Taryn Torres

Taryn Layne Torres (born April 23, 1999) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder for Gotham FC of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). She played college soccer for the Virginia Cavaliers and was selected by Gotham in the 2021 NWSL Draft. She has represented the United States at the youth international level.

Early life

Torres grew up in Frisco, Texas, one of two daughters born to Eric and Misty Torres. Her father played college baseball at New Mexico, and her sister, Hollyn, played college soccer at Harvard and South Carolina. She played multiple sports growing up before electing to focus on soccer. She played club soccer for FC Dallas in the ECNL and the amateur WPSL.

After sitting out most of the fall season due to injury in 2020, Torres was drafted by Sky Blue FC (soon to become NJ/NY Gotham FC) but decided to stay at Virginia, not wanting to her injury-shortened year to be her last. She was named third-team All-ACC in her graduate season in 2021, helping Virginia win the ACC regular-season title. They lost to Florida State in the conference tournament final and were upset by BYU in the third round of the NCAA tournament.

Club career

Torres with Gotham FC in 2025 Torres was drafted by Sky Blue FC (soon renamed NJ/NY Gotham FC) 23rd overall in the third round of the 2021 NWSL Draft but chose not to turn professional until completing an additional year of college soccer. During the summer of 2021, she played for the NJ/NY Gotham Reserves team in the Women's Premier Soccer League, leading them to win the Metropolitan Conference with a 9–0 record.

Torres made her professional debut on March 19, coming on for Jennifer Cudjoe in a 2–0 loss to the North Carolina Courage in the NWSL Challenge Cup group stage. She made 13 appearances (9 starts) during the 2022 regular season, filling a role that had belonged to Allie Long, who was out on maternity leave, but Gotham struggled and finished at the bottom of the NWSL table. She missed the entire 2023 season due to an ACL injury as Gotham turned things around and won the NWSL Championship.

Torres returned to action on March 24, 2024, appearing in Gotham's season-opening 1–0 win against the Portland Thorns. She made 11 appearances (1 start) in the 2024 regular season as they finished third in the standings. She also played in 3 games in the 2024 NWSL x Liga MX Femenil Summer Cup, starting in their 2–0 final loss to the Kansas City Current, and started all 4 games of the 2024–25 CONCACAF W Champions Cup group stage as they advanced to the knockout rounds.

On May 25, 2025, Torres started in the 2025 CONCACAF W Champions Cup final against Tigres, where Gotham won 1–0 to become the inaugural winners of the competition. After making 15 league appearances for Gotham in her fourth professional year, Torres was placed on the season-ending injury list in September 2025 after suffering yet another ACL injury.

International career

Torres trained with the United States youth national team beginning at the age of 14 in 2013. She made 14 appearances at the under-17 level, including helping win the 2016 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship, but was one of B. J. Snow's final cuts ahead of the 2016 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup. After training with the under-19s and playing friendlies for the under-18s, she returned to the competitive stage rejoining the under-20 team in 2017. She was on the roster at the 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup, where they failed to make it out of the group stage. She was called up to friendlies with the under-23 team during her rookie NWSL season in 2022.

Personal life

In 2024, Torres appeared in the first season of The Offseason, a reality television series following a group of NWSL players training before the new season.

Honors and awards

Virginia Cavaliers Atlantic Coast Conference: 2021

Gotham FC NWSL Championship: 2023, 2025 NWSL Challenge Cup: 2026 CONCACAF W Champions Cup: 2024–25

Individual Second-team All-ACC: 2019 Third-team All-ACC: 2017, 2018, 2021