For Orlando Pride coach Marc Skinner, the offseason focus is clear — 2019 can’t happen again.
Part of that promise is repeated almost as a hopeful mantra. A season like 2019 simply can’t happen again, right? A World Cup, a pregnancy, a breast cancer diagnosis, a litany of injuries — Skinner admits he wasn’t prepared for this season, although he’s not sure if anyone could have been.
At the end of a 4-16-4 finish — with a league-low 24 goals scored and a league-high 53 goals allowed — Skinner gets the criticism. He understands this year wasn’t good enough by a long shot.