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
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

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

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
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 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
Further information: 2018 National Women's Soccer League season

Results summary
OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
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
Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324
GroundHAAHHAAAHAAHAHHHAAHHHAHA
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 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
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) Champion.

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
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 Harris404
Total 4 0 4

Honors and awards

NWSL Team of the Month
Month Player Position Ref.
May Ali Krieger Defender [17]

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]

Notes

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    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.
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    5. "Pride Bolster Roster in Trades for Christine Nairn, Carson Pickett and Haley Kopmeyer". January 29, 2018. Retrieved March 9, 2018.
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    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.
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    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.
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    35. "Save of the Week nominees : Week 22". August 27, 2018. Retrieved August 28, 2018.
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