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Bryan Leyva (born February 8, 1992 in
Chihuahua, Chihuahua The city of Chihuahua ''(La Ciudad de Chihuahua)'' () is the state capital of the Mexican state of Chihuahua. , the city of Chihuahua had a population of 925,762 inhabitants. while the metropolitan area had a population of 988,065 inhabitants. ...
, Mexico) is a Mexican former
footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...
. He last played as an attacking midfielder for Dallas City FC (DCFC) of the National Premier Soccer League.


Youth career

Leyva joined the FC Dallas Development Academy in June 2008 as a member of the U-16 team. He helped lead the team to a second place finish in that year’s MLS/SUM U-17 Cup. The midfielder also had training stints with
Lille OSC Lille Olympique Sporting Club (), commonly referred to as LOSC, LOSC Lille or simply Lille, is a French professional football club based in Lille, Hauts-de-France that competes in Ligue 1, the top flight of French football. Lille has played its ...
in France and Racing Santander in Spain.


Club career

In 2009, FC Dallas General Manager Michael Hitchcock announced that Leyva had been signed to its professional team. The signing made Leyva the first homegrown player in FC Dallas history. Over the next few years, he did not receive much playing time and was released by Dallas on November 7, 2012.http://www.mlssoccer.com/news/article/2012/11/07/fc-dallas-decline-options-homegrowns-luna-leyva After a stint in Mexico, he returned to Dallas to join lower league side, DCFC.


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* 1992 births Living people Association football midfielders Expatriate soccer players in the United States FC Dallas players Footballers from Chihuahua Major League Soccer players Mexican expatriate footballers Mexican expatriate sportspeople in the United States Mexican footballers Mexico youth international footballers People from Chihuahua City People from Irving, Texas Soccer players from Texas Sportspeople from the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex Homegrown Players (MLS) {{Mexico-footy-midfielder-stub