TESS BOADE
#12 midfielder
[TEHS BOH-DEE]
HEIGHT 5’4″
BIRTHDAY FEB. 3, 1999
HOMETOWN HIGHLANDS RANCH, COLO.
LAST CLUB NORTH CAROLINA COURAGE
ACQUIRED 2024 EXPANSION DRAFT
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2025: Appeared in 19 matches (10 starts), logging 980 minutes.
2024: Joined Bay FC as an Expansion Draft selection from North Carolina Courage on Dec. 15,
2023: Appeared in 12 matches (11 starts), logging 725 minutes in the regular season…Tallied one goal and two assists…Started, logging 79 minutes – her first postseason appearance – in the NWSL playoffs (quarterfinal round) against NJ/NY Gotham FC (10/22)…Played and started five games during the Challenge Cup…Started and logged 67 minutes in the Challenge Cup final…Registered a goal and an assist, tallying both against Washington (7/22) in the group stage.
2022: Played five games, with four starts, in 2022 and scored twice with an assist…Tallied first NWSL goal (9/10) against Louisville…Recorded first NWSL assist against Gotham FC (9/24)…Appeared in one Challenge Cup match as a substitute (3/19)…Signed with the Courage as a trialist in March…Played on loan in Australia with Western Sydney Wanderers.
2021: Drafted by NJ/NY Gotham FC in fourth round (40th overall) of the 2021 NWSL Draft.
DUKE (2017-2021)
2021: Earned first-team All-ACC honors for the first time in her career…Named to United Soccer Coaches All-Atlantic Region Second Team…Ranked second on the team in goals (8), assists (5) and points (21).
2020-21: Named one of three team captains entering the fall campaign…Finished season tied for team lead with six goals…Named to All-ACC Academic Team and ACC Academic Honor Roll. 2019: Made 18 starts on the season, while seeing action in all 20 games…Tallied four goals and four assists.
2018: Appeared in 22 games, making 11 starts…Finished with three goals and two assists.
2017: Played in 11 games her freshman season…Added one goal and one assist.
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
