Leah Janine Blayney (born 4 July 1986) is an
Australian
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soccer
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coach
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and former player, who represented
Boston Breakers
The Boston Breakers were an American professional women's soccer club based in the Boston neighborhood of Allston. The team competed in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). They replaced the original Breakers, who competed in the defu ...
in the
American WPS.
She played for Australia at the
2004 FIFA Under 19 Women's World Championship and
2006 FIFA Under 20 Women's World Championship.
She was the head coach of the
Australia women's national under-20 soccer team
The Australian women's national under-20 soccer team represents Australia in international women's under-20 soccer. The team is controlled by the governing body for soccer in Australia, Football Federation Australia (FFA), which is currently a ...
from 2019–2024.
Currently she is the assistant manager of the
Japan women's national football team
The , commonly known as Yamato nadeshiko, Nadeshiko Japan (なでしこジャパン), represents Japan in women's association football and is run by the Japan Football Association (JFA). One of the two countries to win every FIFA competition an ...
.
References
External links
*
Auburn Tigers player profile*
1986 births
Living people
Australian women's soccer players
21st-century Australian sportswomen
Australian expatriate women's soccer players
Sydney FC (women) players
Boston Breakers players
Eskilstuna United DFF players
Australia women's international soccer players
Women's association football midfielders
Expatriate women's soccer players in the United States
Expatriate women's footballers in Sweden
Australian expatriate sportspeople in Sweden
Australian expatriate sportspeople in the United States
Auburn Tigers women's soccer players
Central Connecticut Blue Devils women's soccer players
Boston Aztec (WPSL) players
Women's Premier Soccer League players
People from the Blue Mountains (New South Wales)
Women's Professional Soccer players
Sportswomen from New South Wales
Soccer players from New South Wales
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