Columbus Crew SC expresses its sincerest condolences to the family of Joseph "Brock" Taylor, who passed suddenly on Wednesday. Taylor, who played in Crew SC’s Player Development System, most recently served as a coach in Crew SC’s Player Development System with the Pre-Academy Under-13 team and an assistant coach at Dublin Jerome High School’s Varsity Team here in Central Ohio.
Taylor, who attended Ohio Dominican University and was an All-Conference soccer player, was a part of Crew SC Player Development’s camp staff from 2012-16 and had been one of Player Development’s youth coaches since 2014.
Taylor will be missed by loved ones and friends. As part of his coaching profile questionnaire for Crew SC’s Player Development, Taylor listed coaching youth players as a way of returning the favor to the game he loved.
Wrote Taylor: “I love coaching youth soccer. It’s a way to give back to the game that I have loved and has been my life.”
Visitation will take place from 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. ET on Monday, June 5, at Rutherford Funeral Home in Powell (450 West Olentangy Street Powell, OH 43065) with a funeral immediately following visitation. Crew SC asks that you join the club in extending its thoughts and prayers to the Taylor family.
