2018 Orlando Pride season

Orlando Pride

2018 season
CEO	Alex 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 attendance	9.017 (March 24th vs. Utah Royals FC)
Lowest home attendance	3,104 (May 23rd vs. North Carolina Courage)
Average home league attendance	4,837
Home colors Away colors
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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.

Roster

As of March 7, 2018 ^[1]

No.	Position	Nation	Player
2	FW	USA	Sydney Leroux
3	DF	USA	Toni Pressley
4	DF	CAN	Shelina Zadorsky
5	MF	AUS	Emily Van Egmond
6	FW	ENG	Chioma Ubogagu
7	MF	USA	Christine Nairn
8	FW	USA	Danica Evans
9	MF	BRA	Camila
10	FW	BRA	Marta
11	DF	USA	Ali Krieger
12	MF	USA	Kristen Edmonds
13	FW	USA	Alex Morgan
14	DF	AUS	Alanna Kennedy
15	FW	USA	Rachel Hill
16	DF	USA	Carson Pickett
17	MF	USA	Dani Weatherholt
19	DF	BRA	Poliana
21	DF	BRA	Mônica
24	GK	USA	Ashlyn Harris
28	GK	USA	Haley Kopmeyer

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]

Round	Pick	Player	Pos.	College	Status
3	23	Nadia Gomes	FW	Brigham Young University	Not signed [3]

In

Date	Player	Positions played	Previous club	Fee/notes	Ref.
January 23, 2018	Shelina Zadorsky	DF	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	Christine Nairn	MF	Seattle Reign FC	Acquired in trade for Stephanie Catley	[5]
January 29, 2018	Carson Pickett	DF	Seattle Reign FC	Acquired in trade for Stephanie Catley	[5]
January 29, 2018	Haley Kopmeyer	GK	Seattle Reign FC	Acquired in trade for Jasmyne Spencer	[5]
February 2, 2018	Sydney Leroux	FW	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	Poliana	DF	Houston Dash	Acquired in trade for Orlando's second-round pick in the 2019 NWSL College Draft.	[7]
February 14, 2018	Emily van Egmond	MF	Newcastle Jets FC	Signed in off season.	[8]
March 21, 2018	Lotta Ökvist	DF	Houston Dash	Acquired in trade with Houston Dash for Orlando's 3rd round draft pick in 2019.	[9]

Out

Date	Player	Positions played	Destination club	Fee/notes	Ref.
January 29, 2018	Steph Catley	DF	Seattle Reign FC	Traded for Christine Nairn and Carson Pickett	[5]
January 29, 2018	Jasmyne Spencer	FW	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	Nickolette Driesse	MF	Sky Blue FC	Waived.	[10] [11]
February 12, 2018	Jamia Fields	FW	Arna-Bjørnar	Waived.	[12] [13]
July 3, 2018	Lotta Ökvist	DF	Hammarby IF	Waived.	[14] [15]

Match results

Preseason

Florida State University v Orlando Pride

February 28	Florida State University	3–2	Orlando Pride	Tallahassee, Florida
6 PM ET	Castellanos 33' (pen.), 89' Tillman 49'	Report	Leroux 8' Carter 80'	Stadium: Seminole Soccer Complex Attendance: 2,000

University of Central Florida v Orlando Pride

March 3	University of Central Florida	0–3	Orlando Pride	Orlando, Florida
3 PM ET		Report	Leroux 14' Leroux 21' Nairn 33'	Stadium: UCF Track and Soccer Complex

University of South Florida v Orlando Pride

March 8	University of South Florida	1–5	Orlando Pride	Tampa, Florida
6 PM ET	USF 73'	Report	Leroux 4' Evans 20' Weatherholt 45' Ubogagu 58' Nairn 73'	Stadium: Corbett Stadium

National Women's Soccer League

Further information: 2018 National Women's Soccer League season

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
24	8	6	10	30	37	−7	30	3	4	5	16	22	−6	5	2	5	14	15	−1

