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2025 Orlando Pride Season In Review: Angelina

The Brazilian’s performance dropped a bit in 2025, but she was still a solid player in the middle of the field.

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The Orlando Pride signed defensive midfielder Angelina on Dec. 13, 2023, as a restricted free agent, with the Brazilian international joining the Pride after spending the three previous seasons with Seattle. She is still playing on that initial contract, which runs through the 2026 season, and crossed 50 games played with the Pride near the end of this season.

Let’s take a look back at the midfielder’s second season with the Pride.

Statistical Breakdown

Angelina started and went the full 90 minutes in the NWSL Challenge Cup game against Washington, opening the game as an attacking midfielder but shifting after halftime back to the defensive midfield, where she had primarily played in 2024. The Brazilian did not take any shots or have a goal contribution, completed 79% of her passes, made three tackles, committed and suffered two fouls, and was not booked. She nearly had the game-winning assist, playing a beautiful free kick onto Kylie Nadaner’s head that the defender put into the back of the net, but she had been offside prior to the ball being played, so the goal did not count. The game went to penalty kicks and Angelina converted her opportunity low and to the goalkeeper’s left, but unfortunately the next two Pride players did not convert theirs, and the Pride did not win the post-match shootout or the trophy.

In NWSL regular-season play, Angelina appeared in all of Orlando’s 26 matches, starting 23 and playing a total of 1,816 minutes. She put five of her 15 shot attempts on target, but none past the goalkeeper. The Brazilian international completed 73% of her passes, with one assist from her 23 key passes (second most on the team, behind Marta) and four successful crosses. On the defensive side, she compiled 29 tackles, while also tallying 11 interceptions, nine blocked shots, and 18 clearances. She committed 20 fouls, suffered 26, and received two yellow cards.

Angelina played all 180 minutes during the Pride’s two playoff games. Just as in the regular season she did not score any goals, and only had one shot attempt across the two matches, putting it on target. Her passing completion percentage dipped a bit from the regular season, coming in at 69% without a key pass or an assist. On defense, she contributed two tackles, one interception, and five clearances. She committed three fouls, suffered two, and was not booked.

In a manner very similar to her normal midfield partner, Haley McCutcheon, Seb Hines rested Angelina for most of the Concacaf W Champions Cup, playing her in only two games and for a combined total of 80 minutes. Angelina came off the bench in the Pride’s two games against teams from Liga MX Feminil — Club America and Pachuca — and did not record a goal contribution, took one off-target shot, completed 74% of her pass attempts without a key pass, made three tackles, committed one foul, suffered one foul, and was not booked in the competition.

Best Game

The Brazilian’s best game in 2025 was definitely her one-goal, one-assist performance for her native country in the Copa America Feminina championship game, but choosing her best game for the Pride was a much more difficult decision. Many of her games ended up with similar stat lines, but only game ended up with a goal contribution, which was the Pride’s last-gasp comeback to earn a 1-1 draw against North Carolina. Angelina earned her assist by playing a dangerous corner kick toward the near post, where Prisca Chilufya scored one of the odder headed goals you will ever see, looping her header incredibly high in the air but at just the right angle to drop into the back of the net in the third minute of second half stoppage time.

In addition to the assist, Angelina had three other shot-creating actions, completed a season-high 94% of her passes, and added one tackle on defense. In a season of mostly workmanlike performances Angelina’s performance in this game stood out, as the one moment of magic for the Pride was created off of her corner kick, earning a point for the Pride and my vote for her best game of the season.

2025 Final Grade

The Mane Land staff gave Angelina a composite grade of 6.5 out of 10, a significant step down from the 8 out of 10 we gave her in 2024. Despite playing more than 300 more minutes in NWSL play in 2025 than she did in 2024, many of her counting stats were either lower (goals, assists, shot-creating actions, key passes, defensive interruptions) or only slightly higher (shots, passes completed, touches, successful long balls). Seb Hines tried to use her in some different positions in the beginning of the season, but even when she returned to playing primarily in the same spot as she did in 2024, her involvement in the game dipped a bit this season, which is reflected in the lower grade from our staff.

2026 Outlook

Barring an off-season trade or transfer, Angelina will be back with the Pride next season and will be the presumptive starter alongside McCutcheon in the defensive midfield. While her form dipped in 2025 as compared to 2024, she was still a solid player for the Pride, and she will be 26 years old next season, so she should be able to perform at least at the same level as in 2025 and hopefully will return back to her 2024 form. If she does, it will go a long way toward helping the Pride have a third straight season with a top tier defense, which should keep them in the mix for a top-four seed and a chance to return to the NWSL championship game.

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