RYLEE FOSTER:
“IT’S A DREAM TO PLAY
FOR THE REDS”
Goalkeeper Rylee Foster is passionate about Liverpool Football Club
and her love for the Reds is inked on her arm. The Canadian youth
international bears a tattoo bearing the title of the club’s anthem
You’ll Never Walk Alone.
“I got the tattoo in 2014 after my grandmother passed away,” she
explains. “My grandparents are both from Wavertree in Liverpool but
moved away during the war. It’s just a commemorative thing to show
that they are always with me.”
Foster, from Ontario, joins the Reds after finishing her career in the
American college system with West Virginia University. The 21-year-
old enjoyed a successful four-year career with the Mountaineers,
playing 84 games and recording 39 clean-sheets.
She was named on the MAC Hermann Trophy long-list for the most
outstanding college player of the season in two successive years.
“It’s been a dream for me to play for Liverpool since I was a young
kid,” she adds. “To be able to start my professional career and be in
Liverpool – this was the ultimate goal for me – so to be able to start
here is amazing.
“I’m going to come in, work hard and do everything I can to help
out.”
She will wear the no13 jersey for the Reds. Boss Vicky Jepson
explains: “Alisson Becker wore that number last season in his debut
campaign for the club.
“Rylee is a good signing for us. It’s about signing a good quality
goalkeeper that brings competition to our current squad. She’s a
fantastic fit for us for the future.
“We’re glad to have such a young, talented individual join our squad
and she will add strength. She’s settled in well and we’re looking
forward to seeing what she’s capable of.”