William Yarbrough
William Yarbrough was born in Aguascalientes City, Aguascalientes, Mexico on March 20th, 1989 and is the Soccer Player. At the age of 35, William Yarbrough biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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William Paul Yarbrough Story (born March 20, 1989) is a Mexico-born American soccer player who plays as a goalkeeper for Liga MX club León and for the United States national team.
Personal life
Yarbrough was born and raised in Aguascalientes, Mexico, to American parents who emigrated from Texas in the 1980s. His parents are missionaries Lee Yarbrough and Stacey Story, who decided to live in Mexico, after having their honeymoon there. He is a devout Christian.
Club career
Yarbrough began his career with Gallos de Aguascalientes, six years ago. In 2005, he was invited for a trial with the U17 team of C.F. Pachuca and later signed with them at the age of sixteen. He was on loan for Pachuca's youth team, Jaibos Tampico Madero, until April 2010. He was on loan until July 2011, and he appeared in 38 games during the Liga Premier de México 2010–2011 season. He joined Titanes Tulancingo on a new loan in summer 2011.
During the 2012 Apertura tournament, he was loaned out from Team León de Pachuca and did not appear in a league match during the 2012 Apertura tournament. Yarbrough was in his first match against Dorados de Sinaloa in the Copa MX Apertura first round. Yarbrough was León's starting goalkeeper until the 2013 Clausura tournament, where the team played 8 games.
Yarbrough played for León on a permanent basis, becoming their starting goalkeeper for the majority of the Apertura and Clausura matches over the following seasons, and León gained two Liga MX titles. Yarbrough led León to a third-place finish in the 2015 Apertura and 2016 Clausura, while leading all Liga MX goalkeepers in both saves and clean sheets.
Rodolfo Cota was purchased by León in May 2018. Cota was voted in as the starting goalkeeper. Yarbrough started four matches late in 2018 and announced two matches in September 2019.
Yarbrough was loaned to the Colorado Rapids side of MLS for one year beginning on March 6, 2020.
On July 17, 2020, Yarbrough made his Rapids debut against Sporting Kansas City at the MLS is Back Tournament. In a 5–0 victory over Real Salt Lake, Yarbrough earned his first Rapids victory and clean sheet, helping regained the Rocky Mountain Cup. Yarbrough had a 6-4-4 (W-L-D) record and four clean sheets at the end of the season. Yarbrough was also involved in Colorado's first-round playoff loss at Minnesota United FC.
Yarbrough joined Colorado Rapids permanently on February 2, 2021, on a three-year contract.
International career
Yarbrough was called up to the Mexico national under-20 team in 2007. In an interview, Yarbrough said that although he had been called up for the Mexico under-20s, he had no choice between the two national teams because he is eligible to represent both teams. Despite being given a call-up from the Mexican Federation in 2007, he ended up accepting an invite to the US national team.
In March 2015, Yarbrough received his first call-up to the United States national team. When the United States played against Denmark on March 25, 2015, he appeared in the bench. Nick Rimando was sent by Yarbrough in the second half against Switzerland on March 31 to earn his first cap. Yarbrough conceded one goal to Switzerland, resulting in a 1–1 draw. Yarbrough was subbed in for Rimando at halftime during a friendly against Mexico on April 15, 2015. In the 2–0 win for the United States, he had two saves.
Yarbrough was playing for the United States team in a friendly match against New Zealand that resulted in a 1–1 draw.