Welcome to your match thread for this afternoon’s match-up between the Orlando Pride (0-2-1, 1 point) and FC Kansas City (1-2-0, 3 points). This is the first of three scheduled meetings between the two sides this season. The Pride will host FCKC on Saturday, July 15 at 7:30 p.m., and will return to Swope Soccer Village on Saturday, Aug. 26 at 4 p.m.
The Pride are still winless but have seen no favors from the schedule makers, having faced defending Shield winner Portland, and the two teams from the 2016 NWSL final (Washington and North Carolina), with two of those three matches on the road.