| Cori Dyke | |
| Full Name: | Coriana Dyke |
| Birth Date: | 20 September 2000 |
| Birth Place: | San Jose, CA |
| Height: | 5 ft 6 in |
| Position: | Right back, defensive midfielder |
| Currentclub: | Orlando Pride |
| Clubnumber: | 31 |
| Youthclubs1: | Colorado Rush |
| Collegeyears1: | 2019–2023 |
| College1: | Penn State Nittany Lions |
| Collegecaps1: | 108 |
| Collegegoals1: | 9 |
| Years1: | 2024– |
| Clubs1: | Orlando Pride |
| Caps1: | 21 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2016 |
| Nationalteam1: | United States U-16 |
| Nationalyears2: | 2017–2018 |
| Nationalteam2: | United States U-18 |
| Nationalyears3: | 2017–2018 |
| Nationalteam3: | United States U-19 |
| Nationalcaps3: | 3 |
| Nationalgoals3: | 1 |
| Nationalyears4: | 2018–2019 |
| Nationalteam4: | United States U-20 |
| Nationalcaps4: | 4 |
| Nationalgoals4: | 1 |
| Club-Update: | November 2, 2024 |
| Nationalteam-Update: | March 5, 2019 |
Coriana Dyke (born September 20, 2000) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a right back for the Orlando Pride of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). She played college soccer for the Penn State Nittany Lions and was drafted by the Pride in the 2024 NWSL Draft. She won the NWSL Shield and NWSL Championship with the Pride in her rookie season. She represented the United States at the youth international level.
Dyke was born in San Jose, California, to Annette and Peter Dyke.[1] [2] She has an older sister, Camryn, who played college soccer at Notre Dame.[1] Her family moved to Littleton, Colorado, when she was seven. She captained her club soccer teams in the academy programs of the Colorado Rush at the under-16/17 level and the Colorado Rapids at under-19. She was named United Soccer Coaches All-American in 2017 and second-team TopDrawerSoccer All-American in 2019.[1] [3] She attended Valor Christian High School and committed to Pennsylvania State University as a sophomore.[1]
Dyke started all 108 games for the Penn State Nittany Lions over her five years with the team, accruing the most appearances in program history.[1] In her freshman season in 2019, she came into the program as the replacement for graduate Emily Ogle as the team's starting defensive midfielder.[4] She helped the team win the Big Ten tournament that year and was named to the Big Ten all-freshman and TopDrawerSoccer Freshman Best XI teams.[1] In her sophomore year in 2020, the team won the Big 12 regular season title.[1]
During her senior season in 2022, Dyke was described by Penn State head coach Erica Dambach as "the franchise ... We go through her". She scored her first career goal that year against Liberty and finished the season with four goals.[1] [5] She helped lead the team to the Big Ten championship and was named to the all-tournament team.[1] Dyke returned for a fifth year in 2023, contributing to the team's solid defense at central midfielder or center back. She recorded a career-high five goals and six assists.[1] [6] Penn State made it to the quarterfinals of the NCAA tournament.[7] In her fifth and final season, Dyke was named the Big Ten Defender of the Year, first-team All-Big Ten, second-team United Soccer Coaches All-American, first-team TopDrawerSoccer All-American.[1] [8]
Dyke was drafted by the Orlando Pride 22nd overall in the second round of the 2024 NWSL Draft.[9] She was signed to a one-year contract.[10] Dyke made her professional debut in a 3–2 win against the Washington Spirit on April 16. On July 10, she signed a new contract to stay with the Pride through 2025 with an option for an additional year.[11] She finished her rookie regular season with 21 appearances (11 starts) as the Pride claimed the NWSL Shield with the best record in the league.[12] She started all three playoff games and played the full match in the NWSL Championship, a 1–0 victory over the Washington Spirit on a goal from Barbra Banda.[13]
Dyke was first called into training camp with the United States youth national team at the under-14 level in 2014.[14] She trained with the under-16 and under-17 teams the following year.[15] She was selected to play friendlies with the under-16 team in 2016, the under-18 and under-19 teams in 2017, and the under-20 team in 2018.[16] While in college, she was called up to the under-23 team for friendlies against NWSL teams in the 2022 preseason.[1]
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