Orlando Pride facts for kids
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| Founded | October 20, 2015 | ||
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| Stadium | Inter&Co Stadium Orlando, Florida |
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| Majority owners | Zygi, Leonard, and Mark Wilf | ||
| Chairman | Mark Wilf | ||
| Head coach | Seb Hines | ||
| League | National Women's Soccer League | ||
| 2024 | Regular season: 1st of 14 Playoffs: Champions |
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The Orlando Pride is a professional women's soccer team. They are based in Orlando, Florida. The team joined the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) in 2016. The NWSL is the top women's soccer league in the United States. The Pride was the tenth team to join the league. They play their home games at Inter&Co Stadium in downtown Orlando.
The Pride was first owned by the same group as Orlando City SC, a men's soccer team. In 2021, a new group bought the team. This group also owns the Minnesota Vikings, an NFL team. In the 2024 season, the team won their first major trophies. They won the NWSL Shield and the NWSL Championship.
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Team History
After the 2015 NWSL season, people heard that Orlando City SC might add a women's team. On October 20, 2015, the team was officially announced. This happened at a press conference at Lake Eola Park. Phil Rawlins, the team's founder, shared the team's name, logo, and colors. Tom Sermanni, a former coach for the Australian and U.S. national teams, became the Pride's first head coach.
On October 26, 2015, the Pride signed their first players. They got forward Alex Morgan and Kaylyn Kyle from Portland Thorns FC. They also traded for Sarah Hagen from FC Kansas City. The team finished their first season in 9th place.
In the 2017 season, the Pride made it to the playoffs for the first time. They finished 3rd in the regular season. They played against Portland Thorns FC in the semi-final but lost 4–1. This season was also special because Marta joined the team. She is a five-time FIFA World Player of the Year from Brazil. Marta scored 13 goals, making her the league's second-highest scorer that year.
After the 2018 season, the team finished 7th and missed the playoffs. Head coach Tom Sermanni left the team after three seasons. His record was 25 wins, 29 losses, and 14 ties in the regular season.
In January 2019, Marc Skinner became the Pride's second head coach. He came from Birmingham City W.F.C. in England.
In May 2019, the team announced plans for a new training facility. It would be at Sylvan Lake Park. This would be the first training facility in the NWSL made just for a women's team. The Pride planned to move there before the 2020 season.
On May 12, 2021, the majority owner of Orlando City, Flávio Augusto da Silva, announced he was selling the club. This included the Orlando Pride. The buyers were Zygi and Mark Wilf, who own the Minnesota Vikings NFL team. The deal was worth about $400–450 million.
On October 6, 2024, the Orlando Pride won their first trophy. They won the NWSL Shield with three games left in the season. This happened after they beat Washington Spirit 2–0. At that point, the Pride had not lost a game all season. Their unbeaten streak of 27 matches started in October 2023. The streak ended in the next game against Portland Thorns on October 11.
Team Name, Logo, and Colors
The name Orlando Pride was announced on October 20, 2015. Founder Phil Rawlins said the name shows how much everyone loves Orlando. It also connects to the "Lions family," which refers to Orlando City SC. The team's colors are purple and light blue. The team's logo shows a picture of the Linton E. Allen Memorial Fountain at Lake Eola Park.
Uniform Evolution
Home Kits
       2016
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    2017–2018
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   2019–2020
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 2021–2022
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 2023
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 2024–
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Away Kits
   2016
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   2017
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 2018–2019
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   2020–2021
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 2022–2023
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   2024–
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Home Stadium
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The Orlando Pride plays its home games at Inter&Co Stadium in Orlando, Florida. This stadium opened for the 2017 NWSL season. It can hold 25,500 fans, and it even has a special section for safe standing. Before 2017, the team played their 2016 season at Camping World Stadium.
On April 23, 2016, the Pride set a new NWSL attendance record. A crowd of 23,403 people came to their first home game. The Pride won that game 3–1 against the Houston Dash. This record stood for over three years. In August 2019, Portland Thorns broke the record with 25,218 fans at their newly expanded stadium.
