The Orlando Pride notched their first ever win against the Portland Thorns in contentious circumstances at Providence Park on the back of two poor defensive plays in what was the third game for both clubs in seven days. The Thorns had goals called off for fouls early in both halves. Despite decent Portland offense resulting in 24 total shots, they couldn’t quite find an equalizer.
Emily Menges made her first start of the 2018 season, as did Ellie Carpenter. Carpenter started the match up top in the place of Ana-Maria Crnogorcevic, and Weber started at left wingback in the place of Meghan Klingenberg, out of the match for personal reasons.