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Taylor Hunter

American soccer player

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 1, 2026
Entity authorityQ19878892
Source-derived summary

Taylor Hunter (born July 7, 1993) is an American soccer player.

Career

Youth and college

Hunter played youth soccer for Real Colorado before spending his entire college career at the University of Denver. He made a total of 69 appearances for the Pioneers and was named CoSIDA Academic All-District 7 First Team three consecutive years.

Professional

On January 20, 2015, Hunter was selected in the third round (49th overall) of the 2015 MLS SuperDraft by the Houston Dynamo and signed a professional contract with the club a month later. On April 11, Hunter was sent on loan to USL club Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC. He made his professional debut that same day in a 1–0 victory over Real Monarchs SLC. He scored his first league goal for the club on 24 June 2015 in a 5–0 home victory over Orange County SC. His goal, the fourth of the match, came in the 59th minute.

Hunter joined United Soccer League side Rio Grande Valley FC Toros for their 2016 season. He made his league debut for the club on 26 March 2016 in a 2–0 away loss against Tulsa Roughnecks FC. He returned to Houston Dynamo on March 1, 2017.

Editorial summary

Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Taylor Hunter” is american soccer player. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Taylor, Hunter and American, not as a finished interpretation.

Editorial reviewA productive starting point for separating a subject’s documented career from later reputation and commemoration. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1993, 2015, 2016, 2017—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1993-07-07. For this dossier, Taylor, Hunter and American is the immediate research focus.
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Evidence profile

Chronology provides the most reliable spine for this subject; interpretation should follow only after identities and dates are secure. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 1, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q19878892. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1993, 2015, 2016 and 2017.

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This entry incorporates text from Taylor Hunter” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.