2018 Orlando Pride season

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Orlando Pride
2018 season
Orlando Pride wordmark-stacked purple.svg
CEOAlex Leitão
Head coach Tom Sermanni
Stadium Orlando City Stadium
Orlando, Florida
NWSL 7th of 9
Playoffs Did not qualify
Top goalscorer Sydney Leroux (6)
Highest home attendance9.017
(March 24th vs. Utah Royals FC)
Lowest home attendance3,104
(May 23rd vs. North Carolina Courage)
Average home league attendance4,837
  2017
2019  

The 2018 season was Orlando Pride's third season in the National Women's Soccer League, the top division of women's soccer in the United States. The team played its home games at Orlando City Stadium.

Contents

Roster

As of March 7, 2018 [1]
No.PositionPlayerNation
2 FW Sydney Leroux Flag of the United States.svg  United States
3 DF Toni Pressley Flag of the United States.svg  United States
4 DF Shelina Zadorsky Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
5 MF Emily Van Egmond Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
6 FW Chioma Ubogagu Flag of England.svg  England
7 MF Christine Nairn Flag of the United States.svg  United States
8 FW Danica Evans Flag of the United States.svg  United States
9 MF Camila Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
10 FW Marta Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
11 DF Ali Krieger Flag of the United States.svg  United States
12 MF Kristen Edmonds Flag of the United States.svg  United States
13 FW Alex Morgan Flag of the United States.svg  United States
14 DF Alanna Kennedy Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
15 FW Rachel Hill Flag of the United States.svg  United States
16 DF Carson Pickett Flag of the United States.svg  United States
17 MF Dani Weatherholt Flag of the United States.svg  United States
19 DF Poliana Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
21 DF Mônica Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
24 GK Ashlyn Harris Flag of the United States.svg  United States
28 GK Haley Kopmeyer Flag of the United States.svg  United States

Transfers and loans

2018 NWSL College Draft

Draft picks are not automatically signed to the team roster. The 2018 college draft was held on January 18, 2018. Orlando had one selection. [2]

RoundPickPlayerPos.CollegeStatus
323 Flag of Portugal.svg Nadia Gomes FW Flag of Utah.svg Brigham Young University Not signed [3]

In

DatePlayerPositions playedPrevious clubFee/notesRef.
January 23, 2018 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Shelina Zadorsky DF Flag of the United States.svg Washington Spirit Acquired in trade for Aubrey Bledsoe and Orlando's natural first-round pick in the 2019 NWSL College Draft. [4]
January 29, 2018 Flag of the United States.svg Christine Nairn MF Flag of the United States.svg Seattle Reign FC Acquired in trade for Stephanie Catley [5]
January 29, 2018 Flag of the United States.svg Carson Pickett DF Flag of the United States.svg Seattle Reign FC Acquired in trade for Stephanie Catley [5]
January 29, 2018 Flag of the United States.svg Haley Kopmeyer GK Flag of the United States.svg Seattle Reign FC Acquired in trade for Jasmyne Spencer [5]
February 2, 2018 Flag of the United States.svg Sydney Leroux FW Flag of the United States.svg Utah Royals FC Acquired in trade for Orlando's first-round pick in the 2019 NWSL College Draft (which was acquired from Seattle Reign FC in separate trade). [6]
February 6, 2018 Flag of Brazil.svg Poliana DF Flag of the United States.svg Houston Dash Acquired in trade for Orlando's second-round pick in the 2019 NWSL College Draft. [7]
February 14, 2018 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Emily van Egmond MF Flag of Australia (converted).svg Newcastle Jets FC Signed in off season. [8]
March 21, 2018 Flag of Sweden.svg Lotta Ökvist DF Flag of the United States.svg Houston Dash Acquired in trade with Houston Dash for Orlando's 3rd round draft pick in 2019. [9]

Out

DatePlayerPositions playedDestination clubFee/notesRef.
January 29, 2018 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Steph Catley DF Flag of the United States.svg Seattle Reign FC Traded for Christine Nairn and Carson Pickett [5]
January 29, 2018 Flag of the United States.svg Jasmyne Spencer FW Flag of the United States.svg Seattle Reign FC Traded for Haley Kopmeyer and Reign FC's natural third-round pick in the 2019 NWSL College Draft. [5]
February 9, 2018 Flag of the United States.svg Nickolette Driesse MF Flag of the United States.svg Sky Blue FC Waived. [10] [11]
February 12, 2018 Flag of the United States.svg Jamia Fields FW Flag of Norway.svg Arna-Bjørnar Waived. [12] [13]
July 3, 2018 Flag of Sweden.svg Lotta Ökvist DF Flag of Sweden.svg Hammarby IF Waived. [14] [15]

