Luz Saucedo Explained

Luz Saucedo
Fullname:Luz del Rosario Saucedo Soto
Birth Date:1983 12, df=yes
Birth Place:Canatlán, Mexico
Height:5inchesft1inchesin (ftin)
Position:Defender
Years1:2013
Clubs1:Portland Thorns FC
Caps1:0
Goals1:0
Nationalyears1:2003–2011
Nationalteam1:Mexico
Nationalcaps1:106
Nationalgoals1:2

Luz del Rosario Saucedo Soto (born December 14, 1983) is a Mexican former football defender who played for the Mexico women's national football team.

Early life

Luz Saucedo was born in Canatlán, Mexico.

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.

Personal

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

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Marlene Sandoval . Portland Thorns . 12 January 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130123124044/http://www.portlandtimbers.com/women/marlene-sandoval . 23 January 2013 .
  2. Web site: Thorns get Sinclair, Morgan -- but Seattle lands Rapinoe. Portland Tribune. 11 January 2013. 11 January 2013.
  3. Web site: Mexican Players off Portland Thorns Roster. Stumptown Footy. 2013-03-22.
  4. Web site: Un orgullo representar a México en el Mundial: "Charito" Saucedo. Organización Editorial Mexicana SA de CV. 12 January 2013.