Team Players
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Current Roster
Note: Flags show the national team a player plays for, based on FIFA rules. Players might have more than one nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Player | Nation |
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| 1 | Goalkeeper | Anna Moorhouse |  England
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| 2 | Defender | Haley McCutcheon |  United States
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| 3 | Defender | Kylie Strom | United States
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| 4 | Defender | Rafaelle Souza |  Brazil
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| 5 | Defender | Megan Montefusco | United States
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| 6 | Defender | Emily Sams | United States
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| 7 | Forward | Mariana Larroquette |  Argentina
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| 8 | Midfielder | Luana | Brazil
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| 9 | Forward | Adriana | Brazil
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| 10 | Forward | Marta (captain) | Brazil
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| 11 | Forward | Ally Watt | United States
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| 12 | Defender | Carrie Lawrence | United States
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| 13 | Defender | Celia |  Spain
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| 14 | Midfielder | Viviana Villacorta | United States
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| 15 | Midfielder | Angelina | Brazil
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| 16 | Midfielder | Morgan Gautrat | United States
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| 17 | Midfielder | Evelina Duljan |  Sweden
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| 18 | Forward | Simone Charley | United States
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| 19 | Defender | Carson Pickett | United States
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| 20 | Forward | Julie Doyle | United States
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| 21 | Goalkeeper | Sofia Manner |  Finland
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| 22 | Forward | Barbra Banda |  Zambia
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| 23 | Midfielder | Grace Chanda | Zambia
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| 25 | Defender | Kerry Abello | United States
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| 28 | Forward | Summer Yates | United States
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| 30 | Midfielder | Ally Lemos | United States
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| 31 | Defender | Cori Dyke | United States
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| 32 | Defender | Brianna Martinez | United States
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| 40 | Goalkeeper | McKinley Crone | United States
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Players on Loan
| No. | Pos. | Player | Nation |
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| 29 | Forward | Amanda Allen (on loan at Lexington SC until May 31, 2025) |  Canada
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Team Staff
| Executive Team | |
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| Chair | Mark Wilf |
| Vice-chair | Zygi Wilf |
| Vice-chair | Leonard Wilf |
| General manager | Haley Carter |
| Coaching Staff | |
| Head coach | Seb Hines |
| Assistant coach |  Giles Barnes |
| Assistant coach | Yolanda Thomas |
| Goalkeeper coach | Paul Crichton |
| Director of medical & performance | Cory Price |
| Strength and conditioning coach | Christi Edson |
Team Honors
The Orlando Pride has won these major titles: NWSL Championship: 1
- Winners: 2024
NWSL Shield: 1
- Winners: 2024
Team Records
Year-by-Year Performance
| Season | NWSL regular season | Position | Playoffs | Summer Cup |
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| P | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | Player | Goals | ||||||
| 2016 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 13 | 20 | 30 | 19 | 9th | DNQ | NH | NH | Kristen Edmonds |
6 | 8,785 |
| 2017 | 24 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 45 | 31 | 40 | 3rd | SF | Marta |
13 | 6,186 | ||
| 2018 | 24 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 30 | 36 | 30 | 7th | DNQ | Sydney Leroux |
6 | 4,837 | ||
| 2019 | 24 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 24 | 53 | 16 | 9th | DNQ | Marta |
6 | 5,565 | ||
| 2020 | NWSL season not contested | DNP | Marisa Viggiano |
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| 2021 | 24 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 27 | 32 | 28 | 8th | DNQ | Group stage | Sydney Leroux |
9 | 4,227 | |
| 2022 | 22 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 22 | 45 | 22 | 10th | DNQ | Group stage | Darian Jenkins Gunnhildur Jónsdóttir |
4 | 4,385 | |
| 2023 | 22 | 10 | 1 | 11 | 27 | 28 | 31 | 7th | DNQ | Group stage | Messiah Bright |
7 | 5,504 | |
| 2024 | 26 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 46 | 20 | 60 | 1st | W | Group stage | DNQ | Barbra Banda |
16 | 8,340 |
Head Coaches Over Time
- This table only counts official games. This includes NWSL regular season, playoff, and Challenge Cup matches.
| Name | Nationality | From | To | Games Played | Wins | Ties | Losses | Goals For | Goals Against | Win Percentage |
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| Tom Sermanni |  Scotland |
October 20, 2015 | September 14, 2018 | 69 | 25 | 14 | 30 | 96 | 102 | 36.23 |
| Marc Skinner |  England |
January 14, 2019 | July 23, 2021 | 43 | 9 | 12 | 22 | 46 | 77 | 20.93 |
| Carl Green (interim) | England |
July 23, 2021 | July 24, 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0.00 |
| Becky Burleigh (interim) |  United States |
July 25, 2021 | October 30, 2021 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 25.00 |
| Amanda Cromwell | United States |
December 7, 2021 | October 10, 2022 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 28 | 15.38 |
| Seb Hines | England |
June 7, 2022 | present | 74 | 33 | 17 | 24 | 102 | 98 | 44.59 |
| Total | 212 | 72 | 50 | 90 | 270 | 324 | 33.96 | |||
How to Watch Games
In 2016, you could watch Orlando Pride games on the Bright House Sports Network. In April of that year, a live broadcast of a Pride match was also shown on Alex Morgan's Facebook page. Almost 500,000 people watched the first half! This was the first time a professional sports game was broadcast live on Facebook.
For the 2017 season, Orlando Pride games were streamed online by Go90 for fans in America. People outside the U.S. could watch on the NWSL website. Lifetime TV also showed one "NWSL Game of the Week" every Saturday. The Pride were featured in seven of these national TV games. This TV deal ended early in 2018.
In 2019, NWSL regular season games were streamed on Yahoo! Sports for U.S. viewers. International fans could still watch for free on the NWSL app and NWSLsoccer.com. However, on July 4, 2019, the NWSL made a new deal with ESPN. This happened after the U.S. women's national team won the World Cup. The new deal meant ESPN would show 11 regular season games, including two Pride games. They also showed all the playoff games. This change caused some confusion for international viewers. ESPN's subscription service, ESPN Player, took over in Europe, Africa, and parts of Asia. TSN got the rights in Canada.
For the 2020 season, the NWSL announced a new three-year deal with CBS Sports and Twitch. Many NWSL games are shown on CBS, CBS Sports Network, and the CBS All Access streaming service. Twitch also offers free coverage of some games. Twitch is also the only place to watch NWSL games outside the United States. All regular-season games, playoffs, and the Championship are available globally on Twitch.
See also
In Spanish: Orlando Pride para niños
- List of top-division football clubs in CONCACAF countries
- List of professional sports teams in the United States and Canada
