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  • Current Status: Active
  • Position: Forward
  • Number: 9
  • Home Town: Newbury Park, CA
  • Age: 23 (07/02/1999)
  • Height: 5-7
  • College: Southern California

Tara McKeown

Pronouns: She/Her

*Drafted by the Spirit with the No. 8 overall pick in the 2021 NWSL College Draft

CLUB

2021: Started 13 of 23 games played… Played 1,154 minutes… Scored one goal and added two assists… Drew the penalty that tied the game in the NWSL Championship.

USC

SENIOR/2021:

  • Started all 14 games for the Trojans
  • Scored eight goals and added eight assists

JUNIOR/2019:

  • Played in 21 games for the Trojans, starting 20 to lead the team to an NCAA Quarterfinals appearance
  • Earned the fifth All-American first team selection in program history after being named to the United Soccer Coaches All-America first team, and to the Top Drawer Soccer Best XI first team
  • Became the first USC player to earn Pac-12 Forward of the Year honors and was named to the All-Pac-12 first team
  • Garnered All-Pacific Region first team honors
  • Became the fifth Trojan to ever be named a semifinalist for the prestigious MAC Hermann Trophy, given each year to the top player in college soccer
  • 15 goals were tied for fourth in the Pac-12, tied for 19th in the NCAA, and were third-most scored in a single season by a Trojan
  • Ranked fourth in the Pac-12 and tied for 18th nationally with 38 total points, the fourth-most in a season in program history
  • Tied for eighth in the Pac-12 with eight assists
  • Had four game-winning goals on the season, and led the team with four multi-goal games
  • Earned both National and Pac-12 Player of the Week honors twice this season
  • Tallied a career single game-high five points against then-No. 1 Florida State (9/1) after scoring twice and assisting the game-winner in overtime
  • Notched at least a point in all but seven games

SOPHOMORE/2018:

  • Named to the All Pac-12 third team
  • Saw action in all but one game, making 21 appearances and 20 starts, playing a total of 1,388 minutes
  • Finished fourth on the team in total points (19), goals scored (6) and assists (7)
  • Notched a career high two assists in the 10/21 game against Oregon
  • Scored in two of the Trojans’ three postseason games, with goals against Long Beach State (11/9) and LSU (11/16)
  • Posted a goal and an assist on three separate occasions

FRESHMAN/2017:

  • Received honors as a member of the Pac-12 All-Freshman team along with teammates Kaylie Collins and Savannah DeMelo
  • Played in all 20 games for the Trojans, 13 as a starter on her way to four goals and a team-high five assists
  • Led the team in goals per shot attempted (.235)
  • Posted a goal and an assist in the game against Missouri on 9/1