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Sydney Leroux
Sydney Leroux; 2013-06-09 Chicago Red Stars vs Boston Breakers
Personal information
Full name Sydney Rae Leroux
Date of birth (1990-05-07) May 7, 1990 (age 34)
Place of birth Surrey, Canada
Height 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 Boston Breakers
Number 2
Youth career
2002–2004 Coquitlam City Wild
Sereno FC
2008–2011 UCLA Bruins
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005 Vancouver Whitecaps 3 (0)
2011 Vancouver Whitecaps 11 (11)
2012 Seattle Sounders Women 2 (2)
2013– Boston Breakers 9 (7)
International career‡
2004 Canada U20 2 (0)
2008–2010 United States U20 39 (24)
2011– United States 38 (17)
Medal record
Women's football
Representing the  United States
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2012 London Team competition
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 30 June 2013
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20 June 2013

Sydney Rae Leroux (born May 7, 1990) is a Canadian-born American professional soccer player. She is a forward who plays for Boston Breakers in National Women's Soccer League and the US women's national team. She played in college for the UCLA women's soccer team,[1] having previously played for the Vancouver Whitecaps where she made her professional debut at the age of fifteen, the youngest player to do so for the team.

Leroux was the number one pick of the Atlanta Beat in the Women's Professional Soccer league draft of college seniors January 13, 2012. The draft was held as part of the National Soccer Coaches Association of America's convention in Kansas City, Missouri.[2]

Early life and education

Leroux was born in Surrey, British Columbia on May 7, 1990, to a Canadian mother, Sandi Leroux, and an American father, Ray Chadwick. Her mother played third base for the Canadian national softball team.[3] Her father was a professional baseball player who pitched briefly for the California Angels in 1986. Coming from a family of baseball players, Sydney played baseball for Whalley Little League from 1994–2004.[4][5]

Leroux has stated that at a very early age, she knew she wanted to play for the United States women's national soccer team.[4][6]

She played high school soccer her freshman and sophomore year for Johnston Heights Secondary School in Surrey, British Columbia and was the leading scorer. She also won Provincials in the 4x100 as a member of the track team.[7]

Leroux played three seasons with Coquitlam City Wild, helping the team to Provincial Cup Championships in 2003, 2004 and 2005, as well as a U14 National Championship in 2003 where she scored 12 goals in four games, and a National Bronze at U16 in 2005.[8]

Leroux was the youngest player to play for the Vancouver Whitecaps at the age of 15 and won a championship with Team BC at the Canada Games in 2005.

After moving to Scottsdale, United States during her junior and senior years where she attended Horizon High School, she helped Sereno Soccer Club to state titles in 2007 and 2008.[7][9][10]

UCLA

Leroux played for the UCLA Bruins from 2008–2011. In 2008, she was a member of the Pac-10 All-Freshman Team. Her sophomore year, she led UCLA in scoring with 48 points (23 goals, 2 assists) and was a semifinalist for the Hermann Trophy. She was named to the Soccer America's MVP second team, Second-team All-Pac-10, and 2009 NCAA All-Tournament Team the same year. Her junior year, she moved into the top five all-time at UCLA in career points (5th – 91), goals (4th – 41) and game-winning goals (4th – 15) and ended the season ranked third in the Pac-10 in goals (13) and second in game-winning goals (6). She was named First-team Soccer America MVP, Third-team NSCAA All-American, First-team NSCAA All-Pacific Region, and First-team All-Pac-10 the same year.

In 2011, she led the team in scoring for the third straight season scoring 16 goals and three assists. She was named First-team NSCAA All-American, Soccer America's MVP First Team, and was a semifinalist for the Hermann Trophy.[7]

Playing career

Club

Leroux played for the Vancouver Whitecaps where she made her debut at the age of fifteen, the youngest player to do so for the team. She was named 2011 W-League Rookie of the Year and was named to the All-Western Conference team.[11]

Leroux was the number one pick of the Atlanta Beat in the 2012 Women's Professional Soccer league draft, though the league folded before she had the chance to play with the team.[12]

After the WPS folded, Leroux joined fellow U.S. Women's National Team players, Hope Solo, Alex Morgan, Stephanie Cox, and Megan Rapinoe on the Seattle Sounders Women in the W-League.[13]

In 2013, she joined Boston Breakers in the new National Women's Soccer League.

