Adriana Leon

Adriana Kristina Leon (born October 2, 1992) is a Canadian professional soccer player who plays for West Ham United and the Canadian women's national soccer team. She previously played for the Seattle Reign, Boston Breakers, Chicago Red Stars, and Western New York Flash in the NWSL, Swiss club FC Zürich Frauen in the Nationalliga A.

Adriana Leon

Leon playing for the Western New York Flash in 2016
Personal information
Full name	Adriana Kristina Leon
Date of birth	October 2, 1992
Place of birth	Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Height	1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Position(s)	Winger, attacking midfielder
Club information
Current team	West Ham United
Number	19
College career
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2010–2011	University of Notre Dame	43	(10)
2012	University of Florida	22	(5)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2010–2012	Toronto Lady Lynx	9	(3)
2013	Boston Breakers	6	(1)
2013–2015	Chicago Red Stars	35	(3)
2015–2016	Western New York Flash	10	(0)
2016	FC Zürich Frauen	0	(0)
2017	Boston Breakers	24	(6)
2018	Sky Blue FC	2	(0)
2018	Seattle Reign	6	(0)
2019–	West Ham United	29	(7)
National team^‡
2009–2012	Canada U-20	8	(5)
2012–	Canada	65	(19)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16:55, 7 February 2021 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of February 2, 2020

Early life

Born in Mississauga, Ontario, Leon was raised in Maple and moved with her family to King City in 2010 at the age of 16. Her extended family holds a controlling share of Leon's Furniture Limited.[1] She grew up playing soccer, hockey and rugby.[2]

College

Leon accepted an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Notre Dame and played for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish women's soccer team in 2010 and 2011. As a freshman in 2010, she came off the bench to score the Irish's lone goal in their 1–0 victory over the Stanford Cardinal in the title game of the NCAA national championship tournament. As a sophomore, she was the second leading scorer for the Irish.

After her sophomore season, Leon transferred to the University of Florida, where she played for coach Becky Burleigh's Florida Gators women's soccer team in 2012. She was the Gators' sixth leading scorer despite missing her first three matches while she was touring Japan with the Canadian national U-20 team. Leon scored four game-winning goals for the Gators and helped lead the team to Southeastern Conference regular season and tournament championships.

Club career

Adriana Leon playing for the Boston Breakers in the 2017 NWSL season

In 2013, as part of the NWSL Player Allocation, Leon joined the Boston Breakers in the new National Women's Soccer League.[3][4] Leon scored her first goal in a 5–1 loss against Sky Blue FC on June 1, 2013.[5]

On June 29, 2013, the Boston Breakers traded her to the Chicago Red Stars for her Canadian national teammate, Carmelina Moscato.[6]

In November 2015, the Chicago Red Stars traded her to the Western New York Flash.[7] She transferred to FC Zürich Frauen of the Swiss Nationalliga A on August 30, 2016.[8]

FC Zürich Frauen reported on December 1, 2016, that Leon and team management had mutually decided not to renew her contract for the upcoming Nationalliga A season.[9]

On January 30, 2017, it was announced that Leon had signed back on with the Boston Breakers for their 2017 campaign.[10]

On May 2, 2017, Leon was named NWSL player of the week for week 3 for her performance against Seattle Reign.[11] Leon was credited with 2 assists and 1 goal in Boston's 3–0 victory.

The Breakers ceased operations prior to the 2018 season. Leon was picked up by Sky Blue in the dispersal draft on January 30, 2018.[12] On June 12, 2018, Leon was traded to the Seattle Reign in exchange for a fourth round pick in the 2019 NWSL College Draft.[13] Leon made six appearances for Seattle in 2018.

On January 3, 2019, the Seattle Reign announced that they had not retained Leon's NWSL rights for the 2019 season. This allowed the other eight NWSL teams an opportunity to claim her rights during the distribution process, but none did so.[14] Shortly afterwards it was reported that Leon had accepted an offer from Europe, believed to be from English FA WSL club West Ham.[15]

International career

Leon was called to the Canada U-20 camp in December 2009 and played the 2012 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup for Canada. In December 2012, she was called up to the senior Canadian team for the 2013 Four Nations Tournament, making her first international appearance against China on January 12, 2013, scoring the game-winning goal in a 1–0 victory.[16]

At the 2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship Leon scored 6 goals and finished second in tournament's golden boot race behind Alex Morgan of the United States who scored 7 goals.[17]

On May 25, 2019 she was named to the roster for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup.[18]

