![]() Briede with the Houston Dash in 2025 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Isabella Lyn Briede [1] | ||
Date of birth | October 3, 1998 | ||
Place of birth | Alpharetta, Georgia, U.S. | ||
Height | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Houston Dash | ||
Number | 19 | ||
Youth career | |||
Tophat Soccer Club | |||
College career | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2017–2021 | Stanford Cardinal | 94 | (10) |
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2022–2023 | San Diego Wave FC | 28 | (2) |
2024– | Houston Dash | 17 | (0) |
International career | |||
2013 | United States U15 | ||
2014–2016 | United States U18 | ||
2017 | United States U19 | ||
2017 | United States U20 | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11:40, December 22, 2024 (UTC) |
Isabella Lyn Briede (born October 3, 1998) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder for the Houston Dash of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). She played college soccer for the Stanford Cardinal, where she won two national championships, before being drafted by San Diego Wave FC in the third round of the 2022 NWSL Draft.
Briede was born on October 3, 1998, in Alpharetta, Georgia, to parents Dave and Cathy Briede. Briede played for Tophat Soccer Club in her youth and graduated from Milton High School in Milton, Georgia. [2]
Briede played for the Stanford Cardinal from 2017 to 2021, playing primarily as a deep or attacking midfielder. In her Cardinal career, she won two NCAA Championships (2017 and 2019), three Pac-12 Championships (2017, 2018, and 2019), and made three College Cup Appearances (2017, 2018, and 2019). [2] Individually, Briede was honored with 2020-21 All-Pac-12 Third Team, as well as 2018 Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention. In 94 appearances, she scored 10 goals while recording 11 assists.
San Diego Wave FC drafted Briede with the 27th–overall pick in the 2022 NWSL Draft. [3] During the 2022 season, she scored her first professional goal on April 17, 2022, against Portland Thorns FC during the 2022 NWSL Challenge Cup, [4] and her first NWSL regular season goal on July 3, 2022, against The Washington Spirit. [5] [6]
During the 2023 season, she recorded her second NWSL regular season goal on May 14, 2023, in a win over the KC Current. [7] Briede and the Wave were awarded the 2023 NWSL Shield for earning the best regular season record in the league. [8]
The Houston Dash acquired Briede, a 2024 third-round draft pick, and cash considerations in a trade with San Diego Wave FC in exchange for former teammate Sierra Enge on December 17, 2023, before the start of the 2024 season. [9]
Prior to the 2025 season, Briede resigned with the Dash on December 18, 2024. [10]
Briede participated in U15, [11] U18, U19, and U20 camps with the United States Women's National Soccer Team (USWNT) from 2013 to 2017. [2]
In 2022, Briede graduated Stanford University with a Bachelor of Science in Human Biology. [12] In 2017, she graduated from Milton High School.
Briede was born on October 3, 1998, to parents Dave and Cathy Briede. Her father, Dave, played collegiate baseball for Indiana University, [13] while her older sister, Taylor, attended Auburn University and Kennesaw State University. Both her younger sisters played collegiate soccer: Chloe, a goalkeeper for Indiana University from 2019–21, [14] and Olivia, a forward for the University of Arizona from 2021–22, [15] and the University of Georgia from 2023–25. [16]
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