Danny Leyva

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Danny Leyva
Personal information
Full name Daniel Ulises Leyva[1]
Date of birth (2003-05-05) May 5, 2003 (age 18)
Place of birth Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Height 5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Seattle Sounders FC
Number 75
Youth career
Barcelona USA Academy
2017–2019 Seattle Sounders FC
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018– Tacoma Defiance 22 (1)
2019– Seattle Sounders FC 32 (0)
National team‡
2018 United States U16 5 (1)
2019 United States U17 11 (0)
2021– United States U20 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of November 7, 2021
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of November 16, 2021

Daniel Ulises Leyva (born May 5, 2003) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder for Major League Soccer club Seattle Sounders FC.

Club career[]

Leyva was raised in Chicago, Illinois; his father Ulises had played in the youth academy of Club América in Mexico City, but left the sport to pursue a career in civil engineering.[2] He played for the Barcelona USA Academy in Las Vegas before joining the Seattle Sounders FC Academy at the age of 13. Leyva was placed on Seattle's under-15 team ahead of the 2017–18 season, but was later moved to the under-17 squad.[3][4][5]

He made his debut for the Sounders reserve team in the United Soccer League (USL) on September 29, 2018, during a 3–1 loss to San Antonio FC, becoming the second-youngest player in league history.[3][6] Leyva signed a full USL contract with the team the following month and began training with the senior team during the 2019 preseason, appearing in friendlies against the Portland Timbers and Club Nacional.[2] Leyva signed a homegrown contract with Seattle Sounders FC on April 9, 2019, becoming the youngest player in the team's history.[7] He made his first-team debut on June 5, 2019, as a late substitute during an away loss to the Montreal Impact, becoming the third-youngest player in the league's history.[8]

International career[]

In October 2019, he was named to the United States squad for the 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Brazil.[9]

Leyva who has only played for U.S. youth national teams, also holds the option to be called up by the Mexico national team.[10]

Career statistics[]

Club[]

As of match played November 7, 2021[11]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Tacoma Defiance 2018 USL 1 0 — — — 1 0
2019 USL 14 1 — — — 14 1
2020 USL 1 0 — — — 1 0
2021 USL 6 0 — — — 6 0
Total 22 1 — — — 22 1
Seattle Sounders FC 2019 MLS 6 0 1[a] 0 — — 7 0
2020 MLS 2 0 — 1[b] 0 — 3 0
2021 MLS 24 0 — — — 24 0
Total 32 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 34 0
Career total 54 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 56 1
  1. ^ Appearance in U.S. Open Cup
  2. ^ Appearance in CONCACAF Champions League

Honors[]

Seattle Sounders FC

Individual

  • CONCACAF U-17 Championship Best XI: 2019

References[]

  1. ^ "FIFA U-17 World Cup Brazil 2019: List of Players: USA" (PDF). FIFA. 31 October 2019. p. 24. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 December 2019.
  2. ^ a b Baker, Geoff (February 26, 2019). "Teenage dream: At age 15, Danny Leyva is already knocking on the Sounders' door". The Seattle Times. Retrieved April 20, 2019.
  3. ^ a b Mondello, Joseph (October 16, 2018). "Barcelona USA Academy". Seattle Sounders FC. Retrieved April 20, 2019.
  4. ^ Hammond, Andrew (March 8, 2019). "Meet the Tacoma Defiance's unflappable Danny Leyva, who's all of 15 years old". The News Tribune. Retrieved April 20, 2019.
  5. ^ "Seattle Sounders FC U-15". ussoccerda.com. U.S. Soccer Development Academy. Retrieved March 24, 2020.
  6. ^ https://www.uslsoccer.com/sanantoniofc-seattlesoundersfc2-971728[dead link]
  7. ^ Evans, Jayda (April 9, 2019). "Sounders contract signed, 15-year-old midfielder Danny Leyva eyes next goal: an MLS start". The Seattle Times. Retrieved April 20, 2019.
  8. ^ Baker, Geoff (June 5, 2019). "Shorthanded Sounders cough up two late road goals, lose 2–1 to the Montreal Impact". The Seattle Times. Retrieved June 12, 2019.
  9. ^ "Head Coach Raphael Wicky Names USA Roster for 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Brazil". www.ussoccer.com. Retrieved 2019-10-10.
  10. ^ Interview: Danny Leyva on being named to the USMNT U-17 World Cup squad. Youtube.com. Seattle Sounders FC. October 11, 2019. Retrieved October 24, 2019.
  11. ^ Danny Leyva at Soccerway

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