Tracey Leone

{{Short description|American soccer player (born 1967)}}

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| name = Tracey Leone

| image = UNC vs Clemson (Oct 2024) 26.jpg

| caption = Leone with the North Carolina Tar Heels in 2024

| fullname = Tracey Marie Leone{{cite web |url=https://fdp.fifa.org/assetspublic/ce93/pdf/SquadLists-English.pdf |title=FIFA Women's World Cup Australia & New Zealand 2023 – Squad List: New Zealand (NZL) |publisher=FIFA |page=19 |date=July 11, 2023 |access-date=July 11, 2023}}

| birth_name = Tracey Marie Bates{{cite magazine |location=Chapel Hill, North Carolina |url=https://archive.org/details/commencement19871987univ/page/45/ |title=Women's Monogram Awards—Fall Sports: Soccer |magazine=Annual Commencement |publisher=University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |page=45 |date=May 10, 1987 |access-date=February 8, 2023}}

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1967|5|5}}

| birth_place = Dallas, Texas, United States{{cite web |title=Tracey Bates Leone UNC coaching bio |url=https://goheels.com/sports/womens-soccer/roster/coaches/tracey-bates-leone/4305 |website=GoHeels.com |publisher=North Carolina Tar Heels |access-date=21 February 2025}}

| height = {{height|ft=4|in=11}}

| position = Midfielder

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| collegeyears1 = 1985–1989

| college1 = North Carolina Tar Heels

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| nationalyears1 = 1987–1991

| nationalteam1 = United States

| nationalcaps1 = 29

| nationalgoals1 = 5

| manageryears1 = 1991–1992

| managerclubs1 = Creighton Bluejays (assistant)

| manageryears2 = 1993–1999

| managerclubs2 = Clemson Tigers

| manageryears3 = 2000–2003

| managerclubs3 = United States U-19

| manageryears4 = 2004

| managerclubs4 = United States (assistant)

| manageryears5 = 2005–2006

| managerclubs5 = Arizona State Sun Devils (assistant)

| manageryears6 = 2007–2009

| managerclubs6 = Harvard Crimson (assistant)

| manageryears7 = 2010–2015

| managerclubs7 = Northeastern Huskies

| manageryears8 = 2022–2023

| managerclubs8 = Colby Mules

| manageryears9 = 2024–

| managerclubs9 = North Carolina Tar Heels (assistant)

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Tracey Marie Leone ({{nee|Bates}}; born May 5, 1967) is an American retired soccer midfielder who was a member of the United States national team. She was the first American to win a world championship as both a player and as a head coach.{{cite web |url=http://www.gonu.com/coaches.aspx?rc=77 |title=2010 Women's Soccer Coaching Staff |author=Northeastern University Athletics |date= |publisher= |accessdate=December 26, 2010}} She became an assistant coach for her alma mater North Carolina Tar Heels in 2024.{{cite web|url=https://goheels.com/sports/womens-soccer/roster/coaches/tracey-bates-leone/4305|title=Tracey Bates Leone|publisher=North Carolina Tar Heels|access-date=2024-10-17}}