William Yarbrough

On March 6, 2020, Yarbrough was loaned to MLS side Colorado Rapids for one-year.

In May 2018, León acquired Rodolfo Cota. Cota took over as the starting goalkeeper. Yarbrough started four matches late in 2018, and started two matches in September 2019.

Yarbrough eventually joined León on a permanent basis, becoming their starting goalkeeper for most matches of both the Apertura and Clausura over the following seasons, and helped León to two Liga MX titles. In the 2015 Apertura and 2016 Clausura, Yarbrough led León to a third-place finish, while leading all Liga MX goalkeepers in both saves and clean sheets.

Yarbrough earned his first callup to the United States national team in March 2015. He appeared in the bench when the United States played against Denmark on March 25, 2015. Yarbrough substituted Nick Rimando in the beginning of the second half against Switzerland on March 31 to earn his first cap. Yarbrough conceded one goal against Switzerland; the game ended in a 1-1 draw. In his second appearance for the United States, Yarbrough was subbed in for Rimando at halftime during a friendly against Mexico on April 15, 2015. He had two saves in the 2–0 victory for the U.S.

During the 2012–2013 season, he was loaned out to Club León from Pachuca, and did not play a league match during the 2012 Apertura tournament. Yarbrough played his only match in the first round of the Copa MX Apertura against Dorados de Sinaloa. Yarbrough was the starting goalkeeper for León until the end of the 2013 Clausura tournament, playing 8 matches.

In 2007, Yarbrough received a call up to the Mexico U20 national team. In an interview, Yarbrough said though he played for Mexico U20, he has no preference between the two national teams as he is eligible to represent both. Despite choosing to play for the Mexican Federation in 2007; he ended up accepting an offer to the U.S. national team.

Yarbrough started his career at six years old with Gallos de Aguascalientes. In 2005, he was invited for a trial with the U17 team of C.F. Pachuca and later signed with them at the age of sixteen. He played until April 2010 for the youth squad of Pachuca and was loaned out to his first senior team, Jaibos Tampico Madero. He was on loan until July 2011, participating in 38 matches during the Liga Premier de México 2010–2011 season. In summer 2011 he joined Titanes Tulancingo on another loan.

William Paul Yarbrough Story (born March 20, 1989) is an American soccer player who plays as a goalkeeper for Colorado Rapids on loan from Liga MX club León, and the United States national team.

Yarbrough was born and raised in Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes, Mexico, to American parents who emigrated from Texas in the 1980s. His parents are missionaries Lee Yarbrough and Stacey Story, who decided to live in Mexico, after having their honeymoon there. Yarbrough has two older and one younger brothers. His siblings live in the U.S.