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Daniel Leyva
(Danny Leyva)

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Born
2003 (21 years old)

Birth Place
Las Vegas, USA

Position
Midfielder

Status
Active

Ethnicity
Hispanic

Team Number
75

Height
178 cm

Weight
150 lbs

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Seattle Sounders FC

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Daniel Ulises Leyva (born May 5, 2003) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a defensive midfielder for Major League Soccer club Seattle Sounders FC.

Club career
Leyva was raised in Chicago, Illinois; his father Ulises had played in the youth academy of Club América in Mexico City, but left the sport to pursue a career in civil engineering. He played for the Barcelona USA Academy in Las Vegas before joining the Seattle Sounders FC Academy at the age of 13. Leyva was placed on Seattle's under-15 team ahead of the 2017–18 season, but was later moved to the under-17 squad.

He made his debut for the Sounders reserve team in the United Soccer League (USL) on September 29, 2018, during a 3–1 loss to San Antonio FC, becoming the second-youngest player in league history. Leyva signed a full USL contract with the team the following month and began training with the senior team during the 2019 preseason, appearing in friendlies against the Portland Timbers and Club Nacional. Leyva signed a homegrown contract with Seattle Sounders FC on April 9, 2019, becoming the youngest player in the team's history. He made his first-team debut on June 5, 2019, as a late substitute during an away loss to the Montreal Impact, becoming the third-youngest player in the league's history.

International career
In October 2019, Leyva was named to the United States squad for the 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Brazil.

Leyva who has only played for U.S. youth national teams, also holds the option to be called up by Mexico.

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Born in the United States, Leyva is of Mexican descent.

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