| Ty Maurin | |
| Full Name: | Ty Marcelo Maurin |
| Birth Date: | 16 August 1982 |
| Birth Place: | La Mirada, California, United States |
| Height: | 5 ft 9 in |
| Position: | Midfielder |
| Youthyears1: | 1995–1998 |
| Youthclubs1: | Santa Anita Breakaway |
| Youthyears2: | 1998–2000 |
| Youthclubs2: | Santa Anita Heat |
| Youthyears3: | 2000–2003 |
| Youthclubs3: | UCLA Bruins |
| Years1: | 2003 |
| Clubs1: | Orange County Blue Star |
| Caps1: | 5 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Years2: | 2004–2005 |
| Clubs2: | FC Dallas |
| Caps2: | 3 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
Ty Marcelo Maurin (born August 16, 1982) is a former American soccer player.
Maurin was born on August 16, 1982, in La Mirada, California,[1] to Marcelo and Susan Maurin.[2] In 1991 he was playing for the Division 5 Boys American Youth Soccer Organization Region 67 youth soccer team, Chino Outlaws.[3] He attended Don Antonio Lugo High School in Chino, California where he played soccer for 4 years, winning all-league honors in 1998 and 2000.[1] He attended UCLA, where he had played at least 60 matches beginning in 2000,[4] starting in most of them.[1] This included coming on as a substitute in the championship game of the 2002 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament.[5]
On January 16, 2004, Maurin was drafted in the third round of the 2004 MLS SuperDraft (29th overall) by the Dallas Burn,[6] [7] who were rebranded as FC Dallas later in 2004. After a scoring a header against the Colorado Rapids in the last 2005 pre-season match,[8] he made three appearances for the club a year later. He only played 17 minutes in the MLS before retiring.