NWSL veteran forward Sydney Leroux agreed to a new three-year contract through 2027 with Angel City FC, the club confirmed to ESPN on Tuesday.
Leroux, 34, joined Angel City midway through the club’s inaugural 2022 National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) season after being traded from the Orlando Pride. She has been in the NWSL since the league started in 2013.
“The older I get, the more my role changes,” Leroux told ESPN. “I feel like I really pushed through this year. I was able to show myself that I can still do this. I was thinking about retiring. And my kids want me to play. I’m doing this for them, and I’m doing this for me. I want to end somewhere that I started, and this is it.”
“My career will definitely end in LA.”
Throughout the 2024 regular season, Leroux has scored seven goals in 24 matches, the most in her NWSL career since she netted eight times during her time with Orlando. Over the last two years with Angel City, Leroux has scored 10 goals and added two assists in 2,513 minutes played in 42 total matches across competitions.
Throughout the course of her 12-season NWSL career, Leroux has a total of 48 goals in 160 regular-season match appearances. She currently holds the eighth spot on the NWSL…
