Aleigh Gambone
Aleigh Kathryn Gambone is an American professional association football|soccer player who plays as a midfielder for Boston Legacy FC of the National Women's Soccer League. She played college soccer for the North Carolina Tar Heels women's soccer|North Carolina Tar Heels. She began her professional career with Danish club Fortuna Hjørring in 2023, before moving to Glasgow City F.C.|Glasgow City in Scotland, where she was named Player of the Year by her teammates and coaches in 2025.
Early life
Gambone was born and raised in Clifton, Virginia, one of four children born to Michael and Robbi Gambone. She began playing organized soccer with the Southwestern Youth Association at age five before moving to McLean Soccer at 14. There she captained her team to the ECNL under-18/19 national title in 2018, earning ECNL All-American honors twice and the conference player of the year award in 2019. She played both soccer and basketball at Centreville High School (Fairfax County, Virginia)|Centreville High School, receiving TopDrawerSoccer All-American recognition in soccer and The Washington Post All-Met honors in basketball. She committed to play college soccer at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill|University of North Carolina when she was a sophomore. She was ranked by TopDrawerSoccer as the No. 56 recruit of the 2019 class, part of North Carolina's fourth-ranked cohort.
College career
Gambone made a career-high 7 starts, all of them early in the season, in her freshman year with the North Carolina Tar Heels women's soccer|North Carolina Tar Heels in 2019. She played 24 minutes in the 2019 NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament|2019 NCAA tournament 2019 NCAA Division I women's soccer championship game|title game against Stanford Cardinal women's soccer|Stanford, losing on penalties after a scoreless draw. In her sophomore season in 2020 in her senior season.
Club career
Fortuna Hjørring