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Sydney Rae Leroux Dwyer (born May 7, 1990) is a Canadian-born American professional soccer player and Olympic gold medalist. As a forward, she currently plays for the Western New York Flash in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). After representing Canada at various youth levels, she chose to play for the United States women's national under-20 soccer team starting in 2008 and later began playing for the U.S. senior national team in 2012. Leroux has earned over 50 caps with the senior national team and was part of the Americans' winning squad at the 2012 London Olympics. Leroux played collegiate soccer for the UCLA Bruins and at the semi-professional level for the Vancouver Whitecaps. She made her debut for the Whitecaps at the age of fifteen, becoming the youngest player ever to play for the team. Leroux was the number one pick by the Atlanta Beat during the 2012 WPS Draft on January 13, 2012. Following the suspension of the league in early 2012, she played for the Seattle Sounders Women during the summer of the same year. She made her professional debut for the Boston Breakers in the NWSL during the league's inaugural season in 2013 before being traded to Seattle Reign FC in 2014. ==Early life== Leroux was born in Surrey, British Columbia to a Canadian mother, Sandi Leroux, and an American father, Ray Chadwick. Her mother played third base for the Canadian national softball team.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://london2012.visionbox.com/team-usa/athlete-roster/soccer.aspx?id=34&did=22&aid=69&show=True )〕 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.〔 Leroux was raised primarily by her mother after her parents split when her mother was three months pregnant with Sydney. During her freshman and sophomore year of high school, Leroux attended Johnston Heights Secondary School in Surrey where she was the leading scorer on the soccer team. Also a track and field athlete, she won Provincials in the 4 × 100 metres relay with her team.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.uclabruins.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=30500&ATCLID=207924914 )〕 Leroux played three seasons of club soccer with Coquitlam City Wild, helping the team to Provincial Cup Championships in 2003, 2004 and 2005. Leroux's prolific goalscoring helped the team win the under-14 national championship in 2003. She secured a bronze medal in helping the team finish third at the under-16 national tournament in 2005.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.cmfsc.ca/index.php?page=provincialnational )〕〔 Leroux became the youngest player to play for the Vancouver Whitecaps of the W-League at the age of 15. She also won a championship as part of a British Columbia select team at the Canada Games in 2005.〔 Leroux stated that at a very early age, she knew she wanted to play for the United States women's national soccer team.〔 To pursue her goal, she moved to Scottsdale, Arizona at the age of 15 and attended Horizon High School during her junior and senior years while living with multiple host families.〔 Despite having a challenging time adjusting to life without her family and friends, she helped lead Sereno Soccer Club to state titles in 2007 and 2008.〔 Of her move to the United States, she said, "It was not easy. It was probably one of the most difficult things I ever had to do, move away from everything that I knew and was comfortable with to something that I had no idea about. Not having any family around. Doing it on my own. As a 15-year-old, that's kind of hard. I had to grow up really fast () But I guess it's all worth it. Now I have a chance to prove myself, and that's what I enjoy, and that's why I did what I did." 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sydney Leroux」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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