1. Sydney Rae Leroux is a Canadian-born American professional soccer player who plays as a forward for Angel City FC of the National Women's Soccer League.
78 Facts About Sydney Leroux
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Sydney Leroux played collegiate soccer in NCAA Division I for UCLA Bruins women's soccer and at the semi-professional level for the Vancouver Whitecaps.
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Sydney Leroux made her debut for the Whitecaps at age 15, becoming the youngest player ever to play for the team.
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Sydney Leroux was the number one pick by the Atlanta Beat during the 2012 WPS Draft on January 13,2012.
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Sydney Leroux was later traded to Seattle Reign FC in 2014, Western New York Flash for the 2015 season and FC Kansas City prior to the 2016 season.
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Sydney Leroux was born in Surrey, British Columbia, to a white Canadian mother, Sandi Sydney Leroux, and a Black American father, Ray Chadwick.
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Sydney Leroux's mother played third base for the Canadian national softball team.
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Sydney Leroux's father was a professional baseball player who pitched briefly for the California Angels in 1986.
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Sydney Leroux was raised primarily by her mother after her parents split when her mother was three months pregnant with her.
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Sydney Leroux played three seasons of club soccer with Coquitlam City Wild, helping the team to Provincial Cup Championships in 2003,2004 and 2005.
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Sydney Leroux secured a bronze medal in helping the team finish third at the under-16 national tournament in 2005.
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Sydney Leroux became the youngest player to play for the Vancouver Whitecaps of the W-League at the age of 15.
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Sydney Leroux won a championship as part of a British Columbia select team at the Canada Games in 2005.
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Sydney Leroux stated that at a very early age, she knew she wanted to play for the United States women's national soccer team.
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Sydney Leroux was the sixth-highest scorer on the team with five goals and six assists for a total of 16 points on the season, and was named to the All-Freshman Team in the Pacific-10 Conference.
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Sydney Leroux earned Soccer America MVP second team, Second-team All-Pac-10, and 2009 NCAA All-Tournament Team honors the same year.
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Sydney Leroux ranked third in the Pac-10 for goals and second in game-winning goals earning her First-team Soccer America MVP, Third-team NSCAA All-American, First-team NSCAA All-Pacific Region, and First-team All-Pac-10 honors the same year.
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Sydney Leroux was named Pac-10 Player of the Week.
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Sydney Leroux was named First-team NSCAA All-American, Soccer America's MVP First Team, and was a semi-finalist for the Hermann Trophy.
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Sydney Leroux scored eight game-winning goals, more than any other player in the newly renamed Pac-12 Conference.
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Sydney Leroux finished her collegiate career ranked fourth in UCLA's record books for points, goals, and game-winning goals.
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Sydney Leroux played for the Vancouver Whitecaps during the 2005 W-League season, becoming the youngest player to ever play for the team aged 15 years and seven days.
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Sydney Leroux returned to the Whitecaps for the 2011 season.
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Sydney Leroux ranked second in the league for goals scored with 11 finishing the regular season with 24 points in 11 appearances.
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Sydney Leroux was the number one pick by the Atlanta Beat in the 2012 WPS Draft, though the league folded before she could play for the team.
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Sydney Leroux makes an impact no matter where she plays on the field.
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Sydney Leroux scored two goals and served one assist in her 168 minutes on the pitch.
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In January 2013, Heather O'Reilly, Heather Mitts and Sydney Leroux were the three United States national team players allocated to the Boston Breakers for the inaugural season of the National Women's Soccer League.
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Sydney Leroux came third in voting for NWSL Rookie of the Year.
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On November 18,2013, it was announced that Sydney Leroux had been traded to the Seattle Reign FC for the 2014 NWSL season in exchange for Kristie Mewis, Michelle Betos and the Reign's first two picks in the 2015 draft.
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Sydney Leroux is a young, extraordinary talent with unlimited upside.
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Sydney Leroux will be the consistent goal-scoring threat that we struggled to find last season.
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Sydney Leroux finished the 2014 season with five goals in 22 games played.
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On January 13,2016, Sydney Leroux was traded to FC Kansas City.
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Sydney Leroux returned to play for FC Kansas City in 2017.
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Sydney Leroux played in 23 games for FCKC in 2017, and scored 6 goals.
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On February 2,2018, Sydney Leroux was traded to the Orlando Pride for Orlando's first round pick in the 2019 NWSL College Draft.
