March 21, 2024 – National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) – Orlando Pride News Release
The Need to Know:
Date & Time: Friday, March 22, 2024, 8 p.m. ET
Venue: INTER&Co Stadium, Orlando, Fla.
Competition: NWSL Regular Season
Where to Watch/Listen:
Broadcast: Amazon Prime Video
The Story:
The Orlando Pride welcome Angel City FC to INTER&Co Stadium for their 2024 home opener which serves as the second consecutive year that the two sides matchup against one another for the Pride’s first home match of the season.
Saturday was a day of firsts for the Pride with Summer Yates scoring her first NWSL goal off Amanda Allen’s first career assist.
Three Pride players also made their Club debuts including Angelina, Morgan Gautrat and Luana, while Ally Lemos made her professional debut coming on as a second half substitute.
Quote of the Week:
“Going back to the game, we felt that the way we conceded our goals was disappointing and going down 2-0 early on in the game. With the situation and scenario that was presented to us, I thought the players did extremely well to battle and earn a hard-fought point towards the end. If you reflect back on last year, I think we may not have gotten to that point at this stage of the season. I was really pleased. I was pleased for Summer [Yates] getting her first professional goal and Amanda Allen getting her first professional assist also. You look at towards the end of the game and we had a lot of young players out there and they fought hard and battled hard and managed to see it through. Really pleased with that and obviously we are looking forward to our home opener against Angel City on Friday. Hoping to get a good crowd out there and use the energy of the crowd to put Angel City under pressure right from kickoff and play our regular game.”
– Head Coach Seb Hines
Current Form
Pride’s Last Matchup: Orlando 2, Racing Louisville 2 (3/16/24, Lynn Family Stadium)
Goal-Scorers: Elli Pikkujämsä (OG), Summer Yates; Elexa Bahr, Uchenna Kanu
Angel City FC’s Last Matchup: Angel City 0, Bay FC 1 (3/17/24, BMO Stadium)
Goal-Scorers: Asisat Oshoala
Against the Opposition:
Series Record: 2-1-1 (Home: 0-1-1, Away: 2-0-0)
Last Matchup: Orlando 1, Angel City FC 0 (10/2/23, BMO Stadium)
Next Up: Orlando Pride vs. Chicago Red Stars
Date & Time: Friday, March 29, 7 p.m. ET
Venue: INTER&Co Stadium, Orlando, Fla.
Broadcast: NWSL+
Competition: NWSL Regular Season
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