May 4, 2024 – National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL)
Racing Louisville FC News Release
Racing Louisville FC celebrates a goal
(Racing Louisville FC)
Racing Louisville puts its longest unbeaten streak in club history to the test on Sunday with a 6 p.m. ET kickoff against the red-hot Orlando Pride at Inter&Co Stadium.
A rematch of the season-opening 2-2 draw in Louisville, Sunday’s game pits two of the NWSL’s three remaining undefeated teams against each other.
Sunday’s match will be streamed on NWSL+ for free with a sign-up. Fans can access NWSL+ online at plus.nwslsoccer.com or via the app on Apple, Fire or Roku services. News Talk 1080 AM or online at talkradio1080.iheart.com, and the iHeart Radio app will carry the radio broadcast.
Racing Louisville (1-0-5, 8 points) is coming off a 1-1 draw at reigning champion NJ/NY Gotham FC, a result that maintained Racing’s unbeaten history in New Jersey. The Louisvillians have yet to trail in a match this season in 540-plus minutes of game action, helping them move into sixth place in the very early stages of the race for one of eight spots in the NWSL Playoffs.
For coach Bev Yanez, Sunday’s difficult game against an Orlando squad that has won four consecutive games and thrashed a good North Carolina Courage team, 4-1, on Wednesday presents another opportunity to grow as a team.
“Like I’ve been saying, it’s going to take time for us to continue to build what we are trying to build,” Yanez said, “but I definitely think the group’s bought in and it’s headed in the right direction.”
Orlando (4-0-3, 15 points) started its win streak with a pair of 1-0 wins over Utah and San Diego, but the past two games have seen an explosion of Pride offense, with seven goals. Zambian forward Barbra Banda has three goals, two assists and one penalty won in two sensational starts.
Coach Seb Hines’s team has not trailed in any of its past five matches, climbing up the NWSL standings into a tie for second place with Washington, one point off the Kansas City Current.
In the first meeting on March 16, Louisville sprinted out to a 2-0 lead on Orlando with goals from Elexa Bahr and Uchenna Kanu, but the Pride scratched back one goal via a first-half own goal and equalized through Summer Yates in the game’s waning moments while playing with just 10 players.
The game continued the trend of high-scoring games between the clubs: The teams have produced 26 goals between them in the past eight clashes.
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