May 14, 2022 – National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) – Orlando Pride News Release
ORLANDO, Fla. – Orlando Pride (1-1-1, 4 points) drew with the Kansas City Current (0-2-1, 1 point) on Saturday night after a second-half stoppage-time penalty kick from defender Toni Pressley at Exploria Stadium. The Pride were also backed by a 51-minute goal from captain Gunny Jónsdóttir, which opened the scoring on the night, and a strong performance in between the sticks from goalkeeper Erin McLeod. McLeod finished the night with six saves, including a breakaway stop in the 86th-minute.
The Pride opened the scoring in the second half courtesy of Jónsdóttir finishing off a pass from Sydney Leroux from just inside the six-yard box. The goal marked Jónsdóttir first of the regular season after tallying two in the Challenge Cup.
Orlando Pride Head Coach Amanda Cromwell:
“The first half I thought we played well. I thought we should have controlled the tempo more. We were hitting too many long balls, getting too stretched and I think wasting energy to be quite honest. I think you could see that energy that was wasted in the first half kind of come around in the second half with some tired legs and some knocks that we were just trying to protect…We need to be better with the seeing it out and being more condensed because we got way too stretched, but way to fight back. I thought Kylie [Strom] was great coming on. She had a shot that just got tipped over at the end and she earned that penalty so I was really happy for Kylie. Getting a point kind of feels frustrating because I thought we were in control of the game in the first half and should have finished some of the chances. I have to give Kansas City credit for the last 20 [minutes]. They made some subs that were dynamic and fast and you could see our defense was tired.”
Scoring Recap:
51′ Gunny Jónsdóttir (Sydney Leroux) – ORL 1, KC 0
The Pride took the lead shortly after halftime, with Darian Jenkins sending in a cross from…