Welcome to your match thread for this afternoon’s match-up between the Orlando Pride (0-1-0, 0 points) and the Washington Spirit (0-1-0, 0 points). This is the first of three scheduled meetings between the teams this season. The Pride will visit the Spirit at Maryland SoccerPlex on Saturday, July 8 at 4 p.m. Washington will return to Orlando City Stadium on Tuesday, Aug. 8 at 7:30 p.m.
The Pride come home with a 0-1-0 record after last week’s 2-0 loss at Portland and will look to take advantage of a Spirit squad that lost a good chunk of quality off last year’s team that reached the NWSL final.