Orlando Pride
Orlando Pride vs. Portland Thorns: Final Score 1-1 as Thorns Equalize on Late Goal
An early Jodie Taylor goal was canceled out by a late Simone Charley header as the Orlando Pride (5-4-6, 21 points) drew with the Portland Thorns (9-3-2, 29 points) 1-1 tonight at Exploria Stadium. It’s a valuable point against the top team in the league, but will be seen by the Pride as a missed opportunity with Portland missing several key players.
The Pride’s starting lineup was as expected for this game, with Alex Morgan being the only regular starter absent. Phoebe McClernon moved back into the starting lineup, setting up beside Amy Turner on the left side. That moved Courtney Petersen into a wingback position, where she’s been playing under interim head coach Becky Burleigh.
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The Olympians who played in the bronze or gold medal games during the Olympics didn’t take part this weekend, hurting the visitors much more than the hosts. While the Pride were only missing Morgan (United States) and McLeod (Canada) due to this reason, the Thorns were without Crystal Dunn (United States), Adrianna Franch (United States), Lindsey Horan (United States), Christine Sinclair (Canada), and Becky Sauerbrunn (United States).
The Pride got off to a good start, controlling the early possession and creating some sustained attacks, even if they were unable to get any opportunities on goal. The problem early was attempting to dribble through multiple defenders instead of sending balls into the box. However, that changed in the 13th minute.
Petersen has been a primary supplier for the Pride this season and was again early in this one. In the 13th minute, the left-sided midfielder sent a beautiful cross into the Portland box. After scoring her first goal for the Pride last weekend, it was Jodie Taylor who struck first again tonight. Taylor beat her defender to the near post, getting her head to the ball and putting it past Bella Bixby.
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— National Women’s Soccer League (@NWSL) August 14, 2021
“I’ve just been dying for someone to get on the end of one of my crosses,” Petersen said after the game. “And Jodie was there.”
“That was a great ball by Courtney, a quality, quality ball,” Burleigh added. “And a great finish.”
After having few quality chances in her first two games for the Pride, Taylor has now scored in each of her last two appearances. Both of those goals have come inside the first 15 minutes of games.
The goal seemed to awaken Portland, which immediately went on the attack for an equalizer. They nearly found it in the 25th minute. Meghan Klingenberg, who is always dangerous from the left back position, sent a curling ball into the box for Simone Charley. Fortunately for the Pride, the ball sailed a bit too high for the striker.
The Pride had their second quality chance a minute later. A beautiful ball forward to the top of the box was brought down by Sydney Leroux. However, the forward was unable to fully control it, eventually resulting in the loss of possession.
The Thorns had their closest first-half chance in the 30th minute. The Pride left too much space, allowing Marissa Everett to get a shot off from the top of the box. The strike slammed off the crossbar, just beyond the outstretched arm of Ashlyn Harris.
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— National Women’s Soccer League (@NWSL) August 14, 2021
Six minutes later, it was Harris who made the stop. Natalia Kuikka sent a beautiful ball into the box, which found the head of Charley at the near post. The most dangerous attacker on the weakened Thorns side redirected the ball on goal from the top of the six-yard box. However, Harris reacted well, palming the ball away and allowing the Pride to clear.
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— National Women’s Soccer League (@NWSL) August 14, 2021
The Thorns led most statistical categories at the half. They had more shots (10-4), more passes (212-169), and more possession (55.1%-44.9%). The determining factor in the Pride’s halftime lead was that the Thorns only put one of their 10 shots on target, and Harris made a terrific save.
While the Pride had the majority of possession and chances early in the first half, the Thorns dominated most of the second period.
In the 49th minute, Charley found the first opportunity at goal. After receiving the ball in the box, the forward completed a quick turn and shot, but it was right at Harris. The forward had a nearly identical chance 10 minutes later, but it was the same result.
An even better opportunity came in the 56th minute through Sophia Smith. Relatively quiet to that point, Smith lifted a ball for Rocky Rodriguez, who was making a run into the box. She would’ve been through on goal, but Harris did well to come off her line to collect the ball.
In the 62nd minute, Smith decided to take the opportunity herself. Carrying the ball into the box to the left of goal, she took a low, hard shot, attempting to beat Harris to her far post. However, the ball skipped quickly through and harmlessly out of play.
