Conor Doyle

Youth career

Doyle played his youth soccer with the Dallas Texans Soccer Club and McKinney Boyd High School, from which he graduated in December 2009 in order to enroll early at Creighton University, where he was scheduled to play college soccer for the Bluejays. He appeared in all seven spring exhibitions for the Bluejays in 2010, helping the team to a perfect 7–0–0 record.

Derby County

However, on August 6, 2010, he signed with Football League Championship club Derby County on a two-year contract before ever making an official appearance for Creighton. He had been discovered by a Derby scout in a tournament in the Summer of 2009 and had a three-day trial with the club. He impressed so was invited back for a three-week trial towards the end of his Spring 2010 semester. Doyle said later that "I felt like the trial I had with them went as good as it could possibly go." He was rewarded with a two-year contract worth, according to Doyle, $54,000 a year (approx. £34,000). He made his full debut as a second-half substitute in a 1–0 defeat away to Crewe Alexandra in the League Cup First Round on August 10, 2010. He made his first league appearance at home in the 2–1 defeat to Cardiff City on August 14, 2010, in the Championship. He started in The Rams' next game against Coventry City, being substituted in the 72nd minute for Tomasz Cywka. Doyle featured 14 times for the first team during the season, 5 times as a starter. Despite normally playing as a forward,…

Doyle was called up to the USA Under-20 squad for their training camp in mid December 2010. In January 2011, he was called up to the Republic of Ireland Under-21 squad to face Cyprus Under-21. International rules state Doyle can play for both Ireland and U.S.A below full senior level, and in February 2011 after his call-up by the Ireland Under-21's, Doyle revealed he was yet to make a final decision on which country he will represent. Doyle was called up to the USA Under-20 squad for the 2011 CONCACAF U-20 Championship in March–April. Doyle scored twice in the competition as the USA were eliminated in the quarter-final stage. In June 2011, Doyle committed his future to the United States. In November 2011, Doyle was called up to a training camp with the USA Under-23 squad, which took place at Duisburg, Germany from November 7–16, 2011.

As of February 9, 2016

Conor's Irish-born father, David, is a former indoor soccer player who played for the Kansas City Comets, Dallas Sidekicks, St. Louis Ambush, and Wichita Wings as a forward. As of July 2012, David is the current head soccer coach at Flower Mound High School in Flower Mound, Texas.