By Ibrahim Karim Bangura (Tanko)
Folashade Annie Evelyn Pratt known as Shade Pratt, born April 2, 1993 to a Sierra Leone parent, is a Sierra Leonean-American football player based in the USA. Pratt who is currently nursing her injury has earned several accolades, including being nominated two-times All-Metro selection, and two-times all-state and three-times all-conference selection.
In 2011, Pratt went to university of Maryland. She played only seven matches in her freshman year. In her sophomore year, she became a starter for the Terrapins, playing most as a wide midfield and a wide back.
In her junior year, Pratt played for the first time in her career as a center-back. In her senior year, after several matches were sidelined by injuries, Pratt moved as a frontline player, becoming a forward. Pratt was the 25th overall pick in the 2015 NWSL college draft when she was picked by Sky Blue FC. Pratt only played one match for the SBFC, on June 28, 2015 against Chicago Red Stars.
For the 2016 national women’s soccer league, Pratt signed with Portland Thorns FC. She played five matches for the Thorns in that season. In 2017 she was signed to the Norwegian top club Røa Dynamite Girls. From August she was on loan to another club in the same division, Stabaek Chixa. She signed with the Swedish club IFK Kalmar in January 2018.
In June 2019, she signed with the Portuguese champions, Braga and she featured in the Campeonato Nacional de Futebol Feminino and the Europa Champions League before she picked up an injury which she is still nursing. At the moment Shade Pratt is a free agent and hopes to return to the pitch soon. The attacking forward is still illegible to represent the USA or Sierra Leone.