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| Full name | Leslie Marie Osborne | ||
| Date of birth | 27 May 1983 | ||
| Place of birth | Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States | ||
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Boston Breakers | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2001–2004 | Santa Clara | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2001 | Chicago Cobras | ||
| 2005 | California Storm | 6 | (1) |
| 2009 | FC Gold Pride | 19 | (0) |
| 2010- | Boston Breakers | 34 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| United States U-16 | |||
| United States U-18 | |||
| –2002 | United States U-19 | 21 | (4) |
| United States U-21 | 8 | (?) | |
| 2004– | United States | 61 | (3) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23:19, 30 September 2009 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). |
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Leslie Marie Osborne (born 27 May 1983, in Milwaukee) is an American soccer defensive midfielder who currently plays for the Boston Breakers of Women's Professional Soccer and is a member of the United States women's national soccer team.
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Osborne grew up in Brookfield, Wisconsin and attended Catholic Memorial High School in Waukesha, Wisconsin. She went on play college soccer at Santa Clara University in Santa Clara, California. As a freshman, she was a key member of the Santa Clara team that won the 2001 NCAA Women's Soccer Championship. As a senior in 2004, she was a semifinalist for the Hermann Trophy and won the Honda Sports Award as the nation's outstanding collegiate female player.
Osborne was an assistant coach for the Santa Clara women's team for several years. In 2009, she played for the Women's Professional Soccer FC Gold Pride, in their inaugural season, but was made a free agent following the season and signed with the Boston Breakers.
Osborne was a member of U.S. national youth teams in 2002 and 2003, and earned her first cap with the senior national team on January 30, 2004 against Sweden. After sitting out the first U.S. game of the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup in favor of Shannon Boxx, she played all 90 minutes in all five remaining matches. During the 4-0 semifinal loss to Brazil, Osborne scored an unlucky own goal in an attempt to clear a corner kick.
In May 2008, Osborne tore her ACL before the 2008 Olympics, which caused her to miss the Beijing games. She took nearly a year to rehab the knee injury, causing her to miss several national team games and lose her regular starting position on the national team. She is currently battling to gain back her regular starting place.
Osborne has a primary sponsorship with German sportswear company, Puma.
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