Taylor Turkington
Position: Midfield
Hometown: Kelowna
Age: 23
University team: UBCO
Q: How did you get into soccer?
A: Just when I was a kid, my dad was involved in soccer, he got me involved, and I’ve been playing since I was little.
Q: Did you play any other sports growing up?
A: Basketball was a big one, and then I played football in high school, and snowboarding, too.
Q: Have you thought about playing professionally?
A: Not really, I just wanted to get my degree and start working my 9 to 5.
Q: What did you study?
A: I did a Bachelor’s in Management with a specialization in accounting.
Q: Are you planning on being an accountant?
A: That’s the plan, in the near future.
Q: Now that you’ve graduated, do you have any plans to continue playing at a high level?
A: We’ll see how it goes, because who knows if I’ll be in town or if I’ll be somewhere that actually has a high level, so it all depends on where my degree takes me.
Q: Do you have a summer job?
A: At the moment I’m just landscaping, and then I grad on Thursday and I’ll start looking for accounting jobs after that…
Q: Being an accountant– does that mean you are a “numbers guy”?
A: Yeah, unfortunately.
Q: Do you pay close attention to any soccer statistics?
A: I just check the EPL leaderboard from time to time to see who’s going to be relegated– stuff like that.
Q: What kind of a midfielder are you?
A: More of a defensive-minded midfielder. I’ll get up when I have to but I always try to stay back to help the defenders out.
Q: So what in a game really gets you going?
A: I’d say a good tackle– that usually gets everyone fired up, so it makes you feel good.
Q: How have you changed as a player since you arrived at UBCO?
A: When I was younger I was a lot more of a run-and-gun sort of player and then I had some injuries and that had me adapt my game a bit. I’m not as fast as I once was, because I don’t want to tear anything again, so I became more of a playmaker sort instead of running onto balls.
Q: What do you have planned to celebrate on Thursday?
A: We’ll just see where the night takes me…
