Bridget Rose Callahan (born April 16, 1996) is an American

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player who last played as a

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for

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in the

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Early life

Callahan attended

Chaminade-Madonna College Preparatory School Chaminade-Madonna College Preparatory (CMCP) is a private Marianist school located in Hollywood, Florida, United States, on Chaminade Drive, in front of Nativity Catholic School in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Miami. Covering high school an ...

in Hollywood, Florida, and helped the school to back-to-back district championships in 2012 and 2013, the first titles in school history. During her high school career, she was selected to the Miami Herald All-County First Team in three consecutive years. She was also honored as the Sun Sentinel team MVP after two exceptional seasons. She started her soccer career at Boggs Field with Hollywood Wildcats Soccer Club and continued to play her club soccer as part of

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's academy. Callahan was also a talented volleyball player in high school.

UCF Knights

Callahan attended

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from 2014 to 2017. She registered nine goals and two assists in 75 games from midfield. In her career at UCF, Callahan became the only player in program history to earn both

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Offensive and Defensive player of the week honors. During her senior season as a Knight, she started 17 games and played 1301 minutes as the Knights clinched the 2017 AAC regular season title. She graduated from the University of Central Florida with a Bachelor of Arts in Human Communication. In the off-seasons, Callahan played with local

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side FC Surge.

Professional career

Orlando Pride

On March 23, 2018,

signed Callahan as a National Team Replacement player. She made her professional debut on March 31, coming on as a substitute away to

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. After appearing only once in 2018, she was re-signed to the team for the 2019 season, this time to the full senior squad under new head coach

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. Callahan was waived on June 21, 2020, ahead of the start of the

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Career statistics

Media work

In February 2021, Callahan began calling UCF Knights women's soccer games.

References

External links

Bridget Callahan
NWSL bio 1996 births Living people American women's soccer players UCF Knights women's soccer players Orlando Pride players National Women's Soccer League players Sportspeople from Hollywood, Florida Soccer players from Broward County, Florida Women's association football midfielders Women's Premier Soccer League players {{US-women-footy-bio-stub