SkoPurp Soccer Episode 49: Utah Royals Rewind, Angel City Preview, and More

The Orlando Pride did some heavy editing to the club record book on Friday when the Utah Royals visited. In front of nearly 10,000 fans, the Pride put the visitors to the sword, beating Utah 6-0 at Inter&Co Stadium. Led by braces from Barbra Banda and Marta, the Pride set several new team marks, including most goals, biggest margin of victory, largest shutout win, and most-attended game that wasn’t a home opener. Banda set a new record for braces in a season and equaled a club best with four goal contributions in a match. It was a joy to behold.

We break down the match, check our score predictions, and make our selections for Player of the Match.

Our mailbagbox this week had questions about the international slot limit, the Olympics impacting player availability, and much more. Remember, you can ask us anything by hitting us up on Twitter at either @TheManeLand or @SkoPurpSoccer and using the hashtag #AskSkoPurp. Or you can visit our show page, scroll down, and fill out the handy form. We’d also appreciate any ratings or reviews you can leave wherever you get your podcasts, and if you do that on Apple Podcasts, we’ll find them easily and read them on the show.

Finally, the Pride head west to face Angel City on the Road Sunday. The teams played to a draw in Orlando early in the season, but a lot has changed since that matchup. Can Orlando continue its winning ways in Los Angeles? We’ve got our key matchups for the match and our final score predictions.

Here’s how Episode 49 went down:

0:15 – The Pride take the Utah Royals to the woodshed and it could have been worse than the 6-0 final result.

20:29 – The mailbagbox beckons and one listener assigned us homework that we didn’t do.

39:37 – The Pride get ready to head west to California to take on several ex-Pride players. Our preview.