The San Jose Earthquakes are betting on the next wave in their midfield.
The club announced Monday it has signed midfielder Beau Leroux to a new contract through June 2028, with a club option for June 2029, rewarding the 22-year-old after a rapid rise in his first MLS season.
Leroux didn’t enter 2025 as a guaranteed week-to-week starter. In fact, the Earthquakes noted he signed his first-team contract on the eve of the season opener — and then quickly turned opportunity into impact. By the end of the year, Leroux had logged 33 appearances (25 starts) and nine goal contributions (5 goals, 4 assists), production that earned him the club’s Young Player of the Year honors.
“We’re pleased to sign Beau Leroux to a new contract,” head coach and sporting director Bruce Arena said in the team’s release. “Beau has a bright future in this league.”
One of the defining snapshots of Leroux’s rookie campaign came on Matchday 21, when he captured AT&T Goal of the Matchday leaguewide for a curling strike from outside the box in a 1-1 draw vs. rival LA Galaxy at Stanford Stadium. It was the kind of moment that didn’t just show confidence — it showed he could decide games.
For Leroux, the extension also carries a hometown feel. “I’m…super grateful and excited to be re-signing with my hometown team,” he said, thanking the fans and the organization for their support.
Leroux’s path to the first team wasn’t instant, but it was steady.
San Jose originally selected him 42nd overall in the 2024 MLS SuperDraft out of San José State, where he played from 2021–23 and made 43 appearances. After the draft, he spent 2024 with the club’s MLS NEXT Pro side, The Town FC, scoring five goals in 24 appearances (23 starts) across regular season and playoffs.
The roots go deeper than the draft card, too: Leroux was born and raised in San Jose, attended Santa Teresa High School, and also spent time with the Quakes Academy and Santa Cruz Breakers as a youth player — a local pipeline story that’s easy for fans to rally around.
For the Earthquakes, the extension is a clear statement: Leroux isn’t just a “nice rookie surprise” — he’s a piece they want secured going into the next cycle.
San Jose opens its 2026 MLS season on Feb. 21 vs. Sporting Kansas City, and Leroux now enters that year with long-term stability and a higher bar after setting the tone in 2025. The challenge next is simple: turn a breakout season into a standard.
And for the Quakes? Locking in a young, productive, hometown midfielder through 2028 is exactly the kind of move that signals planning beyond the next matchday.
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