Orlando Pride vs. Washington Spirit: Preview, How to Watch, TV Info, Live Stream, Lineups, Match Thread, and More
The Pride open up the 2021 NWSL regular season at home against Washington.
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Welcome to your match thread as the Orlando Pride take on the Washington Spirit in Exploria Stadium on opening weekend of the 2021 NWSL regular season. Both teams are familiar with each other; they played a few weeks ago in the NWSL Challenge Cup. The Pride finished a goal better than the Spirit, and Orlando won the head-to-head match up.
Orlando Pride Showed Growth Through Challenge Cup
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The Orlando Pride had a successful 2021 NWSL Challenge Cup. While the Pride did not advance to the final, they finished third in the East Division and finished their last two matches with clean sheets. More importantly, Orlando improved in a few key areas in the past few weeks.
“I think we improved tactically in our discipline,” said Pride Head Coach Marc Skinner. “We’ve improved our connections with the players that will play together. We’ve connected a better team. We are connecting off the field a little bit better in terms of getting to know each other better, creating a team culture. We’re working hard behind the scenes to create an Orlando Pride that is together off the field as they are on the field. And so we’re going to continue that work. I’m pleased with the growth that you necessarily can’t yet see on the field.”
Keep Em’ Coming Ashlyn Harris continued her recent form last Wednesday against Washington, registering nine saves en route to the Pride’s first clean sheet of the calendar year. Harris recorded a stop from the penalty spot for the second-consecutive week, this time denying Washington forward Ashley Hatch in what would become her 30th NWSL Save of the Week honor while with the