Leo Burney (born November 2, 2001) is an American

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player who plays for

Major League Soccer Major League Soccer (MLS) is a professional Association football, soccer league in North America and the highest level of the United States soccer league system. It comprises 30 teams, with 27 in the United States and 3 in Canada, and is sanc ...

club

Seattle Sounders FC Seattle Sounders FC is an American professional association football, soccer club based in Seattle. The Sounders compete in Major League Soccer (MLS) as a member of the Western Conference (MLS), Western Conference. The club was established on ...

Career

Burney started his youth career with local side Blue Arrows before joining Seattle United in 2010. He joined the

academy in 2015. He made his debut for

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club

Seattle Sounders FC 2 The Tacoma Defiance, formerly Seattle Sounders FC 2, are an American professional Association football, soccer team based in the Puget Sound region in Tukwila, Washington, United States. The team competes in MLS Next Pro, a league in the third ...

in August 2018. In the summer of 2022, Burney joined the inaugural roster for

USL League Two USL League Two (USL2), formerly the Premier Development League (PDL), is a semi-professional soccer league sponsored by United Soccer Leagues in the United States, forming part of the United States soccer league system. The league will featu ...

club

Ballard FC Ballard FC is an American soccer club based in Seattle, Washington, competing in the Northwest Division of USL League Two. They began play in the 2022 season and won their first league championship in 2023. The team plays their home matches a ...

. He rejoined the team for the 2023 season and helped the team to the league championship. While at the University of Pennsylvania, Burney was named to the All-

Ivy League The Ivy League is an American collegiate List of NCAA conferences, athletic conference of eight Private university, private Research university, research universities in the Northeastern United States. It participates in the National Collegia ...

First Team all four years, and was twice named Ivy League Defensive Player of the Year in 2022 and 2024. In December 2024, Bruney signed with the

first team for the 2025 season, with club options for the next three years.

References

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Penn Athletics Profile
2001 births Living people American men's soccer players Tacoma Defiance players Ballard FC players Men's association football midfielders USL Championship players USL League Two players People from Tukwila, Washington Soccer players from King County, Washington Penn Quakers men's soccer players 21st-century American sportsmen Seattle Sounders FC players Homegrown Players (MLS) {{US-footy-midfielder-2000s-stub