 Slaton at the Cerro Porteño stadium in Asunción, Paraguay, wearing the jersey of the Paraguay national football team. | |||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Danielle Victoria Slaton[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | June 10, 1980 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | San Jose, California, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| Central Valley Mercury | |||||||||||||||||
| College career | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1998–2001 | Santa Clara Broncos | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2002–2003 | Carolina Courage | ||||||||||||||||
| 2005 | Lyon | ||||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1999–2003 | United States | 43 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
Danielle Victoria Slaton (born June 10, 1980) is an American retired professional soccer player. She is currently a soccer analyst for MLS Season Pass, Fox Sports and the Pac-12 Network. A five-year member of the United States women's national soccer team from 2000-2005, Slaton also played for the Carolina Courage in the Women's United Soccer Association (WUSA) and was named the league's Defender of the Year. She went on to play for the French club Olympique Lyonnais where she was a starting defender on the team in the Division 1 Féminine. In 2017 she was inducted into the San Jose Sports Hall of Fame.[2]
- ^ Giglio, J.P. (June 29, 2003). "Dogged defender grows toward soccer stardom". City & State. The News & Observer. Vol. 80, no. 34. Raleigh, North Carolina. p. 5B. Retrieved August 5, 2022.
- ^ "Danielle Slaton named to San Jose Sports Hall of Fame Class of 2017". October 10, 2017. Retrieved July 7, 2024.