The first second-half chance for the Pride didn’t come until the 64th minute. Another lovely Petersen cross fell between Taylor and Thorns goalkeeper Bella Bixby. The first-half goal scorer beat the goalkeeper to the ball, but the sliding shot went wide of the goal.
In the 70th minute, it was second-half substitute Meggie Dougherty Howard that created the opportunity. With her back to goal, Marta played the ball back to Dougherty Howard, who lifted a cross toward goal. Taylor charged into the box and got her head to the ball, redirecting it on target. However, Bixby did well to tip it over the crossbar.
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The Thorns dominated the second half and got their just reward in the 78th minute. A Klingenberg free kick toward the back post found the head of Charley, who out-jumped the Pride defenders to redirect the ball on goal. Harris stood frozen to her line as the ball made its way inside the post for the equalizer.
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— National Women’s Soccer League (@NWSL) August 15, 2021
“I have to give props to Portland for getting the equalizer,” Burleigh said about the goal. “That was a pretty good header. She was marked well by Amy, but she still managed to get the header off and score. So impressive by Charley.”
Four minutes later it appeared as though the Thorns might’ve taken the lead. Smith was sent through on goal and beat Harris with a low shot. However, referee Matthew Franz’s arm immediately raised in the air, indicating the dangerous forward was offside.
The Pride did have a late chance to retake the lead a minute into injury time. Marta sent a beautiful cross into the box for Leroux. The forward was able to get her head on it and send it towards goal, but it went over the crossbar. That was the final opportunity as the game ended in a 1-1 draw.
Despite being short-handed, the Thorns led most statistical categories tonight. They ended the game with more shots (17-8), shots on target (4-3), corners (3-2), total passes (401-335), passing accuracy (74.8%-69.6%), and possession (53.7%-46.3%). The only stat that ended in the Pride’s favor was duels won (51-47).
While the Thorns came into this game with a four-game winning streak and unbeaten in their last six, the Pride will be disappointed not to secure all three points. The Pride were nearly back to full strength and the Thorns were missing key internationals.
“I think it’s a good thing that we’re disappointed that we ended with a tie with the first place team,” said Burleigh, who is still unbeaten as the Pride’s coach (1-0-2). “I think our team felt like there was a big change when our reserves came on and they were game changers, that was huge for us just to see people make a difference like that. And I think that’s something we’ve been able to see even in the last few games, so it’s just great to see that the people who aren’t starting are still able to come on and make such a big difference for us.
“I think we were prepared to come in here and take a win. And, like I said, credit to Portland for bringing it back to level. But I think that our mindset is that we can compete with anyone, and give more than a lot of credit, they’ve been very, very successful, especially as of late, and they’re a tough team. They’re very deep, as evidenced by their reserves and them not even missing a beat with the internationals being gone in terms of their results. But at the same time, I feel really good about what we can do too and I think we can only get better.”
The point moves the Pride up to third place in the NWSL, though they’ve played more games than the teams around them. The Thorns remain atop the league with the point, eight points ahead of the North Carolina Courage.
After this one game back home, the Pride will go back out on the road where they’ll face the Washington Spirit at Audi Field next Sunday afternoon.
Orlando Pride
Barbra Banda Keeps Scoring But the Orlando Pride Aren’t Winning
The Pride’s reliance on Barbra Banda for goals has been rewarded but not with victories.
As is often the case when writing about the Orlando Pride, we will start by writing about an Orlando player with a last name that starts with the letters b-a-n. It does not have to be that way, but with how the 2026 season is going, it pretty much does have to be that way. Thus, let us begin by looking at…Paolo Banchero.
The former Duke Blue Devil is the Orlando Magic’s best player, but basketball analysts are all over the map on his ceiling, primarily because since he joined the team he has been among the league’s worst shooters. My counter to many of the analysts is that the Magic’s offense has not been good for years, so often the team passed the ball to Banchero late in the shot clock and said “it is all on you, go get us a basket.” Unsurprisingly, this led to a lot of bad shots, as he was up against the 24-second shot clock and had to get something off, and hence his shooting percentage suffered.
That is not to say that all of his bad shots were due to this circumstance, as he is not an elite shooter by NBA standards even when wide open, but the Magic have also had really bad injury luck during the past two seasons and relied even more heavily on Banchero than they would have had starters been healthy.
