Marshall Leonard

American soccer defender and midfielder (born 1980)


title: "Marshall Leonard" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["1980-births", "living-people", "american-men's-soccer-players", "virginia-cavaliers-men's-soccer-players", "african-american-soccer-players", "new-england-revolution-players", "soccer-players-from-el-paso,-texas", "sportspeople-from-columbus,-georgia", "major-league-soccer-players", "united-states-men's-youth-international-soccer-players", "new-england-revolution-draft-picks", "men's-association-football-defenders", "physicians-from-georgia-(u.s.-state)", "soccer-players-from-georgia-(u.s.-state)", "21st-century-african-american-physicians", "21st-century-american-physicians", "21st-century-african-american-sportsmen", "20th-century-african-american-sportsmen", "21st-century-american-sportsmen", "20th-century-american-sportsmen"] description: "American soccer defender and midfielder (born 1980)" topic_path: "science/biology" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marshall_Leonard" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary American soccer defender and midfielder (born 1980) ::

::data[format=table title="Infobox football biography"]

FieldValue
nameMarshall Leonard
fullnameMarshall Leonard
birth_date
birth_placeEl Paso, Texas, United States
height
positionDefender
collegeyears11998–2001
college1Virginia Cavaliers
years12002–2007
clubs1New England Revolution
caps163
goals11
pcupdate14 May 2007
ntupdate12 June 2006
::

| name= Marshall Leonard | fullname = Marshall Leonard | image = | birth_date = | birth_place = El Paso, Texas, United States | height = | currentclub = | clubnumber = | position = Defender | collegeyears1 = 1998–2001 | college1 = Virginia Cavaliers | years1 = 2002–2007 | clubs1 = New England Revolution | caps1 = 63 | goals1 = 1 | nationalyears1 = | nationalteam1 = | nationalcaps1 = | nationalgoals1 = | pcupdate = 14 May 2007 | ntupdate = 12 June 2006 Marshall Leonard (born December 29, 1980, in El Paso, Texas) is an American soccer defender and midfielder, who last played for the New England Revolution of Major League Soccer.

Leonard is African American. He attended high school in Columbus, Georgia, earning varsity letters at both Shaw High School and Brookstone School. He went on to play college soccer at the University of Virginia from 1998 to 2001. Leonard played and started in a total of 89 games at UVA while scoring one goal and 8 assists.

Leonard was selected 45th overall in the 2002 MLS SuperDraft, and signed to a developmental contract. After spending his first year entirely on the bench, Leonard came on strong at the end of 2003, appearing in ten games, including five starts. He developed into a consistent starter in 2004, and when Joe Franchino went down with an injury, Leonard took his spot at left back; he finished the year with one assist in 22 starts. In 2005, while playing most of the year at the left wing spot, he scored a goal and an assist. He was waived by New England in 2007.

Following his retirement from soccer, Leonard graduated from the Stony Brook School of Medicine in 2016. He later completed his residency in emergency medicine at Stony Brook University Hospital in 2019.

Honors

New England Revolution

References

References

  1. Mello, Felicia. [https://archive.today/20120719042915/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/boston/access/1341181601.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Sep+25,+2007&author=Felicia+Mello&pub=Boston+Globe&desc=A+background+check+for+human+posterity&pqatl=google "A background check for human posterity"], ''[[The Boston Globe]]'', September 25, 2007. Accessed March 17, 2012. "Marshall Leonard, a midfielder for Major League Soccer's New England Revolution, traveled the world with his military family and later as a player on the U.S. under-17 national team. But the African-American from Georgia never expected to discover that his roots trace back to Finland and Asia."
  2. "Marshall Leonard Bio". CBS Interactive.
  3. Martins, Gus. (August 30, 2003). "Soccer; Revs' Leonard gets shot". Boston Herald.
  4. (March 29, 2020). "Former Rev Marshall Leonard joins New York City virus battle as physician". ESPN.

::callout[type=info title="Wikipedia Source"] This article was imported from Wikipedia and is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Content has been adapted to SurfDoc format. Original contributors can be found on the article history page. ::

1980-birthsliving-peopleamerican-men's-soccer-playersvirginia-cavaliers-men's-soccer-playersafrican-american-soccer-playersnew-england-revolution-playerssoccer-players-from-el-paso,-texassportspeople-from-columbus,-georgiamajor-league-soccer-playersunited-states-men's-youth-international-soccer-playersnew-england-revolution-draft-picksmen's-association-football-defendersphysicians-from-georgia-(u.s.-state)soccer-players-from-georgia-(u.s.-state)21st-century-african-american-physicians21st-century-american-physicians21st-century-african-american-sportsmen20th-century-african-american-sportsmen21st-century-american-sportsmen20th-century-american-sportsmen