 Sydney Rae Leroux Dwyer ( born May 7 , 1990 ) is a Canadian American professional soccer player and Olympic gold medalist . As a forward , she is currently signed by FC Kansas City in the National Women 's Soccer League ( NWSL ) . After representing Canada at various youth levels , she chose to play for the United States women 's national under @-@ 20 soccer team starting in 2008 and later began playing for the U.S. senior national team in 2012 . Leroux has earned over 50 caps with the senior national team and was part of the Americans ' winning squads at the 2012 London Olympics and 2015 Women 's World Cup . 
