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Podcast: Urban Pitch Podcast - The Beautiful Game of Life
Episode: 187. Pro Baller Darielle O'Brien
Description: Making her professional debut at 26, Darielle O'Brien's pathway to the professional ranks was far from typical.
After playing collegiately at UC Riverside, she spent the next few years playing semi-professionally with United City FC in Southern California, still searching for an opportunity to play at the pro level. In 2024, she'd get her shot. With the Summer Olympics enlisting numerous players across the NWSL to national team duty, O'Brien signed with the Utah Royals as a replacement player. She'd eventually sign to the club through the rest of the year, although her contract wasn't renewed come the end...