ABBY DAHLKEMPER
#13 DEFENDER
[ab-ee DAHL-KEHM-PEHR]
HEIGHT 5’7″
BIRTHDAY MAY 13, 1993
HOMETOWN MENLO PARK, CA
LAST CLUB SAN DIEGO WAVE FC
ACQUIRED TRADE 2024
2025: Appeared in and started all 13 matches in first half of regular season… helped Bay FC to four clean sheets on 3/22, 4/19, 5/17, 6/7… reached 150 career NWSL appearances March 22 vs. Louisville… missed the second half of 2025 season on maternity leave.
2024: Joined Bay FC via trade from San Diego Wave FC on Aug. 26, 2024… earned consecutive NWSL Best XI of the Month selections (Sep and Oct/Nov.)… scored three goals in 22 regular season matches with Bay FC and San Diego, including opening goal vs. Portland on Aug. 30, 2024 and game-winner vs. North Carolina on Oct. 19, 2024.
2022-23: Member of San Diego Wave FC inaugural roster, appearing in 13 games… helped club to 2023 NWSL Shield and 2024 NWSL Challenge Cup title. HONORS: Four-time NWSL Shield Winner (2016-19, 2023), three-time NWSL Championship title winner (2016, 2018-2019), 2024 NWSL Challenge Cup winner… 2017 NWSL Defender of the Year… three-time NWSL Best XI selection (2017-2019).
UCLA 2011-2014
2014: Received first-team NSCAA All-America honors for the second-straight year and joined Lauren Cheney as the only Bruins to earn NSCAA All-America honors all four years at UCLA … Semifinalist for the MAC Hermann Trophy … Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year … Named to the NSCAA All-Pacific Region and All-Pac-12 first teams for the fourth consecutive year … Selected to Top Drawer Soccer’s Best XI first team … Honorable mention Pac-12 All-Academic selection … Starter in all 24 games and played all but 45 minutes, 2,155 in all … Leader of UCLA defense that recorded a school record-tying 19 shutouts and a team goals against average of 0.245 …
2013: Became UCLA’s first-ever Honda Award winner for soccer … First defender in 10 years to be named a finalist for the MAC Hermann Trophy … First-team NSCAA All-American and All-Pacific Region … Selected to Soccer America’s MVP team and Top Drawer Soccer’s Best XI first team … First-Team All-Pac-12 for the third-straight year … NSCAA Scholar All-America Player of the Year … First-team NSCAA Scholar All-American and All-West Region … Second-team Capital One Academic All-District and honorable mention Pac-12 All-Academic selection … Starter in all 24 of 25 games played and ranked second on the team in minutes played, playing in 2,194 of a possible 2,311 minutes …
2012: Earned second-team NSCAA All-America and first-team All-Pacific Region honors … Selected to the MAC Hermann Trophy Watch List … First-Team All-Pac-12 and honorable mention Pac-12 All-Academic selection … Starter in all 23 games and ranked second on the team in minutes played, playing in 2,016 of a possible 2,120 minutes … Recorded three goals, including game-winners against UMass and Fresno State, and added three assists …
2011: Third-Team NSCAA All-American … First-Team All-Pacific Region … First-Team All-Pac-12 selection … Member of the Pac-12 All-Freshman Team … One of five UCLA players to start all 21 matches … Finished the season with two assists … Assisted on the game-winning goal in a 1-0 home victory over Oregon State … Other assist came in the second round of the NCAA Tournament against San Diego (1-1 draw).
2024 W Gold Cup Champion, 2021 Olympic Bronze Medalist (Tokyo), 2019 FIFA World Cup Champion, 2018 Concacaf Women’s Championship winner, four-time SheBelieves Cup Champion (2018, 2020-2021, 2024), 84 career senior international caps… debuted for United States on October 19, 2016.
Bay FC Announces Roster Update and Preseason Schedule
Head coach Emma Coates opens her first Bay FC camp with 24 players on the preseason roster SAN JOSE, Calif. (Jan. 20, 2026) – Bay FC officially opened the 2026 season today as players reported to San Jose for medical and physical tests. With the addition of recent signings Heather Gilchrist and Alex Pfeiffer, Head … Read more
