30 Facts About Danielle Slaton

Danielle Slaton is currently a soccer analyst for MLS Season Pass, Fox Sports and the Pac-12 Network.

Danielle Slaton went on to play for the French club Olympique Lyonnais where she was a starting defender on the team in the Division 1 Feminine.

Danielle Slaton attended Presentation High School in San Jose, California and led the soccer team to three Central Coast Section Championship games.

Danielle Slaton was named first team All-Santa Teresa Athletic League and first team All-CCS all four years.

Danielle Slaton was honored as the San Jose Mercury News Freshman and Sophomore of the Year following the 1995 and 1996 seasons.

Danielle Slaton was awarded a scholarship from the 100 Black Men of Silicon Valley and graduated with a 4.0 grade point average.

Danielle Slaton played club soccer for the Central Valley Mercury coached by Vicky Wagner and Phillippe Blin, former Santa Clara assistant and former head coach at San Jose State.

Danielle Slaton helped lead the Mercury to three consecutive national championships in 1996,1997 and 1998.

Danielle Slaton was a four-time first team all-West Coast Conference selection, the 1998 WCC Freshman of the Year and 2001 Defender of the Year.

Danielle Slaton graduated Santa Clara University having started 79-of-84 games, scoring 50 points on eight goals and 34 assists.

In 2002, Danielle Slaton was the first overall draft pick by the Carolina Courage in the Women's United Soccer Association.

Danielle Slaton helped lead the team to the WUSA Championship and was named the league's Defender of the Year.

In 2005, Danielle Slaton played for Olympique Lyonnais in France where she was a starting defender on the French First Division team and a member of the runner-up French Cup Tournament team.

Danielle Slaton was member of the under-21 national team pool in 1999.

Danielle Slaton scored her first goal on January 13,2000, against Australia.

Danielle Slaton was the youngest member of the 2000 Olympic Team and the only member with college eligibility remaining.

In 2005, Danielle Slaton served as an assistant coach at Evergreen Valley High School in San Jose, California where she helped lead the team to its first county tournament win in school history.

Danielle Slaton spent six months as assistant and head coach for the Capital Area Soccer in Raleigh, North Carolina.

In 2006, Danielle Slaton joined the coaching staff of Northwestern University as assistant coach.

In 2010, Danielle Slaton joined the Big Ten Network as a soccer analyst.

In 2014, Danielle Slaton was named a sports analyst for Fox Soccer for the 2014 CONCACAF Women's Championship.

Danielle Slaton served as analyst for Fox during the 2015 Algarve Cup.

In February 2015, Danielle Slaton joined the broadcasting team for "Chicago Fire Weekly" on ESPN Chicago and was the sideline analyst for the Fire on Comcast SportsNet Chicago.

In March 2016, Danielle Slaton became an analyst for San Jose Earthquakes home broadcasts on San Francisco-based regional sports networks Comcast SportsNet California and Comcast SportsNet Bay Area.

Danielle Slaton served as a match analyst for Fox Sports for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup in France.

Danielle Slaton conducted seven clinics in three days, coaching as many as 300 girls ranging from 9 to 16 years old, as well as the Paraguay Women's National Team.

Danielle Slaton has been a member of the Athlete Council for US Soccer.

In 2012, after Pia Sundhage's departure as head coach of the United States women's national soccer team, Danielle Slaton joined Mia Hamm and Sunil Gulati as a member of the search committee for Sundhage's successor.

Danielle Slaton currently serves on the National Advisory Board for the Positive Coaching Alliance, and conducts live PCA workshops in the Bay Area for coaches, parents, and athletes of youth and high school sports programs.

Danielle Slaton is a member of the Board of Directors of the Bay Area Women's Sports Initiative.