Leslie King (footballer)

Leslie Catherine King (Leslie Moore) (born 13 November 1963) is a former association football player who represented the New Zealand women's national football team.

Leslie King
Personal information
Full name Leslie Catherine King
Date of birth (1963-11-13) 13 November 1963
Place of birth United States
Position(s) Goalkeeper
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1987–1994 New Zealand 28 (0)

King made her Football Ferns debut in a 3–0 win over Hawaii on 12 December 1987[1] and ended her international career with 28 caps to her credit.[2] At the time of the 1991 OFC Women's Championship, the New Zealanders reckoned King to be the best active female goalkeeper in the world.[3]

King represented New Zealand at the Women's World Cup finals in China in 1991, playing all three group games.[4]

Softball

King played softball at University for the Cal State Fullerton Titans from 1982 to 1985 and represented the United States women's national softball team on their tour of China in 1985. She moved to New Zealand to play soccer and was also continued her softball career with the New Zealand women's national softball team.[5] She was team captain when she was dropped from the team for the Softball at the 2000 Summer Olympics tournament.[6]

References
  1. "Football Ferns – Line-ups". The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website. Retrieved 20 February 2009.
  2. "Caps 'n' Goals, New Zealand Women's national representatives". The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website. Retrieved 22 September 2008.
  3. Cooke, Graham (13 April 1991). "Soccer NZ claims it has best female goalkeeper". The Canberra Times. p. 12. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
  4. "FIFA Women's World Cup China PR 1991 – Team New Zealand". FIFA. Archived from the original on 12 August 2009. Retrieved 30 January 2009.
  5. Higgins, Laine (19 April 2016). "Success follows Penn softball's Leslie King over oceans and outfield fences". The Daily Pennsylvanian. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
  6. "Softball: Olympic sacking bombshell for NZ softball skipper". The New Zealand Herald. 30 June 2000. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
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