Last week I looked at the Orlando Pride’s transfer struggles and how the roster rebuild is still very much in the “tear it down” phase and painfully stalling at its attempt to rebuild. While things are still bad, there’s an intriguing new youth movement worth watching develop.
The long and short is that the team had no room left under their salary cap, with few assets and only two draft picks (a third and fourth round) to help rebuild the core of their team. The Pride parted ways with three starters from last year, lost Sydney Leroux due to a pregnancy, and saw a further eight players now leave on international duty.