Match results

Preseason

February 28 Florida State University 3–2 Orlando Pride Tallahassee, Florida
6 PM ET Castellanos Soccerball shade.svg33' (pen.), 89' Tillman Soccerball shade.svg49' Report Leroux Soccerball shade.svg8' Carter Soccerball shade.svg80'Stadium: Seminole Soccer Complex
Attendance: 2,000
March 3 University of Central Florida 0–3 Orlando Pride Orlando, Florida
3 PM ET Report Leroux Soccerball shade.svg14'Stadium: UCF Track and Soccer Complex
March 8 University of South Florida 1–5 Orlando Pride Tampa, Florida
6 PM ET USF Soccerball shade.svg73' Report
Stadium: Corbett Stadium

National Women's Soccer League

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
2486103037 −7303451622 −65251415 −1

Last updated: August 25, 2018.
Source: NWSLsoccer.com

Results by round

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324
Stadium H A A HH A A A H A A H A HHH A A HHH A H A
ResultDLLWDWDWLWDWWLLWLWDDLLLL
Position [lower-alpha 1] 688664546333233333434567
Updated to match(es) played on September 8, 2018. Source: NWSLsoccer.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
  1. ORL's position at the end of the matchweek, not their match.

Results

Sat., March 241 Orlando Pride 1–1 Utah Royals FC Orlando, Florida
7:30pm Marta Soccerball shade.svg21' (pen.) Krieger Yellow card.svg 90+3' Report Jónsdóttir Soccerball shade.svg3' (Matheson)
Sauerbrunn Yellow card.svg 21'
Ratcliffe Yellow card.svg 58'
Stadium: Orlando City Stadium
Attendance: 9,017
Referee: Danielle Chesky
Sat., March 312 Washington Spirit 2–0 Orlando Pride Boyds, Maryland
3:30pm Church Yellow card.svg 44'
Pugh Soccerball shade.svg80' (Hatch)
Hatch Soccerball shade.svg88'
Report Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex
Attendance: 4,989
Note: Televised on Lifetime.
Sun., April 153 Portland Thorns 2–1 Orlando Pride Portland, Oregon
6:00pm Horan Soccerball shade.svg28' (Sinclair)
Sinclair Soccerball shade.svg39' (Horan)
Report Ubogagu Soccerball shade.svg20' (Nairn)
Pressley Yellow card.svg 85'
Stadium: Providence Park
Attendance: 16,466
Sun., April 224 Orlando Pride 1–0 Houston Dash Orlando, Florida
5:00pm Ubogagu Soccerball shade.svg65' (Nairn) Report Stadium: Orlando City Stadium
Attendance: 3,890
Sat., April 285 Orlando Pride 1–1 Seattle Reign Orlando, Florida
7:30pm Marta Soccerball shade.svg61' Report Long Soccerball shade.svg33' (Oyster)
Betos Yellow card.svg 89'
Stadium: Orlando City Stadium
Attendance: 5,058
Wed., May 26 Chicago Red Stars 0–2 Orlando Pride Bridgeview, Illinois
7:30pm Comeau Yellow card.svg 87' Report Ubogagu Soccerball shade.svg28' (Leroux)
Hill Soccerball shade.svg81' (van Egmond)
Stadium: Toyota Park
Attendance: 2,027
Wed., May 97 Utah Royals FC 0–0 Orlando Pride Sandy, Utah
9:00pm Gorry Yellow card.svg 86' Report Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium
Attendance: 7,137
Sat., May 128 Portland Thorns 1–2 Orlando Pride Portland, Oregon
3:30pm Sinclair Soccerball shade.svg23' (Heath)Yellow card.svg 76'
Andressina Yellow card.svg 65'
Report Morgan Soccerball shade.svg11'
Nairn Soccerball shade.svg21'
Pickett Yellow card.svg 64'
Weatherholt Yellow card.svg 83'
Stadium: Providence Park
Attendance: 17,115
Note: Televised on Lifetime.
Wed., May 239 Orlando Pride 3–4 North Carolina Courage Orlando, Florida
7:30pm Ubogagu Soccerball shade.svg52' (Marta)
Kennedy Soccerball shade.svg65' (Nairn)
van Egmond Yellow card.svg 72'
Hill Soccerball shade.svg83' (Marta)
Report McDonald Soccerball shade.svg32' (O'Sullivan), Soccerball shade.svg90' (Hinkle)
Debinha Soccerball shade.svg57'
Mewis Soccerball shade.svg62' (Dunn)
Erceg Yellow card.svg 90+3'
Stadium: Orlando City Stadium
Attendance: 3,104
Referee: Christina Unkel
Sat., May 2610 Chicago Red Stars 2–5 Orlando Pride Bridgeview, Illinois
3:30pm Kerr Soccerball shade.svg21' (Nagasato), 60' (Nagasato)
Johnson Yellow card.svg 42'
Report Hill Soccerball shade.svg2'
Morgan Soccerball shade.svg6' (Marta)
Leroux Soccerball shade.svg61' (Krieger), 63'
Weatherholt Soccerball shade.svg83' (Morgan)
Stadium: Toyota Park
Attendance: 5,047
Sun., June 311 Seattle Reign 0–0 Orlando Pride Seattle, Washington
9:00pm Spencer Yellow card.svg 70' Report Zadorsky Yellow card.svg 79'Stadium: UW Medicine Pitch at Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 5,251
Sat., June 1612 Orlando Pride 3–2 Sky Blue FC Orlando, Florida
