Born in the United States, his parents are of Panamanian descent and he was called up to the Panama national football team for the first time in September 2016.

[2] Taylor was born in Long Beach, California, but grew up in Jacksonville, Florida, and attended Bishop Kenny High School, moving on to play one year of college soccer at the University of South Florida, before transferring to Jacksonville University as a sophomore.

In the NCAA tournament the Dolphins defeated Louisville in their first round matchup with Taylor providing a goal and an assist.

He trained with Norwegian club IK Start, playing in a pre-season friendly,[3] before signing with Traffic Sports of Brazil.

[8] On February 10, 2015, Taylor scored the second goal in NYCFC's inaugural pre-season friendly against St Mirren, the game ended 2–0 in New York's favour.