Gavin Murray MacLeod (born 8 August 1983) is a Scottish

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who currently lives in

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and is the assistant coach and director of player performance for the

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women’s soccer team, as part of the

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Playing career

As a player, MacLeod played four years at

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and also played for the

Vermont Voltage Vermont Voltage was an American association football, soccer team based in St. Albans (city), Vermont, St. Albans, Vermont, United States. Founded in 1997, the team played in the USL Premier Development League (PDL), the fourth tier of the Americ ...

and

Cincinnati Kings Cincinnati Kings were a professional American association football, soccer club based in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States. Founded in 2005, the team played in the USL Premier Development League (PDL), the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid ...

in the

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Management career

After finishing his playing career, he earned his

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in Sports Nutrition and Exercise Science from

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, and earned his UEFA licence and NSCAA Premier Diploma, with over five years of coaching at all levels of the game. His first coaching position in the USA came as the assistant coach with the

during the 2012 USL Premier Development League season. MacLeod helped lead the team to a fourth-place finish in the Great Lakes Division, missing a playoff berth by just two point. In 2013 after the dissolution of the Kings PDL franchise, he was named as the head coach for the Cincinnati Saints. With MacLeod in charge, the Saints won the 2013 Midwest Regional League and were semi-finalists in the 2013

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Regional Tournament. Towards the end of 2013, the Cincinnati Saints announced plans to move into the

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for the 2014 season. In February 2014 it was announced that he had accepted the position as head coach of the Dayton Dutch Lions W-League team for the upcoming season. The Dutch Lions announced on 25 February 2015 that MacLeod would be returning for the 2015 W-League.Macleod Back to Lead Dutch Lions
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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:MacLeod, Gavin 1983 births Men's association football defenders Living people Vermont Voltage players Cincinnati Kings players Scottish footballers Scottish expatriate footballers Expatriate soccer players in the United States Scottish expatriate sportspeople in the United States