7:30pm Leroux Soccerball shade.svg2' (Ubogagu), 31' (Nairn)Yellow card.svg 75'
Hill Soccerball shade.svg83' (Morgan)
Report McCaskill Soccerball shade.svg16'
Tiernan Soccerball shade.svg37'
Gibbons Yellow card.svg 45+1'
Lloyd Yellow card.svg 85'
Stadium: Orlando City Stadium
Attendance: 4,445
Sat., June 2313 Washington Spirit 0–1 Orlando Pride Boyds, Maryland
7pm Dydasco Yellow card.svg 18'
Dougherty Howard Yellow card.svg 90+3'
Report Kennedy Soccerball shade.svg11'Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex
Attendance: 4,005
Note: Televised on ESPNews.
Wed., June 2714 Orlando Pride 1–2 Houston Dash Orlando, Florida
7:30pm Morgan Soccerball shade.svg22' (Zadorsky)
Pickett Yellow card.svg 90'
Monica Yellow card.svg 90+1'
Nairn Yellow card.svg 90+1'
Leroux Yellow card.svg 90+3'
Report Chapman Yellow card.svg 75'
Ohai Soccerball shade.svg79' (Motlhalo)
Huerta Soccerball shade.svg83' (pen.)
Stadium: Orlando City Stadium
Attendance: 3,215
Sat., June 3015 Orlando Pride 0–3 North Carolina Courage Orlando, Florida
3:30pm Report Debinha Soccerball shade.svg37'
Mathias Soccerball shade.svg39' (Debinha)
McDonald Soccerball shade.svg40' (Dunn)
Stadium: Orlando City Stadium
Attendance: 4,017
Referee: Elvis Osmanovic
Note: Televised on Lifetime.
Sat., July 716 Orlando Pride 2–1 Washington Spirit Orlando, Florida
7:30pm Leroux Soccerball shade.svg45+2' (Kennedy)
Marta Soccerball shade.svg86' (Leroux)
Marta Yellow card.svg 90+3'
Report Hatch Soccerball shade.svg26' (Church)Stadium: Orlando City Stadium
Attendance: 4,621
Note: Televised on ESPNews.
Wed., July 1117 Houston Dash 3–1 Orlando Pride Houston, Texas
8:30pm Daly Soccerball shade.svg17' (Ohai), 50'
Hanson Yellow card.svg 90+1'
Kgatlana Soccerball shade.svg90+5' (Chapman)
Report Leroux Soccerball shade.svg55' (Zadorsky)
Ubogagu Yellow card.svg 80'
Zadorsky Yellow card.svg 87'
Marta Red card.svg 90+6'
Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium
Attendance: 3,308
Sat., July 1418 Utah Royals FC 1–2 Orlando Pride Sandy, Utah
7pm Rodriguez Soccerball shade.svg8' (Corsie) Report Hill Yellow card.svg 24'
Morgan Soccerball shade.svg45+2' (pen.)
Edmonds Soccerball shade.svg52' (Krieger)
Kennedy Yellow card.svg 68'
Ubogagu Yellow card.svg 75'
Camila Yellow card.svg 89'
Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium
Attendance: 8,761
Note: Televised on ESPNews.
Sat., July 2119 Orlando Pride 1–1 Seattle Reign Orlando, Florida
3:30pm Pressley Soccerball shade.svg21' Report Taylor Soccerball shade.svg70' (Kawasumi)
Barnes Yellow card.svg 90+1'
Stadium: Orlando City Stadium
Attendance: 5,074
Note: Televised on Lifetime.
Sun., August 520 Orlando Pride 2–2 Sky Blue FC Orlando, Florida
7:30pm Edmonds Yellow card.svg 32'
Marta Soccerball shade.svg51'
Weatherholt Soccerball shade.svg73'
Camila Yellow card.svg 78'
Kennedy Yellow card.svg 90+3'
Report Dorsey Soccerball shade.svg53' (Groom)
Groom Soccerball shade.svg59' (McCaskill)
Lloyd Red card.svg 90+6'
Stadium: Orlando City Stadium
Attendance: 4,577
Sat., August 1121 Orlando Pride 0–2 Portland Thorns Orlando, Florida
7:30pm Marta Yellow card.svg 73' Report Sinclair Yellow card.svg 27'
Horan Soccerball shade.svg47' (Heath)
Raso Soccerball shade.svg53' (Crnogorčević)
Stadium: Orlando City Stadium
Attendance: 6,012
Referee: Katja Koroleva
Sat., August 1822 North Carolina Courage 3–0 Orlando Pride Cary, North Carolina
7:00pm Mathias Yellow card.svg 37'
Zadorsky Soccerball shade.svg75' (o.g.)
Debinha Soccerball shade.svg81' (Williams)
Williams Soccerball shade.svg88' (Mathias)
Report Van Egmond Yellow card.svg 28'Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium at WakeMed Soccer Park
Attendance: 7,606
Referee: Kevin Broadley
Note: Game resumed in the 22nd minute on Sunday, August 19 due to weather
Sat., August 2523 Orlando Pride 1–3 Chicago Red Stars Orlando, Florida
3:30pm Camila Yellow card.svg 42'
Zadorsky Yellow card.svg 79'
Monica Yellow card.svg 82'
Morgan Soccerball shade.svg65' (Marta)
Report Kerr Soccerball shade.svg44' (Nagasato), 59'
DiBernardo Soccerball shade.svg45+1' (Kerr)
Stadium: Orlando City Stadium
Attendance: 5,016
Referee: Guido Gonzales Jr
Sat., Sep 824 Sky Blue FC 1–0 Orlando Pride Piscataway, New Jersey
12:00pm Sheridan Yellow card.svg 32'
Lloyd Soccerball shade.svg74' (Groom)
Report Stadium: Yurcak Field at Rutgers University
Attendance: 4,086