Leroux warming up in U.S.Soccer outfit, February 2012

International

By virtue of her parents' mixed nationalities, Leroux was eligible to represent either Canada or the United States. She participated in the youth international teams of both countries, but by appearing in a competitive FIFA-sanctioned senior event at the 2012 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament, she is now permanently tied to the U.S. team.[14][15][16] She is the USA’s all-time leading scorer in U-20 Women’s World Cup play with 10 goals. She is among the most capped U-20 WNT players ever with 36 games and is the all-time leading scorer for the U.S. at that level with 30 goals.[17] In 2011, she was named the 2011 U.S. Soccer Young Female Athlete of the Year, playing for the U.S. WNT and U-23 WNT.

In just her second cap for the senior side, Leroux scored five goals in a 2012 CONCACAF Olympic qualifying match between the U.S. and Guatemala; the final score of the match was 13–0. Leroux's performance tied a record for goals scored in a single match by one player in CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying and tied the single-game record for the US national team, tying teammate Amy Rodriguez, who had equaled and set the records (respectively) just two days prior in a 14–0 victory over the Dominican Republic. She scored the second goal in the quarter final game of the 2012 London Olympics against New Zealand. The game ended 2–0.

In 2012, she was the youngest player on the U.S. Women's National Team.[18] and was a goal-scoring member of the 2012 Olympic Team in London.[19] Leroux set an U.S. WNT record of 14 goals scored off the bench in a year by breaking the previous bench scoring record of nine goals set by Debbie Keller in 1998.

International goals (senior career)

Honors

International

United States

Personal life

Leroux holds dual citizenship with Canada and the United States.[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Player Bio: Sydney Leroux". UCLA. Retrieved 2009-01-28.
  2. ^ "Atlanta Beat picks UCLA's Sydney Leroux No. 1 in WPS draft – espnW". Retrieved 2012-01-13.
  3. ^ "With USA's Leroux, youth is served". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 21 September 2012.
  4. ^ a b c "For Sydney Leroux, Dual Citizenship, Single-Minded Approach". NY Times. Retrieved 21 September 2012.
  5. ^ "Leroux took long road to London". ESPN. Retrieved 21 September 2012.
  6. ^ "Canadian native Leroux puts herself on Team USA map". USA Today. Retrieved 21 September 2012.
  7. ^ a b c "Sidney Leroux player bio". UCLA. Retrieved 21 September 2012.
  8. ^ "CMFSC product Sydney Leroux selected to represent the US at the Olympic Qualifying tournament". Coquitlam Metro-Ford Soccer Club. Retrieved 21 September 2012.
  9. ^ "UCLA soccer player Sydney Leroux has the look of success". LA Times. Retrieved 21 September 2012.
  10. ^ "Sydney Leroux plays in U.S. soccer victory over Colombia". AZ Central. Retrieved 21 September 2012.
  11. ^ "Former 'Caps star Sydney Leroux goes 1st overall in 2012 WPS Draft". Whitecaps FC. Retrieved 21 September 2012.
  12. ^ "UCLA's Leroux goes No. 1 in WPS draft". ESPN. Retrieved 21 September 2012.
  13. ^ "Sounders Women sign Solo and Leroux". Sounders FC. Retrieved 21 September 2012.
  14. ^ "Sydney Leroux leaves home to play for best soccer team in the world - Soccer - SI.com". Sportsillustrated.cnn.com. 2012-03-08. Retrieved 2012-08-10.
  15. ^ Vicki Michaelis USA Today. "B.C. native Sydney Leroux puts herself on Team U.S. map". thestar.com. Retrieved 2012-08-10.
  16. ^ "2012 London Summer Games – Sydney Leroux took long road to London – ESPN". Espn.go.com. 2012-07-26. Retrieved 2012-08-10.
  17. ^ "Dempsey, Wambach, Shea and Leroux Voted 2011 U.S. Soccer Athletes of the Year". USSoccer.com. 2012-01-20. Retrieved 2012-12-16.
  18. ^ "For Olympic Soccer Forward, Attitude is Everything". 90.9 WBUR. Retrieved 21 September 2012.
  19. ^ "U.S. women win 2–0, reach semis". ESPN. Retrieved 21 September 2012.
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