Mackenzie Pridham

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Mackenzie (Mark) Pridham

| image =

| fullname = Mackenzie (Mark) Charles Pridham

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1990|8|13}}

| birth_place = Toronto, Ontario, Canada

| height = {{convert|1.85|m|abbr=on}}

| currentclub =

| clubnumber =

| position = Forward

| collegeyears1 = 2009–2013

| college1 = Cal Poly Mustangs

| collegecaps1 = 70

| collegegoals1 = 27

| years1 = 2014

| clubs1 = Minnesota United

| caps1 = 1

| goals1 = 0

| years2 = 2014

| clubs2 = → Pittsburgh Riverhounds (loan)

| caps2 = 7

| goals2 = 1

| years3 = 2015

| clubs3 = Whitecaps FC 2

| caps3 = 20

| goals3 = 0

| years4 = 2016

| clubs4 = Sacramento Republic

| caps4 = 19

| goals4 = 3

| years5 = 2017

| clubs5 = Reno 1868

| caps5 = 16

| goals5 = 3

| pcupdate = 23:39, 20 October 2017 (UTC)

| ntupdate =

}}

Mackenzie Charles Pridham (born August 13, 1990) is a Canadian soccer player.

Career

=College & Youth=

Mackenzie Pridham played five years of college soccer at California Polytechnic State University between 2009 and 2013, including a red-shirt year in 2010.{{cite web|author=Mackenzie Pridham |url=http://gopoly.com/sports/msoc/2012-13/bios/pridham_mackenzie_jsn7 |title=Mackenzie Pridham - Cal Poly |publisher=Gopoly.com |date=August 13, 1990 |accessdate=May 20, 2014}} At Cal Poly, Pridham was selected as the Big West Conference Offensive Player of the Year in 2012 and 2013.{{Cite news |last=Wilson |first=Nick |date=November 12, 2013 |title=Pridham Nets Top Honors |pages=S1 |work=The San Luis Obispo Tribune}}

class="wikitable sortable" \|+Collegiate Statistics !Season !Apps. !Goals !Assists
2009 (Fr.) \|13 \|0 \|0
2010 (RS) \| - \| - \| -
2011 (So.) \|18 \|2 \|0
2012 (Jr.) \|19 \|11 \|1
2013 (Sr.) \|20 \|14 \|3
Totals \|70 \|27 \|4

class="wikitable sortable"

|+Collegiate Statistics

!Season

!Apps.

!Goals

!Assists

2009 (Fr.)

|13

2010 (RS)

| -

2011 (So.)

|18

2012 (Jr.)

|19

|11

2013 (Sr.)

|20

|14

Totals

|70

|27

=Professional=

On January 21, 2014 Pridham was selected in the fourth round (58th overall) of the 2014 MLS SuperDraft by Vancouver Whitecaps FC.{{cite web |author=Tribune staff |url=http://www.sanluisobispo.com/2014/01/21/2887335/cal-polys-pridham-goes-in-mls.html |title=Cal Poly's Pridham goes in MLS draft's fourth round | Cal Poly |publisher=SanLuisObispo.com |date= |accessdate=May 20, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140124182258/http://www.sanluisobispo.com/2014/01/21/2887335/cal-polys-pridham-goes-in-mls.html |archive-date=January 24, 2014 |url-status=dead }} However, he wasn't signed by the club.

Pridham signed with NASL club Minnesota United on April 29, 2014. He made his debut on May 12, 2014 in a 0-1 loss to New York Cosmos.{{cite web |url=http://www.mnunitedfc.com/matches/match_center/gsmid/1620542 |title=Minnesota United Match Center |publisher=mnunitedfc.com |date=January 7, 2014 |accessdate=May 20, 2014 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140519091205/http://www.mnunitedfc.com/matches/match_center/gsmid/1620542 |archive-date=May 19, 2014 |url-status=dead }}

On July 21, 2013, Pridham was loaned to the Pittsburgh Riverhounds of the USL until September 30, 2014.{{cite web|title=MACKENZIE PRIDHAM LOANED TO PITTSBURGH RIVERHOUNDS|url=http://www.mnunitedfc.com/news/detail/uuid/d4udkroks5yi1ui9psiytrd6d/mackenzie-pridham-loaned-to-pittsburgh-riverhounds#.U88gQiqF_UA|publisher=Minnesota United FC|accessdate=July 23, 2014}}

Pridham signed with Whitecaps FC 2 in the USL on March 17, 2015.{{cite web|url=http://www.whitecapsfc.com/wfc2/2015/03/wfc2-add-three-mls-superdraft-picks-usl-roster|title=WFC2 add three MLS SuperDraft picks to USL roster|date=March 17, 2015}}

While on trial with Sacramento Republic FC, Pridham scored the only goal for the home side in a friendly 1-2 loss to MLS side, San Jose Earthquakes on February 20, 2016,{{cite web|url=http://www.sacrepublicfc.com/news/2016/02/20/srfc-v-sj-recap|title=SRFC v SJEarthquakes Recap|date=February 20, 2016|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307073253/http://www.sacrepublicfc.com/news/2016/02/20/srfc-v-sj-recap|archivedate=March 7, 2016|df=mdy-all}} securing his position with the club, signing a contract three days later.{{cite web|url=http://www.sacrepublicfc.com/news/2016/02/23/srfc-sign-pridham|title=SRFC sign Pridham|date=February 23, 2016|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160514001611/http://www.sacrepublicfc.com/news/2016/02/23/srfc-sign-pridham|archivedate=May 14, 2016|df=mdy-all}} Pridham mirrored his efforts against Highway 99 rivals, Fresno Fuego,{{cite web|url=http://www.sacrepublicfc.com/news/2016/03/04/recap-srfc-v-fuego|title=SRFC v Fuego Recap|date=March 3, 2016|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307074818/http://www.sacrepublicfc.com/news/2016/03/04/recap-srfc-v-fuego|archivedate=March 7, 2016|df=mdy-all}} proving a productive preseason for the forward. In order to pursue his soccer career, Pridhim put an entrepreneurial career on hold resulting in taking home much less money.{{Cite news |last=Paterson |first=Bill |date=July 2, 2016 |title=Republic FC players set aside day jobs to play under lights |url=http://www.sacbee.com/sports/mls/article87428777.html |newspaper=The Sacramento Bee |location=Sacramento, California |accessdate=July 22, 2016}}