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Tyler Boyd - USA (Los Angeles FC | USA)

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over 2 years ago · edited over 2 years ago · History
That's an impressive crowd for the LA Derby.

He should have tried to leave Turkey for the MLS a few seasons ago. Better late than never I guess. Bangs a few more like that in, and he may just get a recall to USNMT.

No point getting hung up on it, but given how AWs struggle to score against the bigger teams.......

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over 2 years ago
Lets hope he has a banger of a year - someone pays big money for him to go abroad to France or similar and the NIX get a little money from him.


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over 2 years ago
Interesting at 3:30 he describes himself as "half American" and "kinda patriotic".
You know we belong together...

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over 2 years ago
Note he also mentioned his folks were living in NZ. For some reason I thought they resided Stateside.

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over 2 years ago
Another MLS goal for Boyd in a 3-0 win over Chicago.
His 5th in 27 MLS games for the Galaxy.
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over 2 years ago
He's playing well and scoring some nice goals. I wonder if a recall is inline, or a moe back to Europe, although saying that, the MLS is not a bad standard and the crowds are pretty impressive now.
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about 2 years ago · edited about 2 years ago · History
A possible target for Golden Nights NZ (aka Auckland)?
Supporter world's best and worst football teams: Waikato/WaiBop, Kingz, Knights, Phoenix, The Argyle, The Whites & the All Whites

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about 2 years ago
Marto
A possible target for Golden Nights NZ (aka Auckland)?
He is on $350k USD a season right now & trying to get back into USA contention, so I would think it is unlikely.
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about 2 years ago
RR
Marto
A possible target for Golden Nights NZ (aka Auckland)?
He is on $350k USD a season right now & trying to get back into USA contention, so I would think it is unlikely.

He still has a chance (if slim) of playing in a home World Cup in 2026. A big deal in anyone’s career. He’lll be staying in the MLS.

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about 2 years ago
1-1 draw
Boyd off at 60 mins (1-0 Rapids) & Harris off at 65 mins (1-0).
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about 2 years ago
Nashville drew 2-2 with Inter Miami in a CONCACAF Champions League tie 1st leg last week. Full game Boyd, with Messi & Suarez Miami's scorers.

Agruably that makes Boyd the first 'Kiwi' I think to ever be on the same football pitch as the GOAT. 2nd leg this week in Florida. After that Nashville play Tuiloma's Charlotte.

https://us.soccerway.com/matches/2024/03/08/nc-america/concacaf-champions-league/nashville-mls/inter-miami/4279835/
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about 2 years ago · edited about 2 years ago · History
CONCACAF Champions League tie 2nd leg.
Boyd lines up against Barcelona Old Boys FC. Jordi Alba, Busquets, Messi & Suarez all starting for Inter Miami.

It will be Espanol in the Miami changing rooms. Run on eleven - Messi has 3 Argentinian team mates, Uruguayan Suarez, plus the two Spaniards. Then an Argy coach.

https://us.soccerway.com/matches/2024/03/14/nc-america/concacaf-champions-league/inter-miami/nashville-mls/4279827/

Edit - Suarez with the early goal to put Miami up 3-2 on agg
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about 2 years ago
Miami won 3-1. Messi & Suarez a goal each. Boyd a full game for Nashville. 
Bit if a thrill come up against the GOAT no doubt.
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over 1 year ago · edited over 1 year ago · History
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over 1 year ago · edited over 1 year ago · History
Glaring misses like this won't see him back in Team USA contention.
Did well however to recover from that shocker, to score the winning goal later, his first for Nashville.

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over 1 year ago
It’s a good run, but needs the composure to hit it with his left immediately after rounding the keeper. Looked a little off balance. 

And as we have learned from England you can have a wealth of players of beautiful passers in the team, but they need runners ahead to be any use.


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over 1 year ago
coochiee
Glaring misses like this won't see him back in Team USA contention.
Did well however to recover from that shocker, to score the winning goal later, his first for Nashville.


I didn't watching this 8 times in a row laughing, I swear your Honour
Annual finals disappointment enthusiast.

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over 1 year ago · edited over 1 year ago · History
From Flying Kiwis. Some sad news for Boyd, done his ACL.

Nashville SC: “Nashville Soccer Club announced today it has placed midfielder Tyler Boyd on the Season-Ending Injury List. Boyd will undergo Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) reconstruction surgery in the upcoming weeks.”

That’s some awful news. Boyd had just been finding his feet at his new team, starting a few more games and scoring a couple of goals, and now his season is over. He came off the bench for the last half hour of a 3-0 loss to Orlando City (NSC’s fifth defeat in a row – they’ve since lost a sixth heading into the Leagues Cup) but then hit the deck with a non-contact injury in stoppage time. Boyd had been closing down an opponent when his leg buckled under him and would to be stretchered off the pitch.

Horrid luck for a bloke who seemed to have found himself a steady spot in the MLS, perhaps even harbouring hope of getting back into the USA squad someday. The consolation is that he remains under contract with Nashville until 2026 (with a club option for an additional year) so if all goes to plan he should be back on the pitch early next season.
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over 1 year ago
Hope they’ve got a good support system for him.

All the best Tyler! Rufer it up. 


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7 months ago
Niche Cache

Tyler Boyd made the matchday squad for Nashville SC’s 5-1 win against Orlando City. He didn’t end up playing but he’s almost there with his comeback, more than 400 days after tearing his ACL.
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7 months ago
coochiee
Niche Cache

Tyler Boyd made the matchday squad for Nashville SC’s 5-1 win against Orlando City. He didn’t end up playing but he’s almost there with his comeback, more than 400 days after tearing his ACL.
That's really tough for him, to be out so long and hobbling around.
400 days is a long time when you're a young man and a physicaly active sportsman.
Doesn't seem so long any more though when you're about twice his age like I am....

Big Pete 65, Christchurch

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2 months ago
You'd think another MLS club would pick him up.

https://www.friendsoffootballnz.com/2026/01/11/former-all-white-tyler-boyd-set-to-move-from-mls-club-nashville-sc/

Former New Zealand international winger Tyler Boyd has been put on the transfer market by Major League Soccer club Nashville SC.

The club have placed him on their waivers list for 48 hours, and if he isn’t sought by another MLS club, he will be available to move to any team on a first-come, first-served basis.

Boyd (31) has completed two seasons at the club, who have an option to extend the contract for 2027.

According to Yahoo!Sports, the Tauranga-born player earned US$1.1 million (NZ$1.8 million) in 2025, making him Nashville’s fifth-biggest earner.

After joining from LA Galaxy in late 2023, Boyd’s first season at Nashville was ended when he tore his ACL (anterior cruciate ligament), an injury that required reconstruction surgery.

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2 months ago
Always annoyed me Ernie didn’t play him more and that the times he played for the All Whites never locked him in
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2 months ago
YellowAndBlack
Always annoyed me Ernie didn’t play him more and that the times he played for the All Whites never locked him in

Boyd carefully avoided callup requests by Hudson (2016 OFC Nations Cup comes to mind) to avoid being cap tied to NZ, when he took a punt he was on the radar for future USMNT selection.

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2 months ago
YellowAndBlack
Always annoyed me Ernie didn’t play him more and that the times he played for the All Whites never locked him in

Tyler didn't help himself with Ernie irc. He was just seeing out the 3rd year of his deal so he could leave.
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2 months ago
Made always smart decisions, looks like he has great career.
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2 months ago
Going from one LA club to the other (with Nashville in between) will make for a spicy derby reception!
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