Sydney Leroux’s mother says abuse and bullying in Canadian soccer drove daughter to US

[ASFN Admin]

Sandi Leroux says allegations of bullying and abuse around the Vancouver Whitecaps and Canada’s youth teams were well known – and not dealt with Sydney Leroux found success in the US after she left Canada. Photograph: Jeremy Reper/ISI Photos/Getty Images Sandi Leroux remembers the yelling the most. The mother of Sydney Leroux has a story to tell about her daughter’s experience climbing the ladder of Canadian soccer’s elite player programs before she switched allegiance to the United States, with

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