Leah Freeman

Leah Freeman

File:Duke vs Louisville 2024 - 13.jpg Freeman with Duke in 2024
Personal information
Full name	Leah Irene McInerney Freeman
Date of birth	(2002-02-06) February 6, 2002
Place of birth	Berkeley, California, United States
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Position	Goalkeeper
College career
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2020–2022	Oregon Ducks	49	(0)
2023–2024	Duke Blue Devils	37	(0)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2025	Bay FC	0	(0)
International career‡
2020	United States U-18	1	(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals as of January 29, 2020

Leah Irene McInerney Freeman (born February 6, 2002) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a goalkeeper. She played college soccer for the Oregon Ducks and the Duke Blue Devils, winning both Pac-12 and ACC Goalkeeper of the Year.

Early life

Freeman was born in Berkeley, California, to Dale and Kerry Freeman, and has three siblings. She played club soccer for Mustang SC, which she helped reach the ECNL national semifinals in 2018. She played high school soccer for Berkeley High School, where she was named first-team All-American as a junior in 2018–19. She committed to the University of Oregon as a freshman.

College career

Oregon Ducks

Freeman became the starting goalkeeper for the Oregon Ducks as a freshman in spring 2021 after the fall season was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. She set program records of single-season goals against average (0.74) and consecutive minutes without conceding a goal (more than five games), helping Oregon to its first winning season since 2006. She was named to the Pac-12 Conference all-conference third team and all-freshman team. In her sophomore season in fall 2021, she kept a program-record nine clean sheets and was named to the All-Pac 12 first team. She trained with the NWSL's Kansas City Current the following summer.

Freeman posted a career-high 114 saves as a junior in 2022, the most by any power conference goalkeeper that year, and became the first Oregon player to be named Pac-12 Goalkeeper of the Year. She made a career-high 14 saves in a shutout of rival Washington. She underwent hip surgery after the season. Oregon did not qualify for the NCAA tournament during Freeman's three years there despite two winning seasons. She left Eugene as the program leader in career clean sheets (18) and goals against average (1.05).

Duke Blue Devils

Freeman transferred to the Duke Blue Devils before the 2023 season. She played all but one game for Duke and was named to the All-Atlantic Coast Conference third team. She saved a penalty kick by Avery Patterson in a 1–1 draw with rival North Carolina. In her final season in 2024, she helped lead Duke to the national No. 1 ranking and the ACC regular-season title, and she did not concede a goal during the NCAA tournament until the semifinals where they lost to North Carolina. She was named first-team All-ACC, first-team All-American, and the ACC Goalkeeper of the Year, becoming the first college soccer player to win that award in two different conferences.

Club career

Bay FC

Bay FC announced on July 18, 2025, that the club had signed Freeman to her first professional contract, agreeing to a deal through the end of the season. She joined Jordan Silkowitz and Emmie Allen in Bay's goalkeeping pool, replacing the injured Melissa Lowder.

International career

Freeman trained with the United States national under-16, under-18, and under-20 teams, appearing in one friendly for the under-18s against Norway in 2020. She was called up to the under-23 team, for a training camp concurrent with the senior national team, in October 2025.