{"id":124282,"date":"2026-01-19T23:49:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T23:49:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/124282\/"},"modified":"2026-01-19T23:49:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T23:49:10","slug":"ncaa-champion-florida-state-and-jamaica-star-solai-washington-signs-with-orlando-pride","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/124282\/","title":{"rendered":"NCAA Champion, Florida State, and Jamaica star Solai Washington signs with Orlando Pride"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Today, the Orlando Pride announced that they have signed forward Solai Washington through the 2027 season with a mutual option for the 2028 season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">\u201cSolai is a player we\u2019ve had an eye on for a while during her two years in college. Her composure on the ball, her ability to break lines and the maturity she showed at Florida State make her a fantastic fit for what we\u2019re building here,\u201d Orlando Pride head coach Seb Hines said. \u201cShe brings energy, versatility and a real competitive edge, which is what we look for in players. We\u2019re excited to have her here in Orlando and to see the impact she can make in our environment both on and off the field.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">At Florida State, the 20-year old made 35 appearances scoring eight goals and tallying four assists in two seasons. In 2025, she won the 2025 National Championship with the Seminoles.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">At 17 years old, Washington represented Jamaica at the 2023 FIFA Women\u2019s World Cup, earning three appearances at the tournament. She has earned five total appearances.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Today, the Orlando Pride announced that they have signed forward Solai Washington through the 2027 season with a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":124283,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[8216,139,141,140],"class_list":{"0":"post-124282","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-orlando","8":"tag-nwsl","9":"tag-orlando","10":"tag-orlando-headlines","11":"tag-orlando-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124282","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=124282"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124282\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/124283"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=124282"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=124282"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=124282"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}