Marc Skinner didn’t hold back his disappointment after the Pride fell 2-1 on the road to the Washington Spirit Saturday night, ceding an early goal off a defensive blunder and falling to last spot in the NWSL standings.
During another game that Skinner said was plagued by “cheap” goals and poor defending, the loss grated on the coach, who said his team under-performed against an opponent it beat earlier this season.
“For me, I think they just didn’t execute the game plan well enough tonight,” Skinner said after the loss. “We told them how to beat Washington, we’d worked on it and they knew how to do it.