Cori Dyke

Coriana Dyke (born September 20, 2000) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder for the Orlando Pride of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). She played collegiately for the Penn State Nittany Lions. She has represented the United States at the youth international level.

Early life
Dyke was born in San Jose, California, to Annette and Peter Dyke. She has an older sister, Camryn, who played college soccer at Notre Dame. Her family moved to Littleton, Colorado, when she was seven. She captained her club soccer teams in the academy programs of the Colorado Rush at the under-16/17 level and the Colorado Rapids at under-19. She was named United Soccer Coaches All-American in 2017 and second-team TopDrawerSoccer All-American in 2019. She attended Valor Christian High School and committed to Pennsylvania State University as a sophomore.

College career
Dyke started every game for the Penn State Nittany Lions for five years, accruing the most starts and appearances in program history (108). In her freshman season in 2019, she came into the program as the replacement for graduate Emily Ogle as the team's top defensive midfielder. She helped the team win the 2019 Big Ten tournament and was named to the Big Ten all-freshman and TopDrawerSoccer Freshman Best XI teams. The following season, the team won the Big 12 regular season title.

During her senior season in 2022, Dyke was described by Penn State head coach Erica Dambach as "the franchise ... We go through her". She scored her first career goal that year in a win against Liberty and ended the season with four goals. She helped lead the team to win the 2022 Big Ten tournament and was named to the all-tournament team.

Dyke used her fifth year of eligibility to return for the 2023 season, contributing to Penn State's solid defense and recording a career-high five goals and six assists. The team made it to the quarterfinals of the 2023 NCAA tournament. Dyke was named the Big Ten Defender of the Year, first-team All-Big Ten, second-team United Soccer Coaches All-American, first-team TopDrawerSoccer All-American.

Club career
Dyke was drafted by the Orlando Pride 22nd overall in the second round of the 2024 NWSL Draft. She was signed to a one-year contract on March 11. Dyke debuted for the team at the Washington Spirit on April 16 and made her first start at the San Diego Wave on June 7. On July 10, she signed a new contract to stay with the Pride through 2025 with an option for an additional year.

International career
Dyke was first called into training camp with the United States youth national team at the under-14 level in 2014. She trained with the under-16 and under-17 teams the following year. She was selected to play friendlies with the under-16 team in 2016, the under-18 and under-19 teams in 2017, and the under-20 team in 2018. While in college, she was called up to the under-23 team for friendlies against NWSL teams in the 2022 preseason.