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 Freeman with the San Diego Wave in 2026 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Leah Irene McInerney Freeman[1] | ||
| Date of birth | February 6, 2002 | ||
| Place of birth | Berkeley, California, United States | ||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||
| Position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Lazio | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Mustang SC | |||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2020–2022 | Oregon Ducks | 49 | (0) |
| 2023–2024 | Duke Blue Devils | 37 | (0) |
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2025 | Bay FC | 0 | (0) |
| 2026 | San Diego Wave | 6 | (0) |
| 2026– | Lazio | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2020 | United States U-18 | 1 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 04:11, June 20, 2026 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of January 29, 2020 | |||
Leah Irene McInerney Freeman (born February 6, 2002) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a goalkeeper for Serie A Women club Lazio. She played college soccer for the Oregon Ducks and the Duke Blue Devils, winning both the Pac-12 and ACC Goalkeeper of the Year awards. After a stint with Bay FC, she made her professional debut for the San Diego Wave in 2026.
Early life
Freeman was born in Berkeley, California, to Dale and Kerry Freeman, and has three siblings.[2][3] She played club soccer for Mustang SC, which she helped reach the ECNL national semifinals in 2018. She played high school soccer for Berkeley High School, where she was named first-team All-American as a junior 2019.[3] She committed to the University of Oregon as a freshman.[4]
College career
Oregon Ducks
Freeman became the starting goalkeeper for the Oregon Ducks as a freshman in spring 2021 after the fall season was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. She set program records of single-season goals against average (0.74) and consecutive minutes without conceding a goal (more than five games), helping Oregon to its first winning season since 2006. She was named to the Pac-12 Conference all-conference third team and all-freshman team.[4] In her sophomore season in fall 2021, she kept a program-record nine clean sheets and was named to the All-Pac 12 first team.[2] She trained with the NWSL's Kansas City Current the following summer.[5]
Freeman posted a career-high 114 saves as a junior in 2022, the most by any power conference goalkeeper that year, and became the first Oregon player to be named Pac-12 Goalkeeper of the Year. She made a career-high 14 saves in a shutout of rival Washington.[2] She underwent hip surgery after the season.[5] Oregon did not qualify for the NCAA tournament during Freeman's three years there despite two winning seasons.[6][7] She left Eugene as the program leader in career clean sheets (19) and goals against average (1.05).[2]
Duke Blue Devils
Freeman transferred to the Duke Blue Devils in 2023.[8] She played all but one game for Duke and was named to the All-Atlantic Coast Conference third team. She saved a penalty kick by Avery Patterson in a 1–1 draw with rival North Carolina.[3][9] In her final season in 2024, she helped lead Duke to the national No. 1 ranking and the ACC regular-season title, and she did not concede a goal during the NCAA tournament until the semifinals where they lost to North Carolina. She was named first-team All-ACC, first-team All-American, and the ACC Goalkeeper of the Year, becoming the first college soccer player to win that award in two different conferences.[10][11]
Club career
Bay FC announced on July 18, 2025, that the club had signed Freeman to her first professional contract through the end of the season.[12] She replaced the injured Melissa Lowder as the third-stringer for Bay behind starter Jordan Silkowitz and backup Emmie Allen.[13]
San Diego Wave FC announced on January 12, 2026, that they had signed Freeman to a one-year contract.[14] Following an injury to DiDi Haračić, she won the start over Luisa Agudelo and made her professional debut in a 2–1 win over the Utah Royals on March 22.[15] One week later, she kept her first professional clean sheet in a 2–0 win over Chicago Stars.[16] Supporting a strong San Diego defense, she contributed to five wins from six appearances before being made third-stringer behind a recovered Haračić and Agudelo.[17] Shortly after the Wave signed Sandra Paños, Freeman agreed to a mutual contract termination on July 23.[17]
The following day, Italian club Lazio announced the signing of Freeman.[18]
International career
Freeman trained with the United States national under-16, under-18, and under-20 teams, appearing in one friendly for the under-18s against Norway in 2020.[3][5] She was called up to the under-23 team, for a training camp concurrent with the senior national team, in October 2025.[19]
Honors and awards
Duke Blue Devils
Individual
- First-team All-American: 2024
- ACC Goalkeeper of the Year: 2024
- Pac-12 Goalkeeper of the Year: 2022
- First-team All-ACC: 2024
- First-team All-Pac-12: 2021, 2022
- Third-team All-ACC: 2023
- Third-team All-Pac-12: 2020
References
- ↑ "Duke University 2025 Commencement Program" (PDF). Duke University. p. 44. Archived (PDF) from the original on June 12, 2025. Retrieved May 24, 2025.
