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Shade Pratt
Personal information
Full name Folashade Annie Evelyn Pratt[1]
Date of birth (1993-04-02) April 2, 1993 (age 33)
Place of birth Germantown, Maryland, United States
Height 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Positions
Team information
Current team
 Braga
Number 2
Youth career
Rosemount High School
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2014 Maryland Terrapins 46 (1)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015 Sky Blue FC 1 (0)
2016 Portland Thorns FC 5 (0)
2017 Røa 7 (0)
2018 IFK Kalmar 12 (3)
2019 B.93 5 (1)
2019–2020 Braga 23 (5)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of July 2, 2020

Folashade Pratt (born April 2, 1993) is a footwear designer and retired American soccer player who last played for Braga of the Campeonato Nacional de Futebol Feminino.[2][3]

Early life and collegiate career

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Pratt was born in Maryland and raised in Minnesota,[4] where attended Rosemount High School in her hometown. In her time there she earned several accolades, including being nominated a two-time All-Metro selection, two-time all-state selection, and three-time all-conference selection.[5] In 2011, Pratt went to University of Maryland, where she played soccer and competed in track-and-field events.[6] 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.[5][7]

Club career

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Pratt was the 25th overall pick in the 2015 NWSL College Draft when she was picked by Sky Blue FC.[8] Pratt only played one match for Sky Blue, on June 28, 2015, against the Chicago Red Stars.[9] For the 2016 National Women's Soccer League season, Pratt signed with Portland Thorns FC. She played five matches for the Thorns in that season[10] in which the Thorns won the NWSL Shield.[11]

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, Braga.[12]

Post-professional playing career

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Pratt's professional footballing career was disrupted by the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on sports. In an interview in November 2020, Pratt said documenting the George Floyd protests in Minneapolis as a photographer inspired her to take up painting large-scale murals over the boarded-up windows of businesses, which led to her being commissioned for further murals.[3][4][13] Her works included a mural of former Minnesota Lynx center Sylvia Fowles.[6]

By the end of 2020, Pratt began pursuing a career in footwear design that she had first considered after graduating from college.[6] After internships for Adidas and New Balance,[4] she accepted a position in Portland as a designer with Nike Inc., which she held as of 2024.[3][6] Her designs for Nike included the Serena Williams Air More Uptempo in 2023, Williams' first signature shoe released after her retirement from professional tennis.[6]

Pratt also continued playing soccer in The Soccer Tournament,[3] making the rosters of Tampa Bay Sun FC in 2024,[14] and of Club América in 2026.[15]

References

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  1. ↑ Shade Pratt at the Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian) Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ↑ "Shade Pratt e Rayanne Machado, os primeiros reforços do Braga :: zerozero.pt". www.zerozero.pt (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on January 28, 2024. Retrieved August 10, 2019.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Wilbur, Sheridan (August 12, 2024). "On turning a passion into a business". The Creative Independent. Retrieved August 27, 2026.
  4. 1 2 3 Downey, Cameron P. (November 25, 2020). "Shade Pratt Knows That Design Is What Makes the World Go 'Round". MPLSART. Retrieved August 27, 2026.
  5. 1 2 "Two-sport star Shade Pratt provides versatility for Terps women's soccer". The Diamond Back. August 12, 2016. Archived from the original on December 30, 2017. Retrieved May 10, 2017.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 Walker, Rhiannon (March 30, 2023). "Meet Shade Pratt, former pro soccer player who designed Serena Williams' latest shoe". The Athletic. New York Times. Retrieved August 27, 2026.
  7. ↑ "22 - SHADE PRATT". UM Terps. Archived from the original on December 30, 2017. Retrieved May 10, 2017.
  8. ↑ "SKY BLUE FC ANNOUNCES 2015 PRESEASON ROSTER". Sky Blue FC (Press release). Archived from the original on December 30, 2017. Retrieved May 10, 2017.
  9. ↑ "SKY BLUE VS CHICAGO RED STARS 0-3". Scoresway. Retrieved May 10, 2017.
  10. ↑ Mitchell Braeback, Jeremiah (May 27, 2016). "Thorns Call Up Three Amateurs". Stumptown Footy. Archived from the original on March 28, 2017. Retrieved May 10, 2017.
  11. ↑ Lauletta, Dan (September 26, 2016). "For Thorns, Shield was total team effort". The Equalizer. Retrieved August 27, 2026.
  12. ↑ "Rayanne e Shade Pratt são as novas Guerreiras do Minho - Correio do Minho". correiodominho.pt. Archived from the original on August 10, 2019. Retrieved August 10, 2019.
  13. ↑ "In Her Own Words: Shade Pratt". Maryland Terrapins. November 27, 2020. Retrieved August 27, 2026.
  14. ↑ "Tampa Bay Sun FC". The Soccer Tournament. Retrieved August 27, 2026.
  15. ↑ "América Femenil revela su equipo para TST 2026" (Press release) (in Spanish). Club América. Retrieved August 27, 2026.
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