Sydney Leroux（悉尼·拉鲁斯）

2012届  足球明星  奥运金牌获得者  世界杯冠军

年轻也能拿金牌

Sydney Leroux成为获得2012年伦敦奥运金牌的美国女子足球队中最年轻的选手。但是这并不是这位前锋第一次以最小年龄出现在国家队中。14岁时，代表本国加拿大出战，她是19岁年龄以下的女足世界杯比赛最小的选手。在帮助美国队获得2012年奥运会参赛资格时，她爆发力十足，一共踢进5个球，最终以13:0的比分战胜危地马拉。足球迷们在看到她在伦敦获得一个关键得分时也不再惊讶了，而就是这一球让美国击败新西兰进军四强。Leroux在UCLA女子足球选手中综合总进球数、制胜球数和职业得分，排名前五。

Sydney Leroux

Class of 2012

You're never too young to be a golden girl.

SydneyLeroux ‘12 was the youngest player on the U.S. Women’s National Soccer Teamthat captured gold in the 2012 London Olympics. But it wasn’t the first timethe sharpshooting forward found herself the freshest face on a national squad.At age 14, representing her native Canada, Leroux was the youngest in theentire field of the Under-19 FIFA Women’s World Cup. While helping the Starsand Stripes qualify for the 2012 Games, ‘Syd the Kid” dropped jaws with afive-goal outburst in a 13-0 U.S. victory over Guatemala. Soccer aficionadosweren’t surprised when she scored a key goal in London, helping the U.S. to aquarterfinal victory over New Zealand. Leroux ranks in the top five among UCLAwomen’s soccer players in total goals, game-wining goals and career points.