2018 Orlando Pride season

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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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 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

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 Portugal Nadia Gomes FW Utah Brigham Young University Not signed[3]

In

Date Player Positions played Previous club Fee/notes Ref.
January 23, 2018 Canada Shelina Zadorsky DF United States 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 United States Christine Nairn MF United States Seattle Reign FC Acquired in trade for Stephanie Catley [5]
January 29, 2018 United States Carson Pickett DF United States Seattle Reign FC Acquired in trade for Stephanie Catley [5]
January 29, 2018 United States Haley Kopmeyer GK United States Seattle Reign FC Acquired in trade for Jasmyne Spencer [5]
February 2, 2018 United States Sydney Leroux FW United States 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 Brazil Poliana DF United States Houston Dash Acquired in trade for Orlando's second-round pick in the 2019 NWSL College Draft. [7]
February 14, 2018 Australia Emily van Egmond MF Australia Newcastle Jets FC Signed in off season. [8]
March 21, 2018 Sweden Lotta Ökvist DF United States 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 Australia Steph Catley DF United States Seattle Reign FC Traded for Christine Nairn and Carson Pickett [5]
January 29, 2018 United States Jasmyne Spencer FW United States 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 United States Nickolette Driesse MF United States Sky Blue FC Waived. [10][11]
February 12, 2018 United States Jamia Fields FW Norway Arna-Bjørnar Waived. [12][13]
July 3, 2018 Sweden Lotta Ökvist DF Sweden 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 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

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

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StadiumHAAHHAAAHAAHAHHHAAHHHAHA
ResultDLLWDWDWLWDWWLLWLWDDLLLL
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

Sat., March 24 1 Orlando Pride 1–1 Utah Royals FC Orlando, Florida
7:30pm Marta 21' (pen.) Krieger Yellow card 90+3' Report Jónsdóttir 3' (Matheson)
Sauerbrunn Yellow card 21'
Ratcliffe Yellow card 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 Yellow card 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 Yellow card 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 Yellow card 89'		 Stadium: Orlando City Stadium
Attendance: 5,058
Wed., May 2 6 Chicago Red Stars 0–2 Orlando Pride Bridgeview, Illinois
7:30pm Comeau Yellow card 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 GorryYellow card 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) Yellow card 76'
Andressina Yellow card 65'		 Report Morgan 11'
Nairn 21'
Pickett Yellow card 64'
Weatherholt Yellow card 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 Yellow card 72'
Hill 83' (Marta)		 Report McDonald 32' (O'Sullivan), 90' (Hinkle)
Debinha 57'
Mewis 62' (Dunn)
Erceg Yellow card 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 Yellow card 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 Yellow card 70' Report Zadorsky Yellow card 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) Yellow card 75'
Hill 83' (Morgan)		 Report McCaskill 16'
Tiernan 37'
Gibbons Yellow card 45+1'
Lloyd Yellow card 85'		 Stadium: Orlando City Stadium
Attendance: 4,445
Sat., June 23 13 Washington Spirit 0–1 Orlando Pride Boyds, Maryland
7pm Dydasco Yellow card 18'
Dougherty Howard Yellow card 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 Yellow card 90'
Monica Yellow card 90+1'
Nairn Yellow card 90+1'
Leroux Yellow card 90+3'		 Report Chapman Yellow card 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 Yellow card 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 Yellow card 90+1'
Kgatlana 90+5' (Chapman)		 Report Leroux 55' (Zadorsky)
Ubogagu Yellow card 80'
Zadorsky Yellow card 87'
Marta Red card 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 Yellow card 24'
Morgan 45+2' (pen.)
Edmonds 52' (Krieger)
Kennedy Yellow card 68'
Ubogagu Yellow card 75'
Camila Yellow card 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 Yellow card 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 Yellow card 32'
Marta 51'
Weatherholt 73'
Camila Yellow card 78'
Kennedy Yellow card 90+3'		 Report Dorsey 53' (Groom)
Groom 59' (McCaskill)
Lloyd Red card 90+6'		 Stadium: Orlando City Stadium
Attendance: 4,577
Sat., August 11 21 Orlando Pride 0–2 Portland Thorns Orlando, Florida
7:30pm Marta Yellow card 73' Report Sinclair Yellow card 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 Yellow card 37'
Zadorsky 75' (o.g.)
Debinha 81' (Williams)
Williams 88' (Mathias)		 Report Van Egmond Yellow card 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 Yellow card 42'
Zadorsky Yellow card 79'
Monica Yellow card 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 Yellow card 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) 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
Rank Pos. No. Name NWSL NWSL Playoffs Total
1 FW 2 United States Sydney Leroux 6 0 6
2 FW 6 United States Chioma Ubogagu 4 0 4
FW 15 United States Rachel Hill 4 0 4
FW 13 United States Alex Morgan 4 0 4
FW 10 Brazil Marta 4 0 4
6 DF 14 Australia Alanna Kennedy 2 0 2
DF 17 United States Dani Weatherholt 2 0 2
8 MF 7 United States Christine Nairn 1 0 1
MF 12 United States Kristen Edmonds 1 0 1
DF 3 United States Toni Pressley 1 0 1

Clean sheets

As of matches played September 8, 2018
No. Name NWSL NWSL Playoffs Total
24 United States Ashlyn Harris 4 0 4
Total 4 0 4

Honors and awards

NWSL Team of the Month

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

NWSL Weekly Awards

NWSL Goal of the Week

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

NWSL Save of the Week

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

Other awards

Notes

References

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  35. ^ "Save of the Week nominees : Week 22". August 27, 2018. Retrieved August 28, 2018.
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