ORLANDO, Fla. (July 7, 2018) – In the final of three consecutive home matches, Orlando Pride (7-5-4, 25 points) came from behind to defeat the Washington Spirit (2-10-4, 10 points) 2-1 on Saturday at Orlando City Stadium. Sydney Leroux scored her fifth goal of the season before assisting on Marta’s late game-winner.
“I’m really proud of the players tonight,” Pride Head Coach Tom Sermanni said. “It was a really tight game in the end in the scoreline but we had seven good chances to score in the first 12 minutes. It’s important when you get those chances that, if you take one or two of them it gives you that little barrier and a little bit of respite because you know at some stage in this league teams are going to come into the game and they’re going to create chances and that’s exactly what Washington did.