23/ Tziarra King
PRONOUNS: She/Her
POSITION: Forward
HEIGHT: 5-8
INTERNATIONAL: USA
HOMETOWN: Sicklerville, NJ
DOB: August 24, 1998 (24 years old)
COLLEGE: North Carolina State
PREVIOUS CLUB: Kansas City Current
NWSL EXP.: 4 (3rd Reign)
ACQUIRED: Traded to OL Reign from the Kansas City Current on January 4, 2021.
TRANSACTIONS: On January 19, 2022, re-signed a two-year contract extension with OL Reign through the 2023 season.
PROFESSIONAL (NWSL): After being drafted eighth overall by the Utah Royals in the 2020 NWSL Draft, Tziarra King enters her third season with OL Reign...Has appeared in 30 regular season games (14 starts) since 2021 - all with the Reign...Tallied three goals and two assists, adding 37 total shots (20 on target) all-time...On May 8, vs. Racing Louisville FC, became the first player to score a goal at Lumen Field in the regular season since the club named Lumen its official home venue...Had an excellent run in the 2022 Women’s Cup in Louisville and was named MVP of the tournament...Made her professional debut with the club in the 2020 NWSL Challenge Cup in June 2020, scoring her first professional goal less than 20 minutes after entering the field as a second-half substitute.
2022 • RGN • 15/7 (1/0)
Started in seven of 15 games played for a total of 509 minutes...Tallied a career-high two goals, with both goals coming in the same game (vs. Louisville, 5/8), becoming the first Reign player to score at Lumen Field since it was named the club’s home...Finished with one assist and 18 total shots (10 on target).
2021 • RGN • 15/7 (0/0)
Appeared in 15 games, making seven starts...Had one goal, one assist and 19 shots...Totaled 649 minutes played.
INTERNATIONAL (USA): Selected to train with the United States U-23 and U-19 National Teams as a freshman at North Carolina State. Played on the U16 and U18 United States Futsal teams in 2014 and 2015 internationally in Canada and Costa Rica, respectively.
COLLEGE - NORTH CAROLINA STATE (2016-2019): Finished third all-time with 88 career starts, starting in every game played...Finished third all-time in career goals (48) for the Wolfpack...As a senior, tallied 13 goals and 32 points on the year to finish top three in the ACC and top 35 in the NCAA in both categories.
YOUTH: Played club soccer for Winslow Tigers (NJYS State Soccer Champion, USFF State, Regional, and National Futsal Champion and USYF Atlantic Regional Futsal Champion)… Played club soccer with the 2015 US Club Mid-Atlantic Regional Champion and 2015 NEWSS Champion Princeton SA IGFA 97/98 Tigers NPL…Was team captain with her 2015 Futsal club…A 2015 Esmark All-American as a high school soccer player for Winslow Township High School…Named a First-Team All-South Jersey striker in 2014 and 2015…Set a record at Winslow as the all-time leading scorer (both girls and boys) with 105 career goals and 36 assists…As a senior in high school, scored 51 goals and added 14 assists to lead the entire state of New Jersey…Tallied 37 goals and seven assists as a junior, scoring five goals in a single playoff game.