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2018 Orlando Pride season

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.

Orlando Pride
2018 season
CEOAlex Leitão
Head coachTom Sermanni
StadiumOrlando City Stadium
Orlando, Florida
NWSL7th of 9
PlayoffsDid not qualify
Top goalscorerSydney 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
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Roster edit

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

Transfers and loans edit

2018 NWSL College Draft edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

Preseason edit

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
March 3 University of Central Florida 0–3 Orlando Pride Orlando, Florida
3 PM ET Report Leroux   14' Stadium: UCF Track and Soccer Complex
March 8 University of South Florida 1–5 Orlando Pride Tampa, Florida
6 PM ET USF   73' Report
Stadium: Corbett Stadium

National Women's Soccer League edit

Further information: 2018 National Women's Soccer League season

Results summary edit

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 edit

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Position[a]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 edit

Sat., March 24 1 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
Sat., March 31 2 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.
Sun., April 15 3 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
Sun., April 22 4 Orlando Pride 1–0 Houston Dash Orlando, Florida
5:00pm Ubogagu   65' (Nairn) Report Stadium: Orlando City Stadium
Attendance: 3,890
Sat., April 28 5 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
Wed., May 2 6 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
Wed., May 9 7 Utah Royals FC 0–0 Orlando Pride Sandy, Utah
9:00pm Gorry  86' Report Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium
Attendance: 7,137
Sat., May 12 8 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.
Wed., May 23 9 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
Sat., May 26 10 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
Sun., June 3 11 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
Sat., June 16 12 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
Sat., June 23 13 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.
Wed., June 27 14 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
Sat., June 30 15 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.
Sat., July 7 16 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.
Wed., July 11 17 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
Sat., July 14 18 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.
Sat., July 21 19 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.
Sun., August 5 20 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
Sat., August 11 21 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
Sat., August 18 22 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
Sat., August 25 23 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
Sat., Sep 8 24 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 edit

Pos Team
 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 edit

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 edit

Goalscorers edit

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 edit

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 edit

NWSL Team of the Month edit

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

NWSL Weekly Awards edit

NWSL Goal of the Week edit

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 edit

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]

Other awards edit

Notes edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Orlando Pride Roster". Orlando City SC. Archived from the original on April 1, 2017. Retrieved March 7, 2018.
  2. ^ "List: Every draft pick in the 2018 NWSL College Draft". www.nwslsoccer.com. National Women's Soccer League. January 18, 2018. Retrieved January 30, 2018.
  3. ^ "Orlando Pride announce final roster for 2018". VAVEL. March 20, 2018.
  4. ^ "Orlando Pride Acquires Defender Shelina Zadorsky from Washington Spirit". January 23, 2018. Retrieved March 9, 2018.
  5. ^ a b c d e "Pride Bolster Roster in Trades for Christine Nairn, Carson Pickett and Haley Kopmeyer". January 29, 2018. Retrieved March 9, 2018.
  6. ^ "Orlando Pride Acquires US National Team Forward Sydney Leroux". February 2, 2018. Retrieved March 9, 2018.
  7. ^ "Brazilian National Team Defender Poliana Joins Orlando Pride". February 6, 2018. Retrieved March 9, 2018.
  8. ^ "Orlando Pride Adds Australian International Emily van Egmond". February 14, 2018. Retrieved March 9, 2018.
  9. ^ "Orlando Pride Adds Australian International Emily van Egmond". March 21, 2018. Retrieved July 25, 2018.
  10. ^ "Orlando Pride Waives Midfielder Nickolette Driesse". February 9, 2018. Retrieved March 9, 2018.
  11. ^ "Sky Blue FC Signs Three Players to National Team Replacement Contracts". Sky Blue FC. August 31, 2018.
  12. ^ "Orlando Pride Waives Forward Jamia Fields". February 12, 2018. Retrieved March 9, 2018.
  13. ^ "Får sjokk når hun hører om bergensværet: – Hva?! Du tuller?". www.ba.no (in Norwegian). March 27, 2018.
  14. ^ "Orlando Pride Waives Defender Lotta Ökvist". July 3, 2018. Retrieved July 25, 2018.
  15. ^ "Hammarby värvar Lotta Ökvist". Hammarby fotboll (in Swedish).
  16. ^ Jacqueline, Purdy (February 21, 2018). "NWSL announces full schedule and Game of the Week on Lifetime schedule". www.nwslsoccer.com.
  17. ^ Balf, Celia (June 6, 2018). "May Team of the Month". NWSLsoccer.com. NWSL. Retrieved June 6, 2018.
  18. ^ "Week 5 Goal of the Week nominees". National Women's Soccer League. April 30, 2018. Retrieved May 2, 2018.
  19. ^ "Vote: Goal of the Week". National Women's Soccer League. May 7, 2018. Retrieved May 14, 2018.
  20. ^ Balf, Celia (May 15, 2018). "Goal of the Week: Christine Nairn". National Women's Soccer League. Retrieved May 15, 2018.
  21. ^ Balf, Celia (May 30, 2018). "Goal of the Week:Sydney Leroux". NWSL. Retrieved May 30, 2018.
  22. ^ "Goal of the Week nominees: Week 11/12". National Women's Soccer League. June 18, 2018. Retrieved June 20, 2018.
  23. ^ "Goal of the Week: Alanna Kennedy". National Women's Soccer League. June 26, 2018. Retrieved June 26, 2018.
  24. ^ "Week 15 Goal of the Week: Marta, Orlando Pride: NWSL 2018". YouTube. National Women's Soccer League. July 10, 2018. Retrieved July 19, 2018.
  25. ^ "Goal of the Week: Kristen Edmonds". National Women's Soccer League. July 17, 2018. Retrieved July 17, 2018.
  26. ^ "Goal of the Week: Toni Pressley". July 24, 2018. Retrieved July 24, 2018.
  27. ^ "Vote: Save of the Week". National Women's Soccer League. April 16, 2018. Retrieved April 18, 2018.
  28. ^ "Save of the Week: Ashlyn Harris". NWSLsoccer.com. NWSL. May 15, 2018. Retrieved May 15, 2018.
  29. ^ "Save of the Week: Ashlyn Harris". National Women's Soccer League. May 30, 2018. Retrieved May 30, 2018.
  30. ^ Balf, Celia (June 5, 2018). "Save of the Week: Haley Kopmeyer". NWSLsoccer.com. NWSL. Retrieved June 6, 2018.
  31. ^ Balf, Celia (June 26, 2018). "Save of the Week: Ashlyn Harris". NWSLsoccer.com. NWSL. Retrieved June 26, 2018.
  32. ^ "Save of the Week nominees : Week 14". Youtube. National Women's Soccer League. July 2, 2018. Retrieved July 3, 2018.
  33. ^ "Save of the Week nominees : Week 17". July 24, 2018. Retrieved July 24, 2018.
  34. ^ "Save of the Week: Ashlyn Harris". August 21, 2018. Retrieved August 21, 2018.
  35. ^ "Save of the Week nominees : Week 22". August 27, 2018. Retrieved August 28, 2018.

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