Ty Maurin

Ty Marcelo Maurin (born August 16, 1982) is a former American soccer player.

Ty Maurin

Personal information
Full name	Ty Marcelo Maurin
Date of birth	(1982-08-16) August 16, 1982 (age 42)
Place of birth	La Mirada, California, United States
Height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
1995–1998	Santa Anita Breakaway
1998–2000	Santa Anita Heat
2000–2003	UCLA Bruins
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2003	Orange County Blue Star	5	(0)
2004–2005	FC Dallas	3	(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Early life and education

Maurin was born on August 16, 1982, in La Mirada, California,^[1] to Marcelo and Susan Maurin.^[2] In 1991 he was playing for the Division 5 Boys American Youth Soccer Organization Region 67 youth soccer team, Chino Outlaws.^[3] He attended Don Antonio Lugo High School in Chino, California where he played soccer for 4 years, winning all-league honors in 1998 and 2000.^[1] He attended UCLA, where he had played at least 60 matches beginning in 2000,^[4] starting in most of them.^[1] This included coming on as a substitute in the championship game of the 2002 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament.^[5]

Career

On January 16, 2004, Maurin was drafted in the third round of the 2004 MLS SuperDraft (29th overall) by the Dallas Burn,^[6][7] who were rebranded as FC Dallas later in 2004. After a scoring a header against the Colorado Rapids in the last 2005 pre-season match,^[8] he made three appearances for the club a year later. He only played 17 minutes in the MLS before retiring.