer at Godfrey Stewart High School in Jamaica, and started his club career at

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of the Jamaica National Premier League where, under the tutelage of former Jamaica national team player and coach,

Wendell Downswell Wendell Downswell (born 5 February 1958) the current Jamaica youth national team technical director as well as the technical director of Jamaica Playing career High school and college Downswell was born Savannah-la-Mar, Jamaica. He played fo ...

, he plays for under-21 and senior teams. In 2009, Taylor went on loan to the Vancouver Whitecaps Residency during the DPL off-season. Following a strong season in Reno's return to Jamaica's top flight in 2010–2011, Taylor was signed by

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of the American

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league on 16 March 2011. Taylor joined

Harbour View F.C. Harbour View Football Club is a Jamaican football club based in Kingston that currently plays in the top flight Jamaica National Premier League. Harbour View is nicknamed the ''Stars of the East'' or ''Easters'' and play their home games at H ...

for a season long loan in 2012, where he led them to the RSPL title. Taylor spent 2013–2014 on loan once again to

Montego Bay United F.C. Montego Bay United Football Club is a Jamaican football club based in Montego Bay. History Founded as ''Beacon'' in 1972, the club were renamed ''Seba United'' after a few years and has won the Jamaica National Premier League in 1987 and 1997 ...

In August 2014, Taylor moved to

Waterhouse F.C. The Waterhouse Football Club is a football team based in Kingston, that competes in the Jamaica National Premier League. Their home stadium is Waterhouse Stadium. History The club was founded in 1968 as ''Harlem Kickers FC'', changed to ''Th ...

In August 2018, Evan Taylor joined Mount Pleasant Football Academy in the RSPL.

International

Evan Taylor was given his senior national team debut by Rene Simoes in 2008 World Cup qualifiers. Taylor also played on Jamaica's 2009 U20 squad.

Honours

Reno

Western Confederation Super League The Captain's Bakery Western Confederation Super League is a second division football league in the nation of Jamaica. The twelve teams that currently compete in the league are based in the parishes of Hanover, St. James, Trelawny and Westmorelan ...

: **Winner (1):

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Harbour View

* Jamaica National Premier League: ** Winner (1): 2013

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Evan Taylor
Profile {{DEFAULTSORT:Taylor, Evan 1989 births Living people Jamaican footballers Jamaica men's international footballers Whitecaps FC Academy players Charleston Battery players USL League Two players USL Championship players Expatriate soccer players in Canada Expatriate soccer players in the United States Harbour View F.C. players Men's association football midfielders National Premier League players Mount Pleasant Football Academy players People from Westmoreland Parish