Lexington Sporting Club announced the official signing of Maddy Perez to the inaugural USL Super League roster pending league and federation approval on Monday, July 1st.
Originally from West Covina, California, Perez was a teammate of fellow Lexington SC Super League signee Elysia Laramie at Cal State-Long Beach (Long Beach State) at the NCAA Division-I level.
Following the conclusion of her high school career at West Covina High School — which she led to a league championship as a freshman — Perez committed to LBSU with several years of United States Women’s Youth National Team experience under her belt.
Perez was called up for her home country at the U16, U17, U18, and U20 levels, most recently suiting up for the U20 squad in a friendly against Japan in 2019.
With her true freshman year being canceled due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Perez returned in 2021 as a freshman — having been granted an extra year of eligibility — and was immediately named Big West Freshman of the Year and to the Big West All-Conference First Team after starting in 17/18 games played, playing a full 90 in 15 matches.
In 2022 she once again was named to the Big West All-Conference First Team after starting in all 21 games for LBSU, being on the field for over 99% of all minutes played by the squad that season. She was also named to the United Soccer Coaches All-West Region Third Team.
In 2023 she returned once again to both the Big West All-Conference First Team and United Soccer Coaches All-West Region Third Team, leading the team in minutes for the third year in a row and starting in all 20 games.
She opted to forgo her final year of eligibility to focus on professional soccer and is now set to join the inaugural Lexington SC USL Super League squad.