Does that story sound familiar? An Orlando player who already was a focal point of the offense needing to take on an even bigger burden due to injuries? It certainly should, as the same story that I wrote about early in the season still applies now, with the other Orlando superstar with b-a-n in their name, Barbra Banda, continuing to carry the offense on her shoulders as the team just dumps the ball to her and says “it’s all on you, go get us a goal.”
And she has! Banda is averaging almost exactly one goal per 90 minutes (0.98), and leads the league with nine goals scored. She is also tied for the team lead in Opta’s “big chances created” metric with three (this also ranks tied for 12th in the league). Alas, she still does not have an assist this season, as her teammates did not convert those three big chances or the other 13 chances she created either (her 16 total chances created ranks first on the Pride and is tied for fifth in the league). In the article I referenced earlier, I showed Banda’s shots and goals as a percentage of the full team’s shots through four games, and the chart below (using data from fbref.com) shows those percentages have each slightly increased since then:
| Metric | Through Four Games | Through 10 Games |
|---|---|---|
| Banda’s Shot % | 31% | 32% |
| Banda’s Goal % | 60% | 64% |
For some context, the player with the next highest percentage of their team’s shots is Trinity Rodman with 25%, and only four players have taken at least 20% of their team’s shots. For goals, the next highest player is Chicago’s Jordyn Huitema with 50% (it should be noted that the team has only scored four goals), and only four players have scored more than 40% of their team’s goals. Banda is an outlier, just as she has been ever since she joined the Pride.
Her outlier-ness (not a word, but you get it, right?) made me wonder about Banda compared to other players across women’s soccer. The aforementioned fbref.com has tracking for 16 top flight women’s leagues during the past three seasons, so I grabbed every player who had scored at least eight goals during their league’s regular season. That list contains 172 player-seasons, and if you were wondering why I chose eight as my cutoff, it is because Banda has scored at least eight goals during each of her three seasons in the NWSL.
The Zambian is one of only seven women who have reached at least eight league goals during each of the last three seasons, though that number will increase as spring-to-fall leagues like the NWSL get closer to the ends of their seasons. It will not increase dramatically, however, as only a handful of players are on two-year streaks and playing in a spring-to-fall league.
The scatterplot below shows all of the 172 seasons from the past three seasons when a player scored at least eight goals, and I included each player’s average number of shots taken per 90 minutes on the x-axis and their goals-per-shot-taken conversion percentage on the y-axis.

I then shifted the axes to reflect the median value for each, meaning that every value above the x-axis is a value that is in the top half (meaning the top 86 out of 172) of all of the goal conversion percentages, and every value that is to the right of the y-axis is a value that is in the top half of all of the shots-taken-per-90-minutes averages. Player-seasons that are in the top half of both metrics (35 seasons qualified) are in the upper right section of the chart, inside the green shaded area. Seasons that were in the top quarter of both metrics are in the smaller, darker, green rectangle, and only six player-seasons met that criteria, where the player converted a high percentage of their shots while also taking a large number of shots per 90 minutes.
Banda’s three seasons in Orlando are shown next to the arrows, and after two years of high shot volume but low conversion rate (as compared to top goal scorers), she is up into the green thus far this season. This is a testament to her incredible ability, because the 2026 team relies on Banda more than the team did in 2025 or 2024. (Marta’s 2024 season is on the chart above, as she scored nine goals that season.)
Hosts Michael Citro and Dave Rohe covered the Pride’s lack of attack on this week’s episode of our SkoPurp Soccer podcast, and in that conversation they noted how many of the Pride’s other “attackers” often never even get into the box, let alone into positions where they too could take or create threatening shots.
This brings me back to Banchero and how he was often forced to create offense out of nothing for the Magic but still was able to help the team get to the brink of upsetting the top seed in the Eastern Conference during the NBA playoffs. Banda is being asked to carry the same type of load for the Pride, and even though she has improved her conversion rate, the team is struggling more than ever because the rest of the offense has regressed. Jacquie Ovalle and Solai Washington returning from injury would certainly help stem some of that regression, but there is no timeline for either to return, and with Orlando’s lack of health thus far this season, it would not be surprising if neither player is back until after the World Cup break.
