Folashade Annie Evelyn Pratt (born April 2, 1993) is an American

soccer player A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby ...

who plays for

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of the

Campeonato Nacional de Futebol Feminino The Campeonato Nacional Feminino (English: Women's National Championship), also known as Liga BPI for sponsorship reasons, is the top-tier women's association football league in Portugal. It is run by the Portuguese Football Federation and began ...

Early life and collegiate career

Pratt attended the

Rosemount High School Rosemount High School is a public four-year high school in Rosemount, Minnesota, United States, founded in 1918. The school is one of four four-year high schools in Independent School District 196 (Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan School District). T ...

at her hometown. In her time there she earned several accolades, including being nominated two-times All-Metro selection, two-times all-state and three-times all-conference selection. In 2011, Pratt went to

University of Maryland The University of Maryland, College Park (University of Maryland, UMD, or simply Maryland) is a public land-grant research university in College Park, Maryland. Founded in 1856, UMD is the flagship institution of the University System of M ...

. She played only seven matches in her freshman year. In her sophomore year, she became a starter for the Terrapins, playing most as a wide midfield and a wide back. In her junior year, Pratt played for the first time in her career as a centre-back. In her senior year, after several Terrapins were sidelined by injuries, Pratt was moved to frontline, becoming a forward.

Club career

Pratt was the 25th overall pick in the

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when she was picked by

Sky Blue FC NJ/NY Gotham FC is a professional women's soccer team based in Harrison, New Jersey. Founded in 2006 as Jersey Sky Blue, the team was known as Sky Blue FC from 2008 until 2020. A founding member of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) in 2013 ...

. Pratt only played one match for the SBFC, on June 28, 2015, against

Chicago Red Stars The Chicago Red Stars are a professional women's soccer club based in Bridgeview, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago. A founding member of the Women's Professional Soccer (WPS) league, they have played in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) sin ...

. For the 2016 National Women's Soccer League season, Pratt signed with

Portland Thorns FC The Portland Thorns FC is an American professional women's soccer team based in Portland, Oregon. Established in 2012, the team began play in 2013 in the then-eight-team National Women's Soccer League (NWSL), which receives support from the Uni ...

. She played five matches for the Thorns in that season. In 2017 she was signed to the Norwegian top club Røa Dynamite Girls. From August she was on loan to another club in the same division, Stabaek Chixa. She signed with the Swedish club IFK Kalmar in January 2018. In June 2019, she signed with the Portuguese champions,

References

External links

IFK Kalmar player profile

University of Maryland player profile
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Player's Profile at Fox Sports
NJ/NY Gotham FC players NJ/NY Gotham FC draft picks Portland Thorns FC players University of Maryland, College Park alumni American women's soccer players People from Rosemount, Minnesota Living people Maryland Terrapins women's soccer players Soccer players from Minnesota National Women's Soccer League players 1993 births IFK Kalmar players Women's association football defenders Women's association football forwards S.C. Braga (women's football) players Expatriate women's footballers in Portugal {{US-women-footy-bio-stub