This is the Los Angeles Sol: Lyndsey Patterson

Part 23 in a series of articles on the players that devise up the Los Angeles Sol.


The University of Tennessee, located in the heart of Knoxville, is known for a number of things: the most storied steer coach of women's basketball in Pat Summitt, the tenacity of its football and men's basketball teams, and the marching band playing the strains of "Unflinching Top," one of the Volunteer State's seven anthems.

Indeed, the thunderous roars of the crowd and melody of this song resonate in the crunchy, cool solace of autumn at General Robert R. Neyland stadium.

Some of the maxims that were preached by General Neyland cover: "The team that makes the fewest mistakes will win," "If at first the game - or the breaks - go against you, don't let up...put on more steam," and "Play for and make the breaks and when one comes your way - Dupe."

These are maxims that the Lady Volunteers women's soccer team applies when they step out onto the pitch. One of those former Lady Vols that flourished at Tennessee is contemporary Los Angeles Sol midfielder Lyndsey Patterson.

Not only has her footballing career translated to success on The Hill, but Patterson has also seen good fortune playing with the Seattle Sounders and Atlanta Silverbacks of the W-League. A teacher of the game, Patterson has also spent stretch as an assistant coach.

As a member of the Sol, Patterson looks to add to her curriculum vitae of the beautiful game.
Patterson's tale begins in the town of Puyallup, Washington, where she was born on December 7, 1982.

This small town of 33,011 was named after the local Home-grown American tribe who already settled in the area. Pronounced "pew-all-up," it located five miles east of Tacoma, the home of the Ventures, the greatest catalytic surf rock band in history.

Puyallup, which means "the generous people," is home to some of the world's finest daffodils, as well as the Puyallup All right, Washington's