The Pride are exactly one-third of the way through their season, and with nine goals already, Banda is on pace to shatter the team’s single-season goal-scoring record with her performance through 10 games. The next four teams behind the Pride all have one or two games in hand, so the Pride are actually 13th in points earned per match.
With tough games against San Diego and Bay FC coming up, the Pride need to figure out a solution quickly, or the hill to climb to get back into the playoff spots is going to get steep like the banks of a river, and there is not going to be a banquet or a banner at the end of the season because they will have been banished from the playoff picture, even though they are getting an all-time season from Banda.
And based on what most predicted for the Pride for this season, that would be bananas.
Vamos Orlando!
Orlando Pride
Orlando Pride vs. Denver Summit: Final Score 3-1 as 10-Player Pride Fall Again on Road
The Pride get swept by the 2026 NWSL expansion sides in one week with a lopsided loss in Denver.
The Orlando Pride lost to their second 2026 NWSL expansion team in less than a week, falling behind, seeing Angelina sent off, and getting outclassed by Denver Summit FC. The Summit (3-3-3, 12 points) were the aggressors, picking up their first-ever home win, 3-1, at the expense of the Pride (3-5-2, 11 points).
Orlando conceded another early goal, as Eva Gaetino put the Summit up early, with Janine Sonis doubling the lead in the 54th minute. Barbra Banda pulled one back for the Pride in the 76th minute, but the fragile Pride conceded a second to Sonis a minute later to spoil any comeback bid.
“I think right now we’re going through a really rough patch,” Orlando Pride Head Coach Seb Hines said after the match. “It’s always difficult away from home. Any opponent you play away from home, whether they’re at the bottom or at the top, it’s always a challenge.”
The back line in front of goalkeeper Anna Moorhouse in Hines’ lineup was made up of Oihane, Hannah Anderson, Cori Dyke and Hailie Mace. Ally Lemos and Haley McCutcheon served as the defensive midfielders. Seven Castain, Summer Yates and Julie Doyle took up the attacking midfielder roles with Banda up top.
Other than a brief defensive highlight in the fifth minute—when Castain stole the ball and played it forward to Banda, who ultimately sent it over the endline—the Pride struggled in the first 10 minutes. The Summit maintained relentless pressure, which paid off in the 10th minute with a goal from Eva Gaetino.
The play began with a short corner from Ayo Oke, who delivered a precise ball into the box. Denver completely dominated the set play, beating Orlando players at every level. Melissa Kossler fought hard to head it toward goal near the right post, where Gaetino got the final touch and scored past Moorhouse to make it 1-0.
The Pride gradually regained their composure and began to grow into the match. Still, little in the way of a cohesive attack materialized over the next few minutes. In the 17th minute, Banda attempted a long-distance chip with Abby Smith off her line, after Mace won the ball just past the halfway line, but she sent her shot wide.
Denver responded with a long-range effort, which sailed just over the crossbar.
Oihane pushed forward in the 26th, finding Banda, who forced her way through the Denver defense and into the box, only for her shot to drift wide once more. Ally Lemos delivered a cross in the 28th minute, but it went straight to the Denver defense. She tried again a minute later, but this time she sent the ball over the end line for a Denver goal kick.
Orlando’s best chance of the half came when Banda charged down the right and into the box, sending a cutback that bounced around the penalty area. A Denver player fired it into Castain, and the ball nearly ricocheted into the goal, but it went harmlessly over the end line.
In the 39th minute, Banda met a free kick from distance with a powerful header, but again the effort was wide. Mace launched a long-shot lob into the box in the 40th, but Smith was equal to it, covering the ball the whole way.
Anderson nearly gifted Denver a goal in the 42nd with a soft header back to Moorhouse, allowing Yasmeen Ryan to slip past her and onto the ball, but Denver couldn’t capitalize.
The Summit led in all categories at the break, including possession (53%-47%), shots (11-3), shots on target (1-0), passing accuracy (87%-86%), and corners (3-1).
Hines made a triple substitution at halftime, bringing Angelina on for Yates, Nicole Payne on for Mace, and Marta on for Doyle.
Orlando started the second half with much more energy and purpose, delivering two threatening crosses within the first two minutes but the Pride were unfortunate not to convert either.
