{"id":193026,"date":"2026-03-16T03:22:22","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T03:22:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/193026\/"},"modified":"2026-03-16T03:22:22","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T03:22:22","slug":"match-report-orlando-pride-falls-2-1-to-seattle-reign-fc-in-season-opener","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/193026\/","title":{"rendered":"Match Report: Orlando Pride Falls 2-1 to Seattle Reign FC in Season Opener"},"content":{"rendered":"

ORLANDO, Fla. (March 15, 2026)\u00a0\u2013\u00a0The\u00a0Orlando Pride (0-1-0, 0 points)\u00a0fell 2-1 to\u00a0Seattle Reign FC (1-0-0,\u00a03 points)\u00a0in their season opener\u00a0on Sunday\u00a0evening\u00a0at\u00a0Inter&Co\u00a0Stadium.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/p>\n

Veteran midfielder\u00a0Jess Fishlock\u00a0opened the scoring\u00a0for the visitors\u00a0in the 24th minute\u00a0after being played through on goal by\u00a0N\u00e9rilia\u00a0Mond\u00e9sir.\u00a0Seattle could have extended its lead if not for goalkeeper Anna Moorhouse, who made three diving saves throughout\u00a0the half to\u00a0keep\u00a0the Pride within striking distance. Orlando nearly leveled before the break when Rafaelle found the net off a corner kick in the 42nd minute, but the goal was waved off due to a foul in the box.\u00a0 <\/p>\n

Just as the\u00a0two\u00a0teams entered halftime, the match\u00a0entered an inclement weather delay that lasted over\u00a0two and\u00a0a\u00a0half hours.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/p>\n

Following\u00a0the extensive delay, the Pride\u00a0would find an equalizer just\u00a0six minutes into the second half\u00a0after\u00a0Haley McCutcheon\u00a0fed Barbra Banda down the left wing.\u00a0The Zambian\u00a0international drove into\u00a0the box before\u00a0calmly slotting home\u00a0her first goal of the season\u00a0in her first match since August\u00a016, 2025.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/p>\n

The\u00a0match\u00a0also saw\u00a0a number of\u00a0professional and Club debuts for the Pride. Seven Castain started the match, making\u00a0her professional debut\u00a0after\u00a0signing\u00a0with the Pride in the offseason out of Texas Christian University. Reagan Raabe and Solai Washington also made their\u00a0professional\u00a0debuts coming on as\u00a0second-half\u00a0substitutes, while defenders Hailie Mace and Hannah Anderson made their Pride debuts as Mace earned the\u00a0start\u00a0and Anderson came in as a second-half sub.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/p>\n

The\u00a0Pride will\u00a0be back home on Friday, March 20, as they\u00a0host\u00a0NWSL expansion side\u00a0Denver Summit\u00a0FC\u00a0(0-1-0, 0 points)\u00a0at\u00a0Inter&Co\u00a0Stadium\u00a0with kickoff at 8 p.m. ET (Victory+).<\/p>\n

\n Scoring Summary:<\/p>\n

24\u2019 Jess Fishlock (N\u00e9rilia Mond\u00e9sir) – SEA 1, ORL 0<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n

51\u2019 Barbra Banda\u00a0(Haley McCutcheon) – SEA 1, ORL 1<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n

83\u2019 Brittany Ratcliffe\u00a0(N\u00e9rilia Mond\u00e9sir.) – SEA 2, ORL 1<\/a><\/p>\n

\n Head Coach Seb Hines:<\/p>\n

“Disappointing result… Obviously, tough as well when you go so long for a break. I don\u2019t feel like we started the game too well. We allowed Seattle to get on top in the first 15 minutes, and we got back into the game with some really good opportunities to score. When you have opportunities like that, you have to punish the team. We didn\u2019t do that in the first half, but we started the second half well\u2014right on the front foot, everything that we asked. We made some adjustments, we changed [Jacquie] Ovalle over to the left-hand side, [Seven] Castain to the right-hand side, asked Barbra [Banda] to stay on the left-hand side and we got the reward with the goal. Then, we let ourselves down towards the end. But there will be some growing to do. There are many young players finding their feet in the league. I just told them you don\u2019t lose the league in the first game. You have to keep building and moving forward. They fully understand that.”<\/p>\n

The Pride will\u00a0take\u00a0on\u00a0Denver Summit FC\u00a0this\u00a0Friday, March 20, at\u00a0Inter&Co\u00a0Stadium. Kickoff is set for\u00a08\u00a0p.m. ET on\u00a0Victory+.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ORLANDO, Fla. (March 15, 2026)\u00a0\u2013\u00a0The\u00a0Orlando Pride (0-1-0, 0 points)\u00a0fell 2-1 to\u00a0Seattle Reign FC (1-0-0,\u00a03 points)\u00a0in their season opener\u00a0on…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":193027,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[9576,89863,9947,89864,115,139,141,140,3968,89470,84830,89861,89862],"class_list":["post-193026","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-barbra-banda","tag-hailie-mace","tag-haley-mccutcheon","tag-hannah-anderson","tag-news","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-news","tag-orlando-pride","tag-orlvssea-03-15-2026","tag-reagan-raabe","tag-seven-castain","tag-solai-washington"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193026","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=193026"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193026\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/193027"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=193026"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=193026"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=193026"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}