Leigh Ann Robinson
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Leigh Ann Brown | ||
| Birth name | Leigh Ann Robinson | ||
| Date of birth | August 17, 1986 | ||
| Place of birth | Poway, California, United States | ||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder / Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2004–2007 | San Diego Toreros | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2007 | San Diego Sunwaves | 11 | (4) |
| 2008 | SD United | ||
| 2009 | FC Gold Pride | 18 | (1) |
| 2010 | Atlanta Beat | 24 | (0) |
| 2011 | Philadelphia Independence |
17 | (0) |
| 2013–2015 | FC Kansas City | 65 | (1) |
| National team | |||
| 2013 | United States | 2 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Leigh Ann Brown (born August 17, 1986; née Robinson) is an American former soccer defender. She previously played for FC Kansas City of the National Women's Soccer League, FC Gold Pride, Atlanta Beat, and the Philadelphia Independence of the Women's Professional Soccer (WPS) and earned two caps with the United States women's national soccer team.
Born in Poway, California, Brown attended Mt. Carmel High School where she led her team to two league championships and two second-place finishes. As a freshman, she was named Second Team Palomar League while winning the CIF San Diego section championship. She was named Second Team North County and First Team Palomar League during her sophomore year and earned All-North County and First Team Avocado League honors her junior and senior seasons. She also played for the 2003 National Champion and 2001 Regional Finalist San Diego Surf teams.
Brown attended the University of San Diego where she played for the Toreros from 2004 to 2007. During her freshman season, she started 17 games. She was named second-team All-WCC her sophomore season before being named to the first-team the subsequent two seasons. After her senior season, she earned a fourth-team All-American selection by Soccerbuzz Magazine. Brown played in 75 of the team's 81 games throughout her career at San Diego.
Brown was selected by FC Gold Pride during the sixth round (40th overall) of the 2009 WPS Draft for the inaugural season of the WPS. She scored her only goal of her WPS tenure on May 3, 2009 in a 1-0 home win versus Sky Blue FC. At the end of the season, Brown was deemed surplus to requirements by Albertin Montoya and was subsequently chosen by Atlanta Beat as the first overall choice in the 2009 WPS Expansion Draft.
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