Madison Prohaska (born December 2, 2002) is an American professional

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player who plays as a

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for

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of the

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(NWSL). She played

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for the

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, where she holds the program record for career shutouts.

Early life

Prohaska grew up in West Chester, Ohio, and attended

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. She committed to play

for the

as a freshman. She played club soccer for

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's Development Academy team, making 98 appearances. She played high school basketball and one season of high school soccer in 2019, making 8 shutouts in 19 games as Lakota West won the

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state championship.

College career

Prohaska arrived at Auburn as an early enrollee and became the starting goalkeeper as a freshman in 2020. She led the

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with an 0.843

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and contributed to 8 clean sheets in 17 starts, earning SEC all-freshman honors. Because the season was disrupted by the

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, she received an extra year of eligibility and would play four more years with the team. She started all 20 games in her sophomore season and kept 7 clean sheets. In the SEC tournament,

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could only score against Prohaska from the penalty spot as Auburn advanced to the semifinals. In her junior season, she started all 18 games and kept 7 clean sheets. Prohaska became one of Auburn's captains in her senior season in 2023. She started all 20 games and recorded 7 shutouts (including two combined shutouts) and 1 assist, which came during the SEC tournament. In her graduate season, Prohaska started all 21 games and kept a career-high 12 clean sheets. She helped Auburn reach the second round of the NCAA tournament before falling to her former youth teammates Kailyn Dudukovich and Sydney Jones of

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. After five seasons, she left Auburn as the program career leader in clean sheets with 36, third-most in SEC history.

Club career

Prohaska trained with

as a non-roster invitee before signing her first professional contract with the team on March 6, 2025, penning a one-year deal.

International career

Prohaska was called up to train with the United States under-14 team in March 2016. In June 2025, she was called into training with the United States under-23 team at a camp held concurrently with the senior national team.

Personal life

Prohaska is one of three children born to Tom and Melissa Prohaska. Her father was a college football

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. Her older sister, Abby, played college basketball at Notre Dame and

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Prohaska, Maddie Living people 2002 births 21st-century American sportswomen Soccer players from Ohio People from West Chester, Butler County, Ohio American women's soccer players Women's association football goalkeepers Auburn Tigers women's soccer players Seattle Reign FC players