It certainly wasn’t a very attractive game at times, but ultimately those three points will look beautiful to Tom Sermanni and his Pride squad. The 3-2 win over Sky Blue FC was the eighth positive result in nine outings for Orlando, which always looked like the better team but did a lot to keep the visitors in the match.
Sermanni spoke after the match like a coach who had lost the game rather than won, saying the Pride were fortunate to have gotten the win and could very easily have lost the match. He spoke of the quality of his players and a few individual moments that produced a win where a loss might otherwise have been the result.