Position: Forward
Birthdate: May 26, 1998
Hometown: Buford, Georgia
Height: 5-foot-3
Pronunciation: Elexa Bahr
Previous Team: América de Cali (Colombia)
2024: Bahr scored a goal and tallied an assist in Racing’s season-opening draw with the Orlando Pride, becoming the first NWSL player in eight years to register that stat line in their league debut. She went on to start in 14 of her 16 appearances.
Before Racing Louisville: Bahr most recently played for Colombian powerhouse América de Cali, where she scored six goals in 17 appearances to help the club win the first stage of league play and finish as runners-up in the Liga Profesional Femenina knockout tournament.
At the University of South Carolina, Bahr became one of the program’s most successful players, tying a Gamecocks mark for most career points in the NCAA Tournament with three goals and three assists. In 88 games over her four-year career, Bahr totaled 18 goals and 11 assists, including nine helpers her senior year.
In her first professional stop, Bahr scored 11 goals in 46 appearances over two years for Racing Féminas in the Spanish second division. She had a brief stint at Deportivo Cali before moving to América de Cali early last year.
International: Bahr, who was born in Georgia and grew up outside Atlanta, was a part of Colombia’s history-making 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup squad that reached the quarterfinals of the tournament for the first time. Deployed as a winger, attacking midfielder or forward, Bahr has made 16 appearances with Colombia, including three as a substitute at the 2022 Copa América Femenina, where the Colombians finished as runner-up.
Before switching to Colombia’s senior national team, Bahr played for the Honduras U-20 squad in 2015 U-20 Women’s World Cup qualifiers.