Early in the second half, Marta made herself known with some signature footwork just outside Denver’s 18-yard box, sending a through ball in for Castain, but Denver just managed to snuff out the chance.
The shift in energy was electric, with Orlando looking like a completely different team. However, an overzealous challenge in the box by Oihane handed Denver a penalty, completely changing the complexion of the game from that point forward. Sonis took the penalty, firing to the right and past Moorhouse, who guessed the wrong way, putting Denver up 2-0 in the 54th minute.
The Pride were fortunate not to go down 3-0 in the 56th minute, doing little to slow a Denver attack that allowed Kossler to get off a shot—though she put it wide. Then, Devin Lynch stole the ball from Marta, drove straight down the middle of the pitch, and sent a pass out left to Natalie Means, who fired at Moorhouse, forcing a save.
In the 60th minute, Banda managed a shot, but it didn’t trouble the Denver keeper.
Angelina pulled Delanie Sheehan’s hair and was shown a red card for violent conduct. It appeared she was trying to grab Sheehan’s jersey and let go immediately, but after reviewing the video, the referee made the call, leaving the Pride with 10 players and leaving Angelina suspended for the San Diego game.
Simone Jackson subbed on for Castain in the 64th minute.
At this point, the Pride were firmly on the back foot, and even Marta struggled at times, losing the ball more than once in uncharacteristic fashion.
After the sending-off, the Pride shifted into a defensive posture and looked to counterattack.
Against the run of play, the Pride struck back in the 76th minute. Haley McCutcheon did well to steal the ball after a poor touch from Sheehan and fed a nice through ball for a charging Banda, who took a touch to throw off the keeper and fired past Smith to make it 2-1.
Denver struck right back in the 77th following a throw-in. The ball was back heeled to Ryan who passed to Natasha Flint. Payne parried Flint’s shot, but Sonis put away the rebound to restore the two-goal lead.
Kerry Abello subbed on, after a six-month absence, replacing a gassed Banda in the 78th minute.
“It’s been six months to the day since I’ve stepped on the pitch, and so it was definitely emotional, but I felt really good despite the breathing and the altitude,” Abello said. “I think coming on for your first minutes, you know, in Denver, a man down, goal down, is really challenging fitness-wise, but no, I feel really good, and I’m just excited to build on that.”
Denver nearly added another when Moorhouse bobbled a long-range shot from former Orlando Pride forward Ally Brazier (née Watt), but she managed to cover up the ball and keep the score at 3-1.
The Summitt put the ball in the net again in the 83rd minute, but the play was offside, letting the Pride off the hook.
In the 84th minute, Abello delivered a cross that sailed high over the 18-yard box and harmlessly into touch. About a minute later, she followed up with an acrobatic head-over-heels throw-in, which was flashy but ultimately resulted in nothing threatening for the Pride.
Denver kept pressing, with Ryan sending a shot straight at Moorhouse for an easy save in the 91st minute.
In the late stages, the Pride looked a bit gassed, seeing out the final minutes with nothing to show for their efforts on a tough night at high altitude against strong competition, including some familiar former Pride players.
In the end, the Summit held their lead in all categories, finishing with the advantage in possession (56%-44%), shots (23-9), shots on target (7-2), passing accuracy (90%-86%), and corners (3-1).
“We made some good adjustments at halftime, you know. I thought we started the second half really well,” Hines said. “The sending off changes the whole game and yeah, we were just battling to the end, obviously. We’ll analyze it and move on, you know. We’ve got to bounce back, show some resilience, and come back stronger against San Diego.”
“Credit to Denver, they came out there with lots of energy, with a full week to prepare, whereas ourselves, you know, we had the game on Tuesday against Boston, which was a game that went all the way to the end, and then today was another one, where it was a tough challenge,” Hines said.
The Pride travel to take on the San Diego Wave on Sunday, May 24.
Orlando Pride
Orlando Pride vs. Denver Summit FC: Preview, How to Watch, TV Info, Live Stream, Lineups, Match Thread, and More
The Pride travel to Colorado for the first time ever as they take on Denver Summit FC.
Welcome to your preview and match thread as the Orlando Pride (3-4-2, 11 points) continue their road trip in Colorado as they face Denver Summit FC (2-3-3, 9 points) on the road (8:45 p.m., Ion). This is the final game of the regular season between these two teams.
