Taylor Lord (born May 30, 1990) is a Canadian

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player and coach who serves as an assistant coach for the men's soccer program at

Seneca College Seneca College of Applied Arts and Technology, branded as Seneca Polytechnic since 2023, is a multi-campus public college in the Greater Toronto Area and Peterborough, Ontario, Canada. It offers full-time and part-time programs at the baccala ...

Club career

Lord began his professional career with

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of the

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(CSL) in 2008. The following season he signed with the

Serbian White Eagles FC Serbian White Eagles Football Club (/''Fudbalski klub Srpski beli orlovi'') is a Canadian semi-professional Association football, soccer team. The team is a member of the Canadian Soccer League, a Non-FIFA international football, non-FIFA sanct ...

, making his debut on June 4, 2010, in a match against the

York Region Shooters York Region Shooters is a Canadian association football, soccer team, that plays in the Canadian Soccer League. The Shooters played their home games at the St. Joan of Arc Turf Field in the City of Vaughan, Ontario. The team's colours were blue ...

. In 2010, he had a brief stint abroad in

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with SV Morlautern, before returning to

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to sign with the

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of the

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. The Lynx concluded the season by finishing seventh in the Great Lakes Division, thus failing to reach a postseason berth. When the PDL season came to a conclusion Lord returned to the CSL and signed with York Region Shooters. He made his debut for the club on August 28, 2011, against St. Catharines Wolves where he recorded his first goal of the season in a 4–1 victory. In 2012, he signed a contract with the

Dayton Dutch Lions The Dayton Dutch Lions are an American soccer team based in Dayton, Ohio, United States. Founded in 2009, the team plays in USL League Two, the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid. From 2011 to 2014, the team played in the USL Professiona ...

of the

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. On February 13, 2013 Dayton announced the re-signing of Lord for the 2013 season. The Lions reached the playoffs for the first time in their history in the USL Pro, but were playoff run came to an end with a 1-0 defeat to the

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in the quarterfinals. In 2014, he played in

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with Durham United FC. He later signed with

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, and in 2019 played with

Unionville Milliken SC Unionville Milliken Soccer Club is a Canadian semi-professional soccer club based in Unionville, Ontario. The club was founded in 1976 as a youth soccer club and added its women's and men's semi-professional teams in League1 Ontario in 2017 and ...

International career

Lord made his debut for the

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on September 26, 2009 against the Rwanda national under-20 football team at the

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. In total he made three appearances for the national team.

Managerial career

In 2015, he was appointed as an assistant coach for Seneca Sting. He is currently on the Technical Staff for

DeRo United Futbol Academy DeRo TFC (formerly DeRo United Futbol Academy) is a Canadian soccer academy founded in 2012 by former Canadian professional soccer player Dwayne De Rosario based in the Scarborough district of Toronto, Ontario. They previously fielded a Canad ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lord, Taylor 1990 births Living people Men's association football defenders Canadian men's soccer players Soccer players from Scarborough, Ontario Canadian expatriate men's soccer players Expatriate men's footballers in Monaco Canadian expatriate sportspeople in Monaco Expatriate men's footballers in Germany Canadian expatriate sportspeople in Germany Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States Canadian expatriate sportspeople in the United States SC Toronto players Serbian White Eagles FC players Toronto Lynx players York Region Shooters players Dayton Dutch Lions players Canadian Soccer League (1998–present) players USL League Two players USL Championship players League1 Ontario players Canada men's youth international soccer players Whitby FC players Unionville Milliken SC players Pickering FC players 21st-century Canadian sportsmen