Nashville Soccer Club announced today the club has signed veteran defender Laurence Wyke to a one-year contract with club options for the 2024 and 2025 seasons.   

Wyke began his professional career with Atlanta United FC after playing two seasons collegiately at Furman University. In his first professional season, Wyke made 29 starts over 26 appearances in the USL Championship, leading the team in tackles (67) and duels (305).  

Wyke has a unique connection to Nashville SC as the defender made his MLS debut as a member of Atlanta United FC in Nashville’s inaugural MLS match on February 29, 2020, at Nissan Stadium. He appeared as a halftime sub.  

Feb 12, 2020; USA; Atlanta United FC defender Laurence Wyke (27) poses for a 2020 MLS portrait. Mandatory Credit: Jacob Gonzalez/Atlanta United via USA TODAY Sports

The past two seasons, Wyke has been a mainstay for the Tampa Bay Rowdies of the USL Championship where the defender made a total of 66 appearances with six goals and eight assists. Wyke anchored a Rowdies backline that finished at the top of the table in the 2021 regular season.    

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Transaction: Nashville SC signs Laurence Wyke to a one-year contract with club options for the 2024 and 2025 seasons   

Laurence Wyke 

Position: Defender  

Height: 6-1 

Weight: 180  

Birthdate: 9/20/1996 

Age: 26 

Hometown: Bolton, England 

Birthplace: Bolton, England 

Last club: Tampa Bay Rowdies 

How Acquired: Signed to a one-year contract for 2023 with club options for 2024 and 2025

Nashville SC joined Major League Soccer on Feb. 29, 2020, in front of the largest attendance ever recorded for a soccer match in the State of Tennessee. In its inaugural MLS season, Nashville SC defeated expectations by becoming the second MLS expansion side to win and advance to the Conference Semifinals in the 2020 Audi MLS Cup Playoffs. Nashville SC returned to the 2021 Audi MLS Cup Playoffs in its sophomore season after becoming just the seventh team in MLS history to go unbeaten at home in a season. Nashville SC inaugurated GEODIS Park, the largest soccer-specific stadium in the United States and Canada, in front of a 30,109-sellout crowd on May 1, 2022. For more information, visit NashvilleSC.com and follow the club at @NashvilleSC on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and Spotify.   Â