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

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24
Stadium	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	H	A	A	H	H	H	A	H	A
Result	D	L	L	W	D	W	D	W	L	W	D	W	W	L	L	W	L	W	D	D	L	L	L	L
Position [a]	6	8	8	6	6	4	5	4	6	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	4	5	6	7

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

Orlando Pride v Utah Royals FC

Sat., March 241	Orlando Pride	1–1	Utah Royals FC	Orlando, Florida
7:30pm	Marta 21' (pen.) Krieger  90+3'	Report	Jónsdóttir 3' (Matheson) Sauerbrunn  21' Ratcliffe  58'	Stadium: Orlando City Stadium Attendance: 9,017 Referee: Danielle Chesky

Washington Spirit v Orlando Pride

Sat., March 312	Washington Spirit	2–0	Orlando Pride	Boyds, Maryland
3:30pm	Church  44' Pugh 80' (Hatch) Hatch 88'	Report		Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex Attendance: 4,989
Note: Televised on Lifetime.

Portland Thorns v Orlando Pride

Sun., April 153	Portland Thorns	2–1	Orlando Pride	Portland, Oregon
6:00pm	Horan 28' (Sinclair) Sinclair 39' (Horan)	Report	Ubogagu 20' (Nairn) Pressley  85'	Stadium: Providence Park Attendance: 16,466

Orlando Pride v Houston Dash

Sun., April 224	Orlando Pride	1–0	Houston Dash	Orlando, Florida
5:00pm	Ubogagu 65' (Nairn)	Report		Stadium: Orlando City Stadium Attendance: 3,890

Orlando Pride v Seattle Reign

Sat., April 285	Orlando Pride	1–1	Seattle Reign	Orlando, Florida
7:30pm	Marta 61'	Report	Long 33' (Oyster) Betos  89'	Stadium: Orlando City Stadium Attendance: 5,058

Chicago Red Stars v Orlando Pride

Wed., May 26	Chicago Red Stars	0–2	Orlando Pride	Bridgeview, Illinois
7:30pm	Comeau  87'	Report	Ubogagu 28' (Leroux) Hill 81' (van Egmond)	Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 2,027

Utah Royals FC v Orlando Pride

Wed., May 97	Utah Royals FC	0–0	Orlando Pride	Sandy, Utah
9:00pm	Gorry  86'	Report		Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 7,137

Portland Thorns v Orlando Pride

Sat., May 128	Portland Thorns	1–2	Orlando Pride	Portland, Oregon
3:30pm	Sinclair 23' (Heath) 76' Andressina  65'	Report	Morgan 11' Nairn 21' Pickett  64' Weatherholt  83'	Stadium: Providence Park Attendance: 17,115
Note: Televised on Lifetime.

Orlando Pride v North Carolina Courage

Wed., May 239	Orlando Pride	3–4	North Carolina Courage	Orlando, Florida
7:30pm	Ubogagu 52' (Marta) Kennedy 65' (Nairn) van Egmond  72' Hill 83' (Marta)	Report	McDonald 32' (O'Sullivan), 90' (Hinkle) Debinha 57' Mewis 62' (Dunn) Erceg  90+3'	Stadium: Orlando City Stadium Attendance: 3,104 Referee: Christina Unkel

Chicago Red Stars v Orlando Pride

Sat., May 2610	Chicago Red Stars	2–5	Orlando Pride	Bridgeview, Illinois
3:30pm	Kerr 21' (Nagasato), 60' (Nagasato) Johnson  42'	Report	Hill 2' Morgan 6' (Marta) Leroux 61' (Krieger), 63' Weatherholt 83' (Morgan)	Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 5,047

Seattle Reign v Orlando Pride

Sun., June 311	Seattle Reign	0–0	Orlando Pride	Seattle, Washington
9:00pm	Spencer  70'	Report	Zadorsky  79'	Stadium: UW Medicine Pitch at Memorial Stadium Attendance: 5,251

Orlando Pride v Sky Blue FC

Sat., June 1612	Orlando Pride	3–2	Sky Blue FC	Orlando, Florida
7:30pm	Leroux 2' (Ubogagu), 31' (Nairn) 75' Hill 83' (Morgan)	Report	McCaskill 16' Tiernan 37' Gibbons  45+1' Lloyd  85'	Stadium: Orlando City Stadium Attendance: 4,445

Washington Spirit v Orlando Pride

Sat., June 2313	Washington Spirit	0–1	Orlando Pride	Boyds, Maryland
7pm	Dydasco  18' Dougherty Howard  90+3'	Report	Kennedy 11'	Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex Attendance: 4,005
Note: Televised on ESPNews.

