Taylor Leach, a two-time first-team All-SEC defender, led the University of South Carolina to thequarterfinals of the 2014 NCAA Division I Women’s Tournament. After starting out with the Gamecocks from Cleveland Internationals and Wayne High School in Ohio as a reserve forward, she became one ofthe nation’s top center backs. Leach, who hopes to be drafted in January’s NWSL College Draft, will be chronicling for Soccer America the transition from college soccer to the pro game.
From the first time I stepped on the soccer field, I immediately fell in love with the game and everything that came with it. The competitive environment requiring a certain strategy tocome out on top was something that intrigued me from the very beginning. I loved the fact that the sport involved 11 players at once all collectively working together to achieve a common goal.
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