The Galaxy proved the best fit for Tyler Boyd, who spent much of his childhood in Santa Ynez, and his wife, whose family lives outside Santa Barbara.
“This was the destination for sure,” the former national team midfielder said Tuesday, a day after agreeing to a one-year contract with the Galaxy. “My favorite club growing up.It’s unclear how much the moon had to do with it, but certainly the stars had to align to make the signing possible.
Boyd followed a long, complicated route to get back to where his soccer career — and passion for the game — started. He was born to a New Zealand father and American mother in Tauranga, a harbor city in the Bay of Plenty region on New Zealand’s North Island, but spent most of his first 10 years near Santa Barbara, where he started playing soccer at age 4 and later made trips to Carson with his father to watch the Galaxy.
That got the attention of Galaxy coach Greg Vanney, whose team lost two starting wingers in Kévin Cabral and Samuel Grandsir this winter.
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