Sydney Leroux has said she will take a "step away from soccer for my mental health" one day before her club, Angel City, begin their NWSL campaign against the San Diego Wave. Leroux, 34, insisted in the post,

Angel City hopes 2025 will mark a new beginning, but Sydney Leroux announcing she will take a mental-health break seems to catch the team by surprise.

Soccer star Sydney Leroux is taking a break from the sport but promises she’ll be back. On Sunday, March 16, the 34-year-old took to Instagram to announce her decision to step away from soccer in order to turn her focus to her mental health.

Former USWNT member Sydney Leroux shared her decision to step back from the sport to focus on her mental health

Sydney Leroux announced to her 1.1 million instagram followers that she would be taking a step back from professional soccer to focus on her mental health.