Tracey Leone

{{Short description|American soccer player (born 1967)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2016}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Tracey Leone | image = UNC vs Clemson (Oct 2024) 26.jpg | caption = Leone with the North Carolina Tar Heels in 2024 | fullname = Tracey Marie Leone<ref>{{cite web |url=https://fdp.fifa.org/assetspublic/ce93/pdf/SquadLists-English.pdf |title=FIFA Women's World Cup Australia & New Zealand 2023 – Squad List: New Zealand (NZL) |publisher=FIFA |page=19 |date=July 11, 2023 |access-date=July 11, 2023}}</ref> | birth_name = Tracey Marie Bates<ref>{{cite magazine |location=Chapel Hill, North Carolina |url=https://archive.org/details/commencement19871987univ/page/45/ |title=Women's Monogram Awards—Fall Sports: Soccer |magazine=Annual Commencement |publisher=University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |page=45 |date=May 10, 1987 |access-date=February 8, 2023}}</ref> | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1967|5|5}} | birth_place = Dallas, Texas, United States<ref>{{cite web |title=Tracey Bates Leone UNC coaching bio |url=https://goheels.com/sports/womens-soccer/roster/coaches/tracey-bates-leone/4305 |website=GoHeels.com |publisher=North Carolina Tar Heels |access-date=21 February 2025}}</ref> | height = | position = Midfielder | currentclub = | clubnumber = | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = | collegeyears1 = 1985–1989 | college1 = North Carolina Tar Heels | collegecaps1 = | collegegoals1 = | years1 = | clubs1 = | caps1 = | goals1 = | nationalyears1 = 1987–1991 | nationalteam1 = United States | nationalcaps1 = 29 | nationalgoals1 = 5 | manageryears1 = 1991–1992 | managerclubs1 = Creighton Bluejays ''(assistant)'' | manageryears2 = 1993–1999 | managerclubs2 = Clemson Tigers | manageryears3 = 2000–2003 | managerclubs3 = United States U-19 | manageryears4 = 2004 | managerclubs4 = United States ''(assistant)'' | manageryears5 = 2005–2006 | managerclubs5 = Arizona State Sun Devils ''(assistant)'' | manageryears6 = 2007–2009 | managerclubs6 = Harvard Crimson ''(assistant)'' | manageryears7 = 2010–2015 | managerclubs7 = Northeastern Huskies | manageryears8 = 2022–2023 | managerclubs8 = Colby Mules | manageryears9 = 2024– | managerclubs9 = North Carolina Tar Heels ''(assistant)'' }}

'''Tracey Marie Leone''' ({{nee|'''Bates'''}}; born May 5, 1967) is an American retired soccer midfielder who was a member of the United States national team. She was the first American to win a world championship as both a player and as a head coach.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gonu.com/coaches.aspx?rc=77 |title=2010 Women's Soccer Coaching Staff |author=Northeastern University Athletics |date= |publisher= |accessdate=December 26, 2010}}</ref> She became an assistant coach for her alma mater North Carolina Tar Heels in 2024.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://goheels.com/sports/womens-soccer/roster/coaches/tracey-bates-leone/4305|title=Tracey Bates Leone|publisher=North Carolina Tar Heels|access-date=2024-10-17}}</ref>

==International career statistics== {| class="wikitable" style=font-size:90% text-align: center width=35% |- !rowspan=2 width=20% | Nation !rowspan=2 width=7% | Year !colspan=5 width=30% | International Appearances |- !align=center | Apps !align=center | Starts !align=center | Minutes !align=center | Goals !align=center | Assists |- |rowspan=5 align=center | '''United States''' |align=center | 1987 |align=center | 7 |align=center | 5 |align=center | 480 |align=center | 0 |align=center | 0 |- |align=center | 1988 |align=center | 6 |align=center | 6 |align=center | 423 |align=center | 1 |align=center | 0 |- |align=center | 1989 |align=center | 1 |align=center | 1 |align=center | 90 |align=center | 0 |align=center | 0 |- |align=center | 1990 |align=center | 3 |align=center | 1 |align=center | 180 |align=center | 0 |align=center | 0 |- |align=center | 1991 |align=center | 12 |align=center | 8 |align=center | 873 |align=center | 4 |align=center | 2 |- !style="background: #DCDCDC" align=center | Career Total !style="background: #DCDCDC" align=center | 5 !style="background: #DCDCDC" align=center | 29 !style="background: #DCDCDC" align=center | 21 !style="background: #DCDCDC" align=center | 2046 !style="background: #DCDCDC" align=center | 5 !style="background: #DCDCDC" align=center | 2 |}

==Personal life== Leone is married to Ray Leone. The pair are both women's college soccer coaches. As of 2014, they are the only two coaches in Division 1 college soccer who are married.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.espn.com/espnw/news-commentary/article/11793404/together-marriage-3-miles-apart-coaching |title=Ray and Tracey Leone: Together In Marriage, 3 Miles Apart in Coaching |author=Graham Hayes |date=November 5, 2014 |publisher=espnw.com |accessdate=June 15, 2017}}</ref> The pair have coached together at Creighton, Clemson, Arizona State, and Harvard.

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==External links== *{{FIFA player|190392}} *[http://www.gonu.com/coaches.aspx?rc=77 Northeastern coaching profile] *[https://archive.today/20130120075631/http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/w-soccer/mtt/leone_tracey00.html Arizona State coaching profile]

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