- 1 2 3 4 "Leah Freeman". Oregon Ducks. Archived from the original on June 8, 2024. Retrieved November 6, 2024.
- 1 2 3 4 "Leah Freeman". Duke Blue Devils. Retrieved November 6, 2024.
- 1 2 Hansen, Chris (October 6, 2021). "Goalkeeper Leah Freeman stopping shots and setting records for Oregon soccer". The Register-Guard. Archived from the original on July 5, 2022. Retrieved November 6, 2024.
- 1 2 3 Baudhuin, Leo (March 3, 2023). "Berkeley's Blue Devil". Rose City Review. Archived from the original on November 30, 2024. Retrieved November 6, 2024.
- ↑ Hansen, Chris (November 8, 2021). "Oregon women's soccer left out of NCAA Tournament". The Register-Guard. Archived from the original on April 26, 2025. Retrieved November 6, 2024.
- ↑ Herrera, Hayden (December 14, 2022). "Oregon goalkeeper Leah Freeman transfers to Duke". KVAL-TV. Retrieved November 6, 2024.
- ↑ "Women's Soccer Adds Transfer Leah Freeman". Duke Blue Devils. January 9, 2023. Archived from the original on August 11, 2023. Retrieved November 6, 2024.
- ↑ Sheehy, Mackenzie (October 9, 2023). "No. 22 Duke women's soccer leaves it late against North Carolina, snatches draw on Rader's last-minute equalizer". Duke Chronicle. Archived from the original on November 25, 2024. Retrieved November 6, 2024.
- ↑ Tan, Jun (December 6, 2024). "No. 1 Duke women's soccer ends historic Robbie Church era with 3–0 College Cup loss to North Carolina". Duke Chronicle. Archived from the original on December 8, 2024. Retrieved December 8, 2024.
- ↑ "10 College Prospects to Watch This Offseason". National Women's Soccer League. December 17, 2024. Archived from the original on December 26, 2024. Retrieved December 28, 2024.
- ↑ "Bay FC Signs Bay Area Native Goalkeeper Leah Freeman". Bay FC. July 18, 2025. Archived from the original on July 18, 2025. Retrieved July 18, 2025.
- ↑ "Bay FC sign ACC Goalkeeper of the Year Leah Freeman, a Berkeley native". San Francisco Chronicle. July 18, 2025. Retrieved July 18, 2025.
- ↑ "San Diego Wave FC Sign Goalkeeper Leah Freeman". San Diego Wave FC. January 12, 2026. Retrieved January 12, 2026.
- ↑ "San Diego Wave FC Defeats Utah Royals 2-1 in First Road Match of 2026 Season". San Diego Wave. March 22, 2026. Retrieved July 27, 2026.
- ↑ Sanchez, Sebastian (March 29, 2026). "Riding the Wave: San Diego extends win streak to three, shuts out Chicago". The Sporting Tribune. Retrieved July 27, 2026.
- 1 2 Zepeda, Abe (July 23, 2026). "San Diego Wave mutually terminate contract with Leah Freeman". All for XI. SB Nation. Retrieved July 27, 2026.
- ↑ "Leah Freeman è una nuova calciatrice biancoceleste". SS Lazio Women 2015. July 24, 2026. Retrieved July 27, 2026.
- ↑ "24 Players Named for U.S. U-23 WNT Training Camp to Run Concurrently with USWNT Upcoming FIFA Window". United States Soccer Federation. October 16, 2025. Archived from the original on October 16, 2025. Retrieved October 16, 2025.
External links
- Leah Freeman at Soccerway.com
- Leah Freeman at FBref.com
