The Pride are sitting comfortably in fifth place in the NWSL standings going into their Thursday night clash with the Houston Dash. It will be the 10th match of their inaugural season and the de facto midway point. It’s been successful so far; they knocked off current Shield-holders Seattle, have defeated a good Dash team twice already, and are unbeaten at home.
But the last month of the season has been marred by poor results and almost nonexistent offense. It’s a strange circumstance for a team that went out and got one of the world’s best strikers in Alex Morgan, but it may get worse before it gets better.