March 16, 2024 – National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) – Orlando Pride News Release
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The Orlando Pride (0-0-1, 1 point) earned a point on the road on Saturday afternoon, overcoming a two-goal deficit for a 2-2 draw on the road against Racing Louisville FC (0-0-1, 1 point), all while playing down a player from the 62nd minute on.
The Pride secured the road point after second-year forward Summer Yates got her toe on a flick from Amanda Allen, sending the ball in for the Pride’s second goal of the game and the first of her professional career. Yates’ goal in the second half followed a first half Pride goal that came off a Louisville own goal, after Kerry Abello did the work and sent in a cross that was deflected in by the Racing defender.
Down 2-0 after the first 20 minutes of the match, the Pride also battled back while being down a player when Kylie Strom picked up a second yellow card in the 62nd minute of play.
Saturday’s match also saw the Pride debut of four players, with Angelina, Morgan Gautrat, Ally Lemos and Luana all making their first-ever appearances for Orlando.
Goalkeeper Anna Moorhouse finished with two saves, with her first on the night pushing her to second all-time in Club history for career stops.
The Pride will now turn their attention to the 2024 home opener, set to welcome Angel City FC to INTER&Co stadium in an 8 p.m. ET kickoff on Friday, March 22.
Scoring Summary:
13′ Elexa Bahr (Reilyn Turner) – LOU 1, ORL 0
The home side took the early advantage after a ball from Reilyn Turner found Elexa Bahr in behind the Pride backline. Bahr took a touch and was able to chip it over the Pride goalkeeper for the finish.
19′ Uchenna Kanu (Elexa Bahr) – LOU 2, ORL 0
Louisville doubled its lead after Bahr passed the ball to Uchenna Kanu, who just stayed onside. From there, Kanu was able to get a shot off across the face of goal that found the back of the net.
24′ Elli Pikkujämsä (Own Goal) – LOU 2, ORL 1
The Pride pulled one back when Kerry Abello found some space on the wing and after doing some nice work to find a cross, the ball deflected off Elli Pikkujämsä and got over the goal line.
86′ Summer Yates (Amanda Allen) – ORL 2, LOU 2
Orlando leveled the match after earning a free kick late in the game. Angelina sent the ball in which found the head of Amanda Allen, who was able to flick it on to Summer Yates with the forward poking it past a diving Katie Lund.
Head Coach Seb Hines:
“Hard fought point, we showed a lot of character toward the…