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In March 2019, at six months pregnant with her daughter, Sydney Leroux returned to pre-season training.
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Sydney Leroux returned to playing during the 2019 season, making an 86th-minute substitute appearance against Sky Blue FC on September 29, just three months after giving birth.
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Sydney Leroux signed a three-year contract extension with an additional one-year option ahead of the 2021 season.
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Sydney Leroux made only three appearances during the club's inaugural season due to surgery on a lingering ankle injury.
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Sydney Leroux made her 150th NWSL regular season appearance on June 30,2024, in a home match against her former club Orlando Pride.
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On October 29,2024, Angel City announced that they had signed a new contact with Sydney Leroux, keeping her at the club until 2027.
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Sydney Leroux described this as her "last go" and that she would end her career with Angel City.
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Sydney Leroux served as captain of Canada's under-15 team that traveled to Germany in 2005.
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Sydney Leroux received clearance from FIFA to change her allegiance to the United States.
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Sydney Leroux scored in the first half of the final against North Korea.
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Sydney Leroux represented the United States at the 2010 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup and ended her under-20 career as the country's all-time leading scorer in Under-20 Women's World Cup play with 10 goals.
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Sydney Leroux played at the 2012 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament as a member of the United States senior national team.
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Sydney Leroux's performance tied the record for goals scored in a single match by one player in a CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying Tournament.
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Sydney Leroux tied the single-game record for the national team, equaling previous performances by her teammates Amy Rodriguez and Abby Wambach in 2012 and 2004 respectively.
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In 2012, Sydney Leroux set a new team scoring record as a reserve on the team with 12 goals scored off the bench in one year.
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Sydney Leroux was the youngest player and a goal-scoring member of the Olympic gold medal-winning team at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.
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Sydney Leroux was on the roster of the United States team for the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup.
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Sydney Leroux saw action in four of the seven games, recording an assist to a Christen Press goal in the opening game against Australia.
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Sydney Leroux did not play in the Final against Japan.
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On July 17,2015, it was announced that Sydney Leroux would undergo ankle surgery, which would sideline her for three months.
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Sydney Leroux announced her pregnancy on January 26,2016; as a result, she did not play in 2016.
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On May 27,2017, Sydney Leroux was named to the US Roster for a set of friendlies in Scandinavia.
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Sydney Leroux was named to the roster for the 2017 Tournament of Nations.
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Sydney Leroux has not received a call-up since the 2017 Tournament of Nations, and she was not listed on the 35 player provisional roster for the 2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship.
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Sydney Leroux holds dual citizenship in Canada and the United States.
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Sydney Leroux became engaged to Canadian Major League Baseball player Brett Lawrie, a childhood acquaintance, in October 2010 before the engagement was called off the following year.
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Sydney Leroux had been in a relationship with English-born MLS player Dom Dwyer from 2014.
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On January 25,2016, Sydney Leroux announced on social media that she was expecting the couple's first child in September 2016.
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In March 2019, at six months pregnant, Sydney Leroux was photographed participating in light preseason training with the image causing controversy; drawing both criticism and praise.
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Sydney Leroux returned to playing three months after giving birth.
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Sydney Leroux is currently in a relationship with NBA agent Dave Spahn.
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Sydney Leroux has appeared in several advertisements and promotional pieces for Nike.
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In 2022, Sydney Leroux partnered with DIRECTV to release the Undercover Coach video, promoting the brand's partnership with LeagueSide and reminding us the future is female.
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Sydney Leroux was the focus of an ESPN feature entitled Living Her Dream, which profiled her evolution as an international soccer player.
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Sydney Leroux was a guest on Canada's Breakfast Television in August 2012 following the 2012 Olympics.
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In December 2013, Sydney Leroux was featured in episode 9 of AOL's online series, My Ink.
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Sydney Leroux appeared as a dining room guest on an episode of Hell's Kitchen.
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Sydney Leroux was one of 21 professional athletes featured in ESPN's The Body Issue in 2013.
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Sydney Leroux appeared semi-nude on one of eight covers for the magazine.
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In May 2015, Sydney Leroux was featured on the cover of ESPN Magazine with teammates Abby Wambach and Alex Morgan.
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Sydney Leroux has featured along with her national teammates in multiple editions of the EA Sports' FIFA video game series with FIFA 16 the first to include female players.