Here’s everything you need to know about tonight’s game.
History
This is the inaugural season for Denver, so the first meeting this year in Orlando was the first-ever matchup between the two clubs, which are both 0-0-1 against the other. This is the first meeting in Denver. The visitors shocked the Pride, taking the lead in the first half through Melissa Kossler. Barbra Banda equalized in the second half, allowing the Pride to come away with a 1-1 draw.
Overview
The Pride are coming off their most disappointing loss in quite some time. Facing a Boston Legacy FC team that only had one win on the season — a 3-2 win over Denver Summit on May 3 — Orlando took the lead when Marta converted an early penalty. But goals by second-half substitutes Aleigh Gambone and Amanda Gutierres saw the Pride drop the 2-1 decision.
Since the Pride had played three days earlier — a 1-0 win over the North Carolina Courage — Orlando Pride Head Coach Seb Hines made multiple changes to the lineup. The most notable omissions from the lineup were Banda and Ally Lemos, who started on the bench and came on at halftime. Marta, Angelina, and Rafaelle all started, but came off at halftime.
Banda is the league leader in goals through nine games with eight, three more than Ashley Sanchez. Unfortunately, she’s been one of the team’s few sources of offense this year. Haley McCutcheon is the only other player with multiple goals, a brace against Angel City on April 3.
Defensively, the team’s been strong except for a 3-2 loss to Racing Louisville FC and a 4-2 loss to the Washington Spirit in back-to-back games. Hines responded with a shift to the back line that resulted in a clean sheet against the Courage on May 8. The loss Tuesday night is the fourth time the Pride have conceded multiple goals this season.
Similarly to the Pride, Denver has struggled this season, claiming just two wins in its first eight games. However, one of those was away to the defending NWSL champion NJ/NY Gotham FC and a 4-1 win in Houston on May 9, the Summit’s last game.
Unlike the Pride, Denver’s gotten offensive production from multiple players. Kossler and Natasha Flint each have four goals so far this year. They’re followed by Janine Sonis with two and Yazmeen Ryan with one goal. Ryan leads the team with three assists and Flint has two, the only players with multiple assists.
Denver’s total of 12 goals this year is only three behind the league-leading Spirit and Portland Thorns. The league newcomers have also been strong defensively with the exception of two games. They suffered back-to-back 3-2 losses to San Diego Wave FC on April 25 and Boston on May 3. Other than that, they’ve had three clean sheets and conceded once on two occasions.
The Pride will take the field without Kerry Abello (hip), Cosette Morche (ankle), Kylie Nadaner (maternity leave), Jacquie Ovalle (thigh), Rafaelle (head), Viviana Villacorta (knee), and Solai Washington (knee). Zara Chavoshi (lower leg) is listed as questionable. Denver will be without Jasmine Ailey (knee) and Jordan Baggett (maternity leave), while Olivia Thomas (illness) is listed as questionable.
Projected Lineups
Orlando Pride (4-2-3-1)
Goalkeeper: Anna Moorhouse.
Defenders: Oihane, Hannah Anderson, Cori Dyke, Hailie Mace.
Defensive Midfielders: Angelina, Ally Lemos.
Attacking Midfielders: Summer Yates, Julie Doyle, Marta.
Forward: Barbra Banda.
Denver Summit FC (4-2-3-1)
Goalkeeper: Abby Smith.
Defenders: Carson Pickett, Kaleigh Kurtz, Megan Reid, Janine Sonis.
Defensive Midfielders: Devin Lynch, Delanie Sheehan.
Attacking Midfielders: Yazmeen Ryan, Natasha Flint, Yuna McCormack.
Forward: Melissa Kossler.
Referees
REF: Cristian Campo Hernandez.
AR1: Matt Trotter.
AR2: Matthew Schwartz.
4TH: Patricia McCracken.
VAR: Corbyn May.
AVAR: Alicia Messer.
How to Watch
Match Time: 8:45 p.m.
Venue: Dick’s Sporting Goods Park — Commerce City, CO.
TV: Ion.
Streaming: None.
Social Media: For live updates and rapid reaction, follow @themaneland.bsky.social on Bluesky and the Orlando Pride’s official Twitter (@ORLPride) or Bluesky (@orlpride.com) feed.
Enjoy the game. Go Pride!
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