ABBY DAHLKEMPER
#13 DEFENDER
[ab-ee DAHL-KEHM-PuHR]
HEIGHT 5’7″
BIRTHDAY MAY 13, 1993
HOMETOWN MENLO PARK, CA
LAST CLUB SAN DIEGO WAVE FC
ACQUIRED TRADE 2024
Bay FC (2024 – present)
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.
San Diego Wave (2022-2024)
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).
UNITED STATES
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 acquires Bay Area native Abby Dahlkemper from San Diego Wave FC in exchange for $50,000 in Allocation Money
Three-time NWSL Champion, 2019 World Cup winner signs through 2026 with an option for 2027 season San Francisco (Aug. 26, 2024) – Bay FC have acquired defender and Bay Area native Abby Dahlkemper from San Diego Wave FC in exchange for $50,000 in Allocation Money, it was announced today. Following the deal, Dahlkemper signed a … Read more














