Roger Levesque

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Roger Levesque is an American soccer player.

Levesque played college soccer at Stanford University from 1999 to 2002. After two seasons as a reserve, Levesque became a starter as a junior, and ended the season as a second-team All-American, having scored 14 goals and 9 assists. In his senior year he led the team in points with 7 goals and 13 assists, and was named a third team All-American. Stamford lost to UCLA that year in the NCAA Final.

Levesque was selected 23rd overall in the 2003 MLS SuperDraft by the San Jose Earthquakes. Much of his rookie season was lost when he injured his ACL during a preseason game with the United States Under-23 national team.

In 2004 Levesque spent most of the season on loan to the Seattle Sounders,scoring 8 goals and 4 assists in 27 games as the team reached the A-League championship.

Levesque scored four goals for the Sounders in the 2005 United Soccer League First Division playoffs. His three goals led Seattle past the Portland Timbers and his stoppage time goal was the winner as Seattle beat Montreal Impact 2-1. Seattle went on to win the 2005 Championship.

Levesque was released by San Jose in November, 2005, and in February, 2006, Levesque signed a year-long deal to return to Seattle Sounders. He scored two goals and three assists during the regular season and led the team in minutes played.

Levesque was born January 22, 1981 in Portland, Maine. He led Falmouth High School to the 1996 and 1997 Maine state championships. In 1998, he was selected the state player of the year by the Maine Sunday Telegram, having broke the state scoring record with 106 goals for his career. Levesque was also a standout basketball player, twice named Maine's Class C player of the year by the Lewiston Sun Journal, and leading Falmouth to state titles in 1997, 1998 and 1999.