Taylor Anthony Booth (born May 31, 2001) is an American professional

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player who plays as a

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for club

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and the

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Club career

Youth career

Booth joined the Bayern Munich youth team from the

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youth academy in January 2019. He made his professional debut for

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in the

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on June 14, 2020, coming on as a substitute in the 73rd minute for

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in the away match against

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, which finished as a 3–2 win. He finished the 2019–20 season with two appearances. He also made two appearances for the reserve team during the 2020–21 season before being loaned out to SKN St. Pölten.

Loan to SKN St. Pölten

On February 8, 2021, Booth was loaned to Austrian side SKN St. Pölten until the end of the season.

Bayern Munich

On August 25, he was promoted to

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's senior squad for their

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first round fixture against

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. He came as a substitute in the second half and played 22 minutes in the 12–0 victory.

Utrecht

On January 28, 2022, Booth signed a pre-contract with

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club

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to join the team as a free agent in the summer. After scoring a goal in both of Utrecht's league matches during November 2022, Booth was named the November Eredivisie Player of the Month. Booth scored his first goals of the following league campaign by way of a hat-trick, the first of his career, against

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on February 4, 2024; his brother, Zach, also scored in the match.

Twente

On February 4, 2025, Booth signed a three-and-a-half-year contract with

International career

Booth has represented the United States at a number of youth levels, from under-15 to under-19. Most notably, he was included in the

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squad for the

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in India. He made two appearances in the tournament, helping his team to the quarter-finals before losing 4–1 to eventual champions

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. On December 3, 2021, he was called up for the first time to the United States senior team for the friendly match against

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on December 18, though he did not make an appearance. Booth got his first cap on March 24, 2023, in a

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match against

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. On October 8, 2023, Booth was called up to the United States under-23 national team ahead of friendlies against

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and

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Personal life

Booth was born in

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, to Kelli (née Carver) and Chad Booth, both collegiate soccer players. Through his father's Italian heritage, he was able to obtain an Italian passport, allowing him to move to Germany at 17. Booth was born with

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, which required

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as an infant. He is a member of

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. His younger brother, Zach, plays for

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Career statistics

Club

International

Honors

Bayern Munich II *

: 2019–20 United States *

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Individual *

Player of the Month: November 2022, *

Team of the Month: November 2022,

References

External links

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Booth, Taylor 2001 births Living people Sportspeople from Weber County, Utah Soccer players from Utah American men's soccer players American people of Italian descent Men's association football midfielders FC Bayern Munich II players FC Utrecht players FC Twente players 3. Liga players Regionalliga players Austrian Football Bundesliga players Eredivisie players FC Bayern Munich footballers SKN St. Pölten players United States men's youth international soccer players United States men's international soccer players American expatriate men's soccer players in Germany American expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands American expatriate sportspeople in Austria Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands Expatriate men's footballers in Austria United States men's under-23 international soccer players Footballers at the 2024 Summer Olympics Olympic soccer players for the United States 21st-century American sportsmen