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Orlando Pride vs. Kansas City Current: Photo Gallery

A gallery of photographs from the Pride’s home draw against the Kansas City Current.

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Dan MacDonald, The Mane Land


The Orlando Pride played host to the Kansas City Current on a humid and rainy Friday night, resulting in a well-played but scoreless draw. Both teams were wary of each other’s high-powered attacks, and clearly felt the effects of the heavy weather conditions. Despite the deliberate play, the game was far from boring though, with both teams playing precise and patient buildups, with most of the athletic passages of play occurring during the opening and closing stages of the game.

That does not mean there were not chances created, especially as Orlando dug deep to push for a late winner. In the last 15 minutes, the Pride were stymied by two excellent late-game Almuth Schult saves on the Current’s end on Marta, followed shortly after by a near miss by Haley McCutcheon. In general, the respective goalkeepers had good games. Schult had three excellent saves and one tricky “schross” that bounced off the goal line (causing consternation for the fans, but it clearly did not clear the line) among her five saves.

At the other end, the Pride’s defensive work effort smothered or directed Kansas City’s shots straight to Anna Moorhouse. The Pride goalkeeper contributed a good tip wide of the post in her three saves and forced a Temwa Chawinga break to a wide angle that was subsequently missed. Her best save didn’t count because the play was called offside.

After facing down one of the top teams in the league, Orlando extended its record-breaking unbeaten run. The Pride are now unbeaten in 21 straight league games (24 in all competitions), and have not conceded since the Summer Cup break.

The Pride next play on the road at Bay City FC Friday night.

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Orlando Pride vs. Washington Spirit, NWSL Challenge Cup: Photo Gallery

A gallery of photos from the 2025 NWSL Challenge Cup at Inter&Co Stadium.

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The Orlando Pride played their first meaningful game of 2025 in the NWSL Challenge Cup Friday against the Washington Spirit. While the Pride looked sharp, they couldn’t quite earn their third trophy in a row at the expense of the Spirit, with regulation ending in a 1-1 draw, and Washington taking the competition in penalties, 4-2.

Both teams brought back most of their rosters from last year, so instead of new faces, anticipation more revolved around the return of several key players from injury. Center back Rafaelle made an impactful return from an injury-marred 2024, scoring Orlando’s only goal in her 45 minutes. New Pride signing Prisca Chilufya made her debut in the second half, almost pulling Orlando back into the lead in the 85th minute. Grace Chanda and Trinity Rodman did not see the field but were on the bench for their respective teams, indicating promise for the 2025 campaign.

Rafalle’s goal stood up until a set piece late in the game gave the Spirit the opportunity to equalize, and they did. Leicy Santos delivered a great free kick, but Anna Moorhouse got two hands to it and will likely think she should have kept it out. The game went straight to penalties, where the Pride got off to a good start with strikes by Julie Doyle and Angelina, but neither Summer Yates nor Ally Lemos were clinical and the Spirit prevailed.

The Pride will open their 2025 campaign at 8 p.m. Friday at Inter&Co Stadium. The pre-game will include a celebration of the record-smashing 2024 season, including raising banners for the the NSWL Shield and the NWSL Championship.

We hope you enjoy this gallery of photos from the NWSL Challenge Cup.

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Orlando City vs. Philadelphia Union: Photo Gallery

An album of images from Orlando City’s 2025 season opener against the Philadelphia Union.

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Dan MacDonald, The Mane Land


After dominating the first part of the game, including scoring the first goal early, Orlando City allowed the Philadelphia Union to climb back into the season-opening match Saturday with a costly mistake in the 24th minute. The Lions then made several mistakes at the back early in the second half, digging a huge 4-1 hole that was too much to overcome, despite a brace on his debut from Marco Pasalic, allowing the Union to leave Orlando with a 4-2 win.

The Lions created enough chances to climb back into the match, but Andre Blake was outstanding in the Philadelphia goal, denying nearly everything thrown at him. Pasalic was a bright spot for Orlando City, and Martín Ojeda also had a strong match, assisting on the first Pasalic goal and putting two shots of his own on target. Alex Freeman also played well, coming off the bench for meaningful minutes and putting a headed shot from an Ojeda delivery off the crossbar.

Joran Gerbet and Nicolas Rodriguez both made their MLS and Orlando City competitive debuts, but nothing was quite able to dig the Lions out of the hole they’d dug with catastrophic defensive-third turnovers. Orlando City suffered its first opening day loss and will enter Matchday 2 without a point for the first time.

We hope you enjoy these images from the season opener more than the match. The Lions will look to get on track Saturday when Toronto FC visits Inter&Co Stadium.

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USMNT vs Costa Rica: Photo Gallery

A gallery of photos from the USMNT’s 3-0 friendly win over Costa Rica at Inter&Co Stadium.

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Dan MacDonald, The Mane Land


The U.S. Men’s National Team came to Orlando to play a January friendly against Costa Rica and kept its perfect record at Inter&Co Stadium intact, improving to 7-0-0 at the home of Orlando City and the Orlando Pride with a 3-0 win over Costa Rica. Hopefully Orlando was not chosen for it’s warmth, as temperatures hovered around 40 degrees with a fine mist for maximal heat dispersion. The conditions did not seem to bother the team however (or maybe it bothered Costa Rica more), as the youthful U.S. lineup picked up the win.

As is often the case for a January camp, the makeup of the Unitd States squad consisted of largely less-experienced pool players, so the game started a little on the nervy side. A little before halfway through the first half, midfielder Diego Luna took an errant arm across the face, breaking his nose. Luna running around the field with both nostrils packed may have helped galvanize the team, as he found Brian White a just moments after he returned from getting treatment and a new shirt, and the Yanks were up 1-0.

The Americans continued to grow into the match and by the second half mostly orchestrated the game, with a couple acrobatic saves by Zack Steffen as punctuation. The U.S. didn’t find the net again until late in the second half, however. Caden Clark finally broke through again in the 77th minute to relieve some nerves and ensure the victory. Patrick Agyemang’s goal in the 90th minute put an exclamation point on the match, sealing the victory.

We hope you enjoy these images from a cold, wet night of international soccer at Inter&Co Stadium.

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