FORMER USWNT star Sydney Leroux shared her top parenting tip.
The talented football player is the mother of two children – aged seven and four.
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Her schedule means she needs to get the kids ready quickly before heading to morning training with Angel City FC.
And she revealed her hilarious method for making sure they’re ready on time – by making them sleep in their clothes the next day.
“It was actually my son who thought of it first,” she said CNBC Do it.
“I was like, ‘This is genius! We’re going to do this all the time. I’m going to do this with your sister.”
Leroux shares son Cassius, 7, and daughter Roux, 4, with ex-husband Dom Dwyer.
The professional football players split in 2021.
“My children have always been and will always be my priority,” Leroux said at the time.
Leroux scored 35 goals in 77 appearances for the United States and last played for the national team in 2017.
The Canadian-born striker won the 2012 Olympics and the 2015 World Cup.
In June, she revealed that she dropped Cassius from a football program.
“My son was in a situation where I had to take him out because I felt like it wasn’t working,” Leroux said. Us weekly .
“As parents, we have to be able to see that. No matter how much we want this for our children, we have to be able to see that if the situation isn’t working, there are other situations that might work better. That’s what I did with my son.
“It gets super, super intense. Everyone is intense about it. It’s a very stressful environment and I don’t think it needs to be that way.
“When you’re young, it should always be about the love of the game and having fun.
“Some of my best friends are people I played youth football with.
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“I think this is very important because it’s very intense. It’s expensive. People are investing a lot in this.
“Parents too. I think it was the right situation for us to step away and find a better situation for our children.”
It seems unlikely that daughter Roux will follow in her footsteps, but Leroux is okay with it.
“My daughter played youth soccer. Last year was her first year,” she added.
“And like, it’s just not for her! I love that. I love seeing how different they are and their different passions.
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