McLeod, who turns 40 on Feb. 26, plans to continue playing club football for at least one season.
The Orlando Pride announced Tuesday that McLeod and her new wife, midfielder Gunny Jonsdottir, have left the NWSL club for Jonsdottir’s native Iceland where both will play.Start your day with a roundup of B.C.-focused news and opinion delivered straight to your inbox at 7 a.m., Monday to Friday.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc.
She says playing in Iceland will place fewer demands on her time, allowing her to “make a difference at the grassroots level.”McLeod is also looking to help former Canadian teammate Diana Matheson in her bid to establish a domestic women’s pro league.Article content She was in goal for the Canadian women’s bronze-medal run at the 2012 London Olympics and started throughout the 2015 World Cup on home soil. She was an alternate with the team that won gold at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021 but dressed for the game against Chile when Kailen Sheridan stepped in for the injured Stephanie Labbe.
At the collegiate level, she played two years at Southern Methodist University and two at Penn State. As a senior, she led the led the Nittany Lions to an undefeated regular season in 2005 when she was a MAC Hermann Trophy semifinalist and Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year.Article content Megan Rapinoe’s shot, after Tobin Heath passed her the ball from the ensuing indirect free kick in the Canadian penalty box, produced a penalty after the ball struck defender Marie-Eve Nault on the arm. The U.S. tied the game from the penalty spot and went on to win 4-3 after extra time.Article contentShe missed the 2016 Rio Olympics after undergoing her third anterior cruciate ligament surgery. At the time, one doctor told her it was time to stop playing.
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