ORLANDO, Fla. — Marc Skinner didn’t bother waiting to get back to the locker room Saturday night to start unloading his frustrations. Gathering his players just off the center circle, the Orlando Pride coach went into a lengthy, animated discourse about the breakdowns that produced a 1-0 home loss to the Utah Royals and kept […]
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ORLANDO, Fla. — Suffice it to say the Orlando Pride’s sendoff game for their U.S. national team players didn’t exactly go to plan. Minutes before kickoff, goalkeeper Ashlyn Harris was announced as a late scratch after the Pride’s captain was shaken up in warmups. Though replacement Haley Kopmeyer surrendered only one goal, it turned out […]
SANFORD, Fla. — Orlando Pride goalkeeper Ashlyn Harris wants to make sure the team is standing on a solid foundation before she leaves for the Women’s World Cup in France. The Pride’s American international stars will be released to their national teams after Saturday’s home match against the Utah Royals, which means the match is […]
SANFORD, Fla. — Veteran Orlando Pride goalkeeper Ashlyn Harris knows there will be some growing pains for the team under new head coach Marc Skinner. The Pride (0-2-1, 1 points) are coming off a rough opening week that included matches against three 2018 NWSL playoff teams. The three games didn’t yield the results the Pride […]
Reign FC played its first home match of the season against the Orlando Pride at on Sunday at Cheney Stadium and the pitch conditions at the minor league baseball stadium weren’t ideal, according to Pride players and coach Marc Skinner. “What was really crazy is that if you look at it from the camera angle, […]
Orlando Pride coach Marc Skinner wanted to switch things up a bit Sunday against Reign FC. Skinner has been adamant in saying the Pride will have a specific style of play with him at the helm, but that style is more based in concepts, rather than a formation. The Pride’s 1-1 draw with the Reign […]
The first real signs of the team the Orlando Pride could become were on display Sunday night in Tacoma, Wash. The Pride (0-2-1, 1 points) earned their first point of the season with a 1-1 draw against Reign FC (0-0-2, 2 points) at Cheney Stadium. Orlando remained stout in the face of pressure from the […]
A brutal opening week for the Orlando Pride – at least in terms of the schedule – ends Sunday with a match against Reign FC. The Pride (0-2-0, 0 points) are winless after facing two playoff teams to start the season. The Reign are the third consecutive playoff team the Pride will face early on […]
CARY, N.C. — Veteran defender Ali Krieger was frustrated with the result of Wednesday’s match, but not with her new coach. Ashlyn Harris, Alex Morgan, Marta – many of the Pride’s veteran international players have praised Marc Skinner’s detail-oriented and enthusiastic approach to training. After Wednesday’s 5-0 road loss to the North Carolina Courage, Krieger gave […]
CARY, N.C. – It’s clear the Orlando Pride have numerous things to work on in their first season under new coach Marc Skinner. They’re still trying to find ways not only to score, but to be effective in the final third. And critical mistakes all over the pitch need to be cleaned up. The Pride […]