Orlando Pride v Houston Dash

Wed., June 2714	Orlando Pride	1–2	Houston Dash	Orlando, Florida
7:30pm	Morgan 22' (Zadorsky) Pickett  90' Monica  90+1' Nairn  90+1' Leroux  90+3'	Report	Chapman  75' Ohai 79' (Motlhalo) Huerta 83' (pen.)	Stadium: Orlando City Stadium Attendance: 3,215

Orlando Pride v North Carolina Courage

Sat., June 3015	Orlando Pride	0–3	North Carolina Courage	Orlando, Florida
3:30pm		Report	Debinha 37' Mathias 39' (Debinha) McDonald 40' (Dunn)	Stadium: Orlando City Stadium Attendance: 4,017 Referee: Elvis Osmanovic
Note: Televised on Lifetime.

Orlando Pride v Washington Spirit

Sat., July 716	Orlando Pride	2–1	Washington Spirit	Orlando, Florida
7:30pm	Leroux 45+2' (Kennedy) Marta 86' (Leroux) Marta  90+3'	Report	Hatch 26' (Church)	Stadium: Orlando City Stadium Attendance: 4,621
Note: Televised on ESPNews.

Houston Dash v Orlando Pride

Wed., July 1117	Houston Dash	3–1	Orlando Pride	Houston, Texas
8:30pm	Daly 17' (Ohai), 50' Hanson  90+1' Kgatlana 90+5' (Chapman)	Report	Leroux 55' (Zadorsky) Ubogagu  80' Zadorsky  87' Marta  90+6'	Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 3,308

Utah Royals FC v Orlando Pride

Sat., July 1418	Utah Royals FC	1–2	Orlando Pride	Sandy, Utah
7pm	Rodriguez 8' (Corsie)	Report	Hill  24' Morgan 45+2' (pen.) Edmonds 52' (Krieger) Kennedy  68' Ubogagu  75' Camila  89'	Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 8,761
Note: Televised on ESPNews.

Orlando Pride v Seattle Reign

Sat., July 2119	Orlando Pride	1–1	Seattle Reign	Orlando, Florida
3:30pm	Pressley 21'	Report	Taylor 70' (Kawasumi) Barnes  90+1'	Stadium: Orlando City Stadium Attendance: 5,074
Note: Televised on Lifetime.

Orlando Pride v Sky Blue FC

Sun., August 520	Orlando Pride	2–2	Sky Blue FC	Orlando, Florida
7:30pm	Edmonds  32' Marta 51' Weatherholt 73' Camila  78' Kennedy  90+3'	Report	Dorsey 53' (Groom) Groom 59' (McCaskill) Lloyd  90+6'	Stadium: Orlando City Stadium Attendance: 4,577

Orlando Pride v Portland Thorns

Sat., August 1121	Orlando Pride	0–2	Portland Thorns	Orlando, Florida
7:30pm	Marta  73'	Report	Sinclair  27' Horan 47' (Heath) Raso 53' (Crnogorčević)	Stadium: Orlando City Stadium Attendance: 6,012 Referee: Katja Koroleva

North Carolina Courage v Orlando Pride

Sat., August 1822	North Carolina Courage	3–0	Orlando Pride	Cary, North Carolina
7:00pm	Mathias  37' Zadorsky 75' (o.g.) Debinha 81' (Williams) Williams 88' (Mathias)	Report	Van Egmond  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

Orlando Pride v Chicago Red Stars

Sat., August 2523	Orlando Pride	1–3	Chicago Red Stars	Orlando, Florida
3:30pm	Camila  42' Zadorsky  79' Monica  82' Morgan 65' (Marta)	Report	Kerr 44' (Nagasato), 59' DiBernardo 45+1' (Kerr)	Stadium: Orlando City Stadium Attendance: 5,016 Referee: Guido Gonzales Jr

