Leigh Ann Robinson

Leigh Ann Robinson ( born August 17, 1986 in Poway, California) is an American soccer player who is under contract with FC Kansas City since the 2013 season.

Career

Association

Robinson began her professional career in 2007 at the San Diego Sunwaves in the W- League. After the dissolution of Sunwaves she joined the WPSL participant San Diego United. A year later, Robinson joined the WPS FC Gold Pride for and played in the following years for the league rivals Atlanta Beat and Philadelphia Independence. An already closed connection contract for the 2012 season with Philadelphia lost after the dissolution of the WPS its validity.

In the first half of 2012, Robinson played for the Russian Champions League contenders FK Rossijanka and different with this in the quarter final of the competition against Turbine Potsdam. In the summer of 2012, she moved back to the U.S. and joined the New York Fury on.

In February 2013 Robinson was hired by FC Kansas City and made ​​her league debut on April 13, 2013 against the Portland Thorns FC. In the 2013 season she stood in all 22 games of the season in the starting lineup and Kansas was only once, in last season's game due to an injury replacement.

National

Her debut in the senior team gave Robinson on September 3, 2013 Test match against Mexico at the side of her teammate Erika Tymrak.