Luz del Rosario Saucedo Soto (born December 14, 1983) is a Mexican former

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defender who played for the

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Early life

Luz Saucedo was born in Canatlán,

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Playing career

Club

Portland Thorns FC

In January 2013, Saucedo was included in a list of 55 players from the U.S., Canada, and Mexico national teams that were allocated to the eight teams in the new

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. She was allocated to Portland Thorns FC but was later removed by the Mexican Football Federation for unknown reasons.

International

Saucedo represented Mexico at the FIFA U-19 Women's World Cup in Canada 2002), at the

2004 Summer Olympic Games The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...

in Athens, and at two Pan American Games in the Dominican Republic in 2003 and Rio de Janeiro in 2007. She also was a member of the

at the

2011 FIFA Women's World Cup The 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup was the sixth FIFA Women's World Cup competition, the world championship for women's national association football teams. It was held from 26 June to 17 July 2011 in Germany, which won the right to host the even ...

in Germany.

Personal

Saucedo's nickname is "Charito."

References

External links

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Portland Thorns player profile

1983 births Living people Mexican women's footballers Mexico women's international footballers Footballers from Durango Footballers at the 2011 Pan American Games Olympic footballers of Mexico Footballers at the 2004 Summer Olympics 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup players FIFA Century Club Women's association football defenders Pan American Games medalists in football Pan American Games bronze medalists for Mexico Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games {{Mexico-women-footy-bio-stub