Sky Blue FC v Orlando Pride

Sat., Sep 824	Sky Blue FC	1–0	Orlando Pride	Piscataway, New Jersey
12:00pm	Sheridan  32' Lloyd 74' (Groom)	Report		Stadium: Yurcak Field at Rutgers University Attendance: 4,086

League standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	North Carolina Courage (C)	24	17	6	1	53	17	+36	57	NWSL Shield
2	Portland Thorns FC	24	12	6	6	40	28	+12	42	NWSL Playoffs
3	Seattle Reign FC	24	11	8	5	27	19	+8	41
4	Chicago Red Stars	24	9	10	5	38	28	+10	37
5	Utah Royals FC	24	9	8	7	22	23	−1	35
6	Houston Dash	24	9	5	10	35	39	−4	32
7	Orlando Pride	24	8	6	10	30	37	−7	30
8	Washington Spirit	24	2	5	17	12	35	−23	11
9	Sky Blue FC	24	1	6	17	21	52	−31	9

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]

• Sat Mar 31 / 3:50 PM ET kickoff / Washington Spirit vs Orlando Pride
• Sat May 12 / 3:50 PM ET kickoff / Portland Thorns FC vs Orlando Pride
• Sat May 26 / 3:50 PM ET kickoff / Chicago Red Stars vs Orlando Pride
• Sat Jun 23 / 3:50 PM ET kickoff / Washington Spirit vs Orlando Pride
• Sat Jun 30 / 3:50 PM ET kickoff / Orlando Pride vs North Carolina Courage
• Sat Jul 14 / 3:50 PM ET kickoff / Utah Royals FC vs Orlando Pride
• Sat Jul 21 / 3:50 PM ET kickoff / Orlando Pride vs Seattle Reign FC
• Sat Aug 25 / 3:50 PM ET kickoff / Orlando Pride vs Chicago Red Stars

Squad statistics

Goalscorers

As of matches played September 8, 2018

Rank	Pos.	No.	Name	NWSL	NWSL Playoffs	Total
1	FW	2	Sydney Leroux	6	0	6
2	FW	6	Chioma Ubogagu	4	0	4
	FW	15	Rachel Hill	4	0	4
	FW	13	Alex Morgan	4	0	4
	FW	10	Marta	4	0	4
6	DF	14	Alanna Kennedy	2	0	2
	DF	17	Dani Weatherholt	2	0	2
8	MF	7	Christine Nairn	1	0	1
	MF	12	Kristen Edmonds	1	0	1
	DF	3	Toni Pressley	1	0	1

Clean sheets

As of matches played September 8, 2018

No.	Name	NWSL	NWSL Playoffs	Total
24	Ashlyn Harris	4	0	4
Total		4	0	4

Honors and awards

NWSL Team of the Month

Month	Player	Position	Ref.
May	Ali Krieger	Defender	[17]

NWSL Weekly Awards

NWSL Goal of the Week

Week	Result	Player	Ref.
5	Nominated	Marta	[18]
6	Nominated	Chioma Ubogagu	[19]
7	Won	Christine Nairn	[20]
9	Won	Sydney Leroux	[21]
11/12	Nominated	Sydney Leroux	[22]
13	Won	Alanna Kennedy	[23]
15	Won	Marta	[24]
16	Won	Kristen Edmonds	[25]
17	Won	Toni Pressley	[26]

NWSL Save of the Week

Week	Result	Player	Ref.
3	Won	Ashlyn Harris	[27]
7	Won	Ashlyn Harris	[28]
9	Won	Ashlyn Harris	[29]
10	Won	Haley Kopmeyer	[30]
13	Won	Ashlyn Harris	[31]
14	Nominated	Ashlyn Harris	[32]
17	Nominated	Haley Kopmeyer	[33]
21	Won	Ashlyn Harris	[34]
22	Won	Ashlyn Harris	[35]

References

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External links

• Official website