Draft:Peyton Parsons
American soccer player (born 2003)
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Peyton Brady Parsons (born December 6, 2003) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a forward for USL Super League club Tampa Bay Sun FC. She played college soccer for the Texas Tech Red Raiders.
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Peyton Brady Parsons[1] | ||
| Date of birth | December 6, 2003 | ||
| Height | 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Tampa Bay Sun | ||
| Number | 25 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Real Colorado | |||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2022–2025 | Texas Tech Red Raiders | 83 | (17) |
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2026– | Tampa Bay Sun | 1 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 02:29, March 19, 2026 (UTC) | |||
Early life
Parsons grew up in Denver, Colorado. She played club soccer for Elite Clubs National League team Real Colorado, winning one ECNL first-team all-conference honor. She attended Valor Christian High School, where she was named first-team all-state and all-conference after making key offensive contributions throughout her high school career.[2][3]
College career
As a freshman for the Texas Tech Red Raiders, Parsons started in 8 of her 19 appearances.[2] She scored her first collegiate goal on September 8, 2022, opening a 3–0 victory over Houston.[4] The following year, she came on as a substitute in all of the Red Raiders' matches, racking up 21 appearances from the bench.[5] She contributed 2 assists as Texas Tech finished as 2023 Big 12 regular season champions and advanced to the NCAA tournament.[2] In the Red Raiders' NCAA second round match against Princeton, Parsons converted the deciding spot-kick as Texas Tech advanced on penalties.[5]
In 2024, Parsons stepped up as a team leader following multiple teammate injuries and graduations. Over the next two seasons, she would go on to start 43 straight games to round out her college career.[6] As a junior, she scored 9 goals, 7 of which came in the opening 6 matches of the season. In September 2025, she was named the Big 12 Conference Offensive Player of the Week and earned a spot on the TopDrawerSoccer Team of the Week.[7] At the end of the season, she was named first-team All-Big 12.[8] As a senior in 2025, Parsons recorded 7 goals and 6 assists. She was named to the All-Big 12 first team for the second year in a row. In the NCAA tournament, she scored and assisted in Texas Tech's first-round win over UTSA, and then registered an assist in the Red Raiders' second-round loss to reigning titleholders North Carolina.[2]
Club career
In the 2026 NWSL preseason, Parsons joined Seattle Reign FC for a trial stint. She was not ultimately signed by the club.[9]
On March 16, 2026, USL Super League club Tampa Bay Sun FC announced that they had signed Parsons to her first professional contract, through the end of the Super League season.[10] Parsons made her pro debut two days later, coming on as a halftime substitute for Jilly Shimkin in a 3–0 defeat to Brooklyn FC.[11]