2024/2025 Season
Lexington Sporting Club officially announced the signing of Maddy Perez to the inaugural USL Super League roster on July 1, 2024.
Perez earned a starting spot in Lexington SC’s inaugural women’s professional match on August 25, 2024, against Carolina Ascent FC, where she delivered the assist for the club’s first-ever USL Super League goal from a corner kick which was headed in by Sydney Shepherd.
Perez quickly established herself as a set-piece specialist, recording five assists from dead-ball situations over the season.
A model of consistency and durability in her first professional campaign, she logged over 2,000 minutes and started in 24 matches.
On the May 31, 2025, Perez scored her first professional goal with a sensational bending free kick that curled over the defensive wall and into the back of the net.
Before Lexington Sporting Club
Originally from West Covina, California, Perez began her soccer journey at West Covina High School, where she led her team to a league championship as a freshman. Alongside her high school success, she gained valuable international experience with the United States Women’s Youth National Teams, earning call-ups at the U16, U17, U18, and U20 levels. Her most recent national appearance came in 2019 with the U20s in a friendly against Japan.
Perez went on to play NCAA Division I soccer at Cal State-Long Beach (Long Beach State), where she was teammates with fellow Lexington SC signee Elysia Laramie. Although her true freshman season was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, she returned in 2021 and immediately made an impact — starting 17 of 18 matches, playing a full 90 minutes in 15 games, and earning Big West Freshman of the Year and Big West All-Conference First Team honors.
In 2022, she continued her dominant form, starting all 21 matches and playing over 99% of the team’s total minutes. She was again named to the Big West All-Conference First Team and earned United Soccer Coaches All-West Region Third Team recognition.
Perez repeated both honors in 2023, leading her team in minutes for the third consecutive season and starting all 20 matches.
After a standout collegiate career, Perez chose to forgo her final year of eligibility to pursue professional soccer full-time.