League standings

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
1 North Carolina Courage (C)2417615317+3657 NWSL Shield
2 Portland Thorns FC 2412664028+1242 NWSL Playoffs
3 Seattle Reign FC 2411852719+841
4 Chicago Red Stars 2491053828+1037
5 Utah Royals FC 249872223135
6 Houston Dash 2495103539432
7 Orlando Pride 2486103037730
8 Washington Spirit 24251712352311
9 Sky Blue FC 2416172152319
Source: NWSL
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(C) Champions

Media

The NWSL website and the Go90 app have the exclusive rights to streaming all games live on each of their platforms. In addition, the league has partnered with the Lifetime Network to air a "Game of the Week" on Saturdays for the 24-week Regular Season. The Pride were selected for 8 matches on the slate. The dates are: [16]

Squad statistics

Goalscorers

As of matches played September 8, 2018
RankPos.No.NameNWSLNWSL PlayoffsTotal
1FW2 Flag of the United States.svg Sydney Leroux 606
2FW6 Flag of the United States.svg Chioma Ubogagu 404
FW15 Flag of the United States.svg Rachel Hill 404
FW13 Flag of the United States.svg Alex Morgan 404
FW10 Flag of Brazil.svg Marta 404
6DF14 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Alanna Kennedy 202
DF17 Flag of the United States.svg Dani Weatherholt 202
8MF7 Flag of the United States.svg Christine Nairn 101
MF12 Flag of the United States.svg Kristen Edmonds 101
DF3 Flag of the United States.svg Toni Pressley 101

Clean sheets

As of matches played September 8, 2018
No.NameNWSLNWSL PlayoffsTotal
24 Flag of the United States.svg Ashlyn Harris 404
Total404

Honors and awards

NWSL Team of the Month

MonthPlayerPositionRef.
May Flag of the United States.svg Ali Krieger Defender [17]

NWSL Weekly Awards

NWSL Goal of the Week

WeekResultPlayerRef.
5Nominated Flag of Brazil.svg Marta [18]
6Nominated Flag of the United States.svg Chioma Ubogagu [19]
7Won Flag of the United States.svg Christine Nairn [20]
9Won Flag of the United States.svg Sydney Leroux [21]
11/12Nominated Flag of the United States.svg Sydney Leroux [22]
13Won Flag of Australia (converted).svg Alanna Kennedy [23]
15Won Flag of Brazil.svg Marta [24]
16Won Flag of the United States.svg Kristen Edmonds [25]
17Won Flag of the United States.svg Toni Pressley [26]

NWSL Save of the Week

WeekResultPlayerRef.
3Won Flag of the United States.svg Ashlyn Harris [27]
7Won Flag of the United States.svg Ashlyn Harris [28]
9Won Flag of the United States.svg Ashlyn Harris [29]
10Won Flag of the United States.svg Haley Kopmeyer [30]
13Won Flag of the United States.svg Ashlyn Harris [31]
14Nominated Flag of the United States.svg Ashlyn Harris [32]
17Nominated Flag of the United States.svg Haley Kopmeyer [33]
21Won Flag of the United States.svg Ashlyn Harris [34]
22Won Flag of the United States.svg Ashlyn Harris [35]

Other awards

Notes

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