Delaney Baie "DB" Pridham (born September 1, 1997) is an American professional

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player who plays as a

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for

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club

Ottawa Rapid Ottawa Rapid FC () is a professional women's soccer club based in Ottawa, Ontario. It competes in the Northern Super League, the highest level of the Canadian soccer league system. The club plays its home matches at the 24,000-capacity TD Place ...

. She previously played collegiate soccer for the

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, and professionally for ÍBV in

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, and for

Kristianstads DFF Kristianstads DFF () is a women's association football club from Kristianstad, Sweden. The club is affiliated to the Scania Football Association. History Wä IF was founded in 1935 and their women team played from 1990 to 1994 and again in 199 ...

and

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Early and college career

Pridham played youth soccer for

De Anza Force De Anza Force Soccer Club is an association football club in Saratoga, California, with nearly 80 boys' and girls' teams from under-7 to under-18 level. History Founded in 1999, the De Anza Force has grown into one of the largest American soccer ...

in the ECNL and for her

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team, the St. Francis Lancers. She committed to

Santa Clara University Santa Clara University is a private university, private Jesuit university in Santa Clara, California, United States. Established in 1851, Santa Clara University is the oldest operating institution of higher learning in California. The university' ...

in June 2014, and joined the Broncos in 2016. Pridham made her debut on August 19, 2016, in a 3–2 win over

USC USC may refer to: Education United States * Universidad del Sagrado Corazón, Santurce, Puerto Rico * University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina ** University of South Carolina System, a state university system of South Carolina * ...

. As a freshman, she played in 21 games, recording one assist. The following year, she made 20 appearances, scoring three goals and registering two assists, for a total of 8 points. As a junior, she appeared in all 22 games for the Broncos, once again recording three goals and two assists. In her last season at Santa Clara, she played in 16 games, recording two assists. She finished her time in college with a total of six goals and seven assists in 79 games.

Club career

In January 2021, Pridham signed with Úrvalsdeild kvenna side ÍBV. She made a total of 12 appearances for ÍBV – ten in the league and two in the Icelandic Cup – and scored a total of eight goals, of which seven came in the league and one in the Cup. On August 15, 2021, she joined

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club

. Ten days later, she made her debut in a 3–1 loss to

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. On August 18, 2022, she made her Champions League debut in a 3–1 defeat to

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. She left Kristianstad in December 2022. On February 16, 2023, Pridham signed with

, following a successful trial period with the club. However, just a month later, she suffered a season-ending knee injury in a match against Kristianstad and was ruled out for the whole year. She left the club at the end of the 2024 season. In 2025, Pridham joined

club

. On April 27, she made her debut in a 2–1 win over

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. The following week, she scored her first goal in a 2–1 loss to the

Montreal Roses Roses FC (also known as the Montreal Roses; ) is a professional women's soccer club based in Montreal, Quebec, that competes in the Northern Super League, in the top flight of the Canadian soccer league system. One of two professional soccer c ...

. On June 7, she recorded the first-ever

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in Northern Super League history after scoring three times in a win over

International career

Pridham holds both American and Canadian citizenship. In June 2022, she was named to

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's preliminary roster for the

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Career statistics

Club

Personal life

Pridham majored in

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. She is the younger sister of

Mackenzie Pridham Mackenzie Charles Pridham (born August 13, 1990) is a Canadian soccer player. Career College & Youth Mackenzie Pridham played five years of college soccer at California Polytechnic State University between 2009 and 2013, including a red-shirt ...

References

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Pridham, Delaney Baie 1997 births Living people American expatriate women's soccer players American women's soccer players Soccer players from California De Anza Force women's players Women's association football forwards Santa Clara Broncos women's soccer players Linköpings FC players Kristianstads DFF players Ottawa Rapid FC players Damallsvenskan players Besta deild kvenna players ÍBV women's football players Expatriate women's footballers in Iceland Saint Francis High School (Mountain View, California) alumni 21st-century American sportswomen American expatriate sportspeople in Iceland American expatriate sportspeople in Sweden American expatriate sportspeople in Canada Expatriate women's footballers in Sweden Expatriate women's soccer players in Canada Northern Super League players