Luz Saucedo

Luz Saucedo
Personal information
Full name Luz del Rosario Saucedo Soto
Date of birth (1983-12-14) 14 December 1983
Place of birth Canatlán, Mexico
Height 5 ft 1 in (1.55 m)
Playing position Defender
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003- Mexico 106 (2)
This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Saucedo and the second or maternal family name is Soto.

Luz del Rosario Saucedo Soto (born December 14, 1983) is a Mexican football defender and member of the Mexico women's national football team. She was allocated to the Portland Thorns FC for the NWSL league, but later removed by the Mexican Football Federation for unknown reasons.

Early life

Sandoval was born in Canatlán, Mexico.[1]

Playing career

Club

Portland Thorns FC

In January 2013, Saucedo was included in a list of 55 players from the U.S., Canada, and Mexico national teams that were allocated to the eight teams in the new National Women's Soccer League. She was allocated to Portland Thorns FC[1][2] but was later removed by the Mexican Football Federation for unknown reasons.[3]

International

Saucedo represented Mexico at the FIFA U-19 Women's World Cup in Canada 2002), at the 2004 Summer Olympic Games in Athens, and at two Pan American Games in the Dominican Republic in 2003 and Rio de Janeiro in 2007. She also was a member of the Mexico women's national football team at the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup in Germany.[4]

Personal

Saucedo's nickname is "Charito." [4]

References

  1. 1 2 "Marlene Sandoval". Portland Thorns. Retrieved 12 January 2013.
  2. ↑ "Thorns get Sinclair, Morgan -- but Seattle lands Rapinoe". Portland Tribune. 11 January 2013. Retrieved 11 January 2013.
  3. ↑ . Stumptown Footy http://www.stumptownfooty.com/2013/3/21/4133576/portland-thorns-fc-mexican-players-removed-from-roster. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. 1 2 "Un orgullo representar a México en el Mundial: "Charito" Saucedo". Organización Editorial Mexicana SA de CV. Retrieved 12 January 2013.
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