International goals

	Key (expand for notes on “international goals” and sorting)
Location	Geographic location of the venue where the competition occurred Sorted by country name first, then by city name
Lineup	Start – played entire match on minute (off player) – substituted on at the minute indicated, and player was substituted off at the same time off minute (on player) – substituted off at the minute indicated, and player was substituted on at the same time (c) – captain Sorted by minutes played
#	NumberOfGoals.goalNumber scored by the player in the match (alternate notation to Goal in match)
Min	The minute in the match the goal was scored. For list that include caps, blank indicates played in the match but did not score a goal.
Assist/pass	The ball was passed by the player, which assisted in scoring the goal. This column depends on the availability and source of this information.
penalty or pk	Goal scored on penalty-kick which was awarded due to foul by opponent. (Goals scored in penalty-shoot-out, at the end of a tied match after extra-time, are not included.)
Score	The match score after the goal was scored. Sorted by goal difference, then by goal scored by the player's team
Result	The final score. Sorted by goal difference in the match, then by goal difference in penalty-shoot-out if it is taken, followed by goal scored by the player's team in the match, then by goal scored in the penalty-shoot-out. For matches with identical final scores, match ending in extra-time without penalty-shoot-out is a tougher match, therefore precede matches that ended in regulation
aet	The score at the end of extra-time; the match was tied at the end of 90' regulation
pso	Penalty-shoot-out score shown in parenthesis; the match was tied at the end of extra-time
	Light-purple background color – exhibition or closed door international friendly match
	Light-yellow background color – match at an invitational tournament
	Light-orange background color – Olympic women's football qualification match
	Light-blue background color – FIFA women's world cup qualification match
	Orange background color – Olympic women's football tournament
	Blue background color – FIFA women's world cup final tournament
NOTE: some keys may not apply for a particular football player

Goal	Date	Location	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	January 12, 2013	Yongchuan Sports Center, Yongchuan	China PR	1–0	1–0	2013 Four Nations Tournament
2.	October 13, 2013	Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton	South Korea	3–0	3–0	Friendly
3.	December 13, 2013	Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha	Scotland	1–0	2–0	2013 International Tournament of Brasília
4.	March 7, 2014	GSZ Stadium, Larnaca	Italy	2–0	3–1	2014 Cyprus Cup
5.	January 13, 2015	Shenzhen Stadium	Mexico	1–0	2–1	2015 Four Nations Tournament
6.	June 8, 2017	Investors Group Field, Winnipeg	Costa Rica	3–1	3–1	Friendly
7.	November 9, 2017	BC Place, Vancouver	United States	1–1	1–1	Friendly
8.	November 28, 2017	Estadio Municipal de Marbella, Marbella	Norway	3–2	3–2	Friendly
9.	October 8, 2018	H-E-B Park, Edinburg	Cuba	1–0	12–0	2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship
10.				3–0
11.				7–0
12.				9–0
13.	October 14, 2018	Toyota Stadium, Frisco	Panama	6–0	7–0	2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship
14.				7–0

Honours

College

University of Notre Dame

• NCAA Women's Soccer Championship: 2010

References

1. Duffy, Rob (June 3, 2015). "#WWCWednesday: Meet the #CanWNT Forwards". TSN. Retrieved August 23, 2017.
2. "Adriana Leon". Canada Soccer. Retrieved April 21, 2017.
3. "Player distribution sees NWSL take shape". FIFA. Retrieved February 5, 2013.
4. "NWSL allocation easier said than done". ESPN. Archived from the original on April 2, 2013. Retrieved February 5, 2013.
5. "Breakers fall to Sky Blue FC on the road". Boston Breakers. Archived from the original on November 18, 2015. Retrieved June 14, 2013.
6. "Sources: Red Stars deal Moscato to Breakers for Leon". Equalizer Soccer. Retrieved June 29, 2013.
7. "Red Stars Acquire Engen & 4th Round Pick in 2017 College Draft". Chicago Red Stars. November 10, 2015. the team has acquired U.S. Women's National Team defender Whitney Engen and a fourth-round pick in the 2017 National Women's Soccer League College Draft from Western New York Flash. In exchange, Western New York received Abby Erceg, Adriana Leon and a first-round (No. 9 overall) selection in the 2016 NWSL College Draft
8. "Western New York Flash Transfers Adriana Leon". NWSL. August 30, 2016. Retrieved September 3, 2016.
9. "Adriana Leon verlässt die FC Zürich Frauen". www.fcz.ch (in German). Retrieved January 30, 2017.
10. "Breakers sign Adriana Leon – Boston Breakers". www.bostonbreakerssoccer.com. Archived from the original on February 2, 2017. Retrieved January 30, 2017.
11. Ltd, Simplestream. "National Women's Soccer League". www.nwslsoccer.com. Retrieved May 3, 2017.
12. Ltd, Simplestream. "National Women's Soccer League". www.nwslsoccer.com. Retrieved February 2, 2018.
13. Rantz, Susie. "Seattle Reign acquire Adriana Leon from Sky Blue". www.sounderatheart.com/seattle-reign. Retrieved June 12, 2018.
14. "Seattle Reign FC Elects Not to Retain Rights to Forward Adriana Leon". January 3, 2019. Retrieved January 3, 2019.
15. "Source: Canadian Adriana Leon to join West Ham women's team". Sportsnet. The Canadian Press. January 3, 2019. Retrieved January 9, 2019.
16. "Adriana Leon scores as Canada's women's soccer team beats China 1–0". Yahoo! News. Yahoo!. January 12, 2013. Retrieved June 19, 2013.
17. "Lavelle and Morgan lift the United States over Canada for the 2018 CWC title". Retrieved January 3, 2019.
18. "Together We Rise: Canada Soccer announces squad for the FIFA Women's World Cup France 2019". Retrieved May 25, 2019.

External links

• Adriana Leon – FIFA competition record
• Adriana Leon – UEFA competition record 
• Canada Soccer player profile
• Boston Breakers player profile
• Notre Dame player profile
• Florida player profile
• Top Drawer Soccer player profile
• Adriana Leon at Soccerway