Leticia McKenna


Leticia Lee McKenna is an Australian soccer player who currently plays as a midfielder for Melbourne City. She has previously played for Perth Glory and Brisbane Roar. McKenna represented Australia in the Australia U20s and Australia U23s.

Early years

McKenna grew up in the Perth suburb of Cockburn, with a younger sister, Tijan, who is also a soccer player. At six-years old she joined Cockburn City SC juniors. She represented Football West National Training Centre, which competes in the National Premier Leagues WA Women at under-13, under-15 and under-19 before joining their seniors in 2017.

Club career

As a 16-year-old McKenna debuted in the W-League [2018–19 Perth Glory (women)|Perth Glory FC (women) season|2018–19 season], for Perth Glory. She scored a goal on debut in November 2024: a 4–4 draw with Canberra United in round 2. Overall she played 12 matches and scored two goals in her first season. McKenna was also a member of Perth's 2–4 winning semi-final team against league premiers, Melbourne Victory in February 2019, where she provided an assist for their star striker, Sam Kerr's third goal. McKenna was one of the teens in the team, who received praise from Kerr for her abilities and maturity. The team finished runners-up to champions Sydney FC; McKenna was named Western Australia's Female Footballer of the Year in February 2019.
McKenna was also an ambassador for the 2019 Smarter than Smoking Kicking Off Healthy Clubs initiative.
In McKenna's second season at Perth Glory, she scored one goal across 12 games. In November 2020, the midfielder signed with Brisbane Roar for the 2020–21 W-League season, where she played 12 games and helped Brisbane reach runners-up in the league. During 2021-2022 A-League off-season she played for Blacktown Spartans in the National Premier Leagues NSW Women's.
In September 2021, McKenna joined Melbourne City, for the 2021–22 season initially on a two-year contract. By the start of 2024–25 season, she had kicked three goals across 55 appearances for City, and a total of six goals from 92 appearances for A-League Women teams since 2018.

International career

McKenna played two games for the Australia women's national under-20 soccer team during the first round of qualifiers in Lebanon in for the 2019 AFC U-19 Women's Championship. She was named to the Young Matildas for two friendlies against New Zealand and then a training camp in mid-May 2022. However, she was dropped from the final squad for the 2022 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup held in Costa Rica in August of that year.
McKenna joined the 23-player squad for the Australia women's national under-23 soccer team, which competed at the 2025 ASEAN Women's Championship in Vietnam from 6 to 19 August. She scored in her team's 9–0 defeat of Timor Leste to reach the semi-finals. McKenna kicked the second goal in the 2–1 win against Vietnam in that match on 16 August, and helped Australia U23 win the final against Myanmar and become ASEAN Champions.

Honours

Regional
Club
Individual