Bryan Leyva (born February 8, 1992) is a Mexican former

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. He last played as an attacking midfielder for

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(DCFC) of the

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Youth career

When he was 8 Leyva and his family moved to Northern

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it was his uncle was the reason that they moved there. Luckily for him it would become better for him as he was a substitute for his first

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game ever at the 77th minute against

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. His first professional appearance would also motivate the coaches to show his developmental skills. He only recently joined the team as he had a stint with Mexico U-18 football team where they went to

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. Leyva joined the FC Dallas Development Academy in June 2008 as a member of the U-16 team. He helped lead the team to a second-place finish in that year's MLS/SUM U-17 Cup. The midfielder also had training stints with

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in France and

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in Spain.

Club career

In 2009,

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General Manager Michael Hitchcock announced that Leyva had been signed to its professional team. The signing made Leyva the first homegrown player in FC Dallas history. Over the next few years, he did not receive much playing time and was released by Dallas on November 7, 2012. After a stint in Mexico, he returned to Dallas to join lower league side, DCFC. In a game against

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he recorded his first assist to

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where they went

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into winning.

Personal life

He has his own

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account where he hasn’t posted since 2022.

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* 1992 births Living people Men's association football midfielders Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States FC Dallas players Major League Soccer players Mexican expatriate men's footballers Mexican expatriate sportspeople in the United States Mexican men's footballers Mexico men's youth international footballers Footballers from Chihuahua City Sportspeople from Irving, Texas Soccer players from Dallas County, Texas Homegrown Players (MLS) 21st-century Mexican sportsmen {{Mexico-footy-midfielder-1990s-stub