Orlando, Fla. (05\/02\/2026) \u2013 The Washington Spirit tallied its fourth consecutive win Saturday night with a four-goal outing against the Pride on the road. Forward Sofia Cantore set a new NWSL record with the fastest brace in league history before Claudia Mart\u00ednez and Trinity Rodman added two more goals in the second half.<\/p>\n
After a 90-minute weather delay, Washington started the match off with a bang as Cantore scored in the second minute of action. Rodman found Cantore running toward the top of the box and the Italian settled the ball before firing it into the right side of the net for her second goal of the season. Less than four minutes later, a great save from Spirit goalkeeper Sandy MacIver led to Cantore doubling the Spirit\u2019s lead at the other end. MacIver dove and saved an Orlando shot into the inside of the post and back out into the box. On the counterattack, Washington pushed downfield. Again being fed by Rodman, Cantore made a move around Orlando goalkeeper Anna Moorhouse in the box and fired a tough-angle shot into the open net to make it 2-0.<\/p>\n
Roughly 20 minutes later, the Pride was awarded a penalty kick for a foul in the Spirit box. Looking to cut the Spirit lead in half, Ally Lemos stepped up to the spot but was saved to the right by diving MacIver. Not quite out of danger yet, the ball bounced out for a Pride corner kick. Orlando would find star forward Barbra Banda in the box on the ensuing corner for a turnaround shot into the back of the net to make it 1-2 Washington.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Spirit worked to\u00a0maintain\u00a0the lead heading into\u00a0halftime\u00a0but Banda would strike again in the 39th minute. Possessing the ball in a crowded box once again, Banda fired the ball near-side between MacIver and the post to level the score at two goals apiece going into the break.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Washington made two adjustments to start the final 45 with midfielder Andi Sullivan coming on for Hal Hershfelt and defender Kate Wiesner for Lucia Di Guglielmo. Ten minutes into the second half, forward Claudia Mart\u00ednez gave the Spirit the lead once again with her second career NWSL goal. Thanks to a through ball from midfielder Leicy Santos, Mart\u00ednez broke away and went one-on-one with Moorhouse before sending a hard shot into the back netting.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Shortly after, forward Rosemonde Kouassi\u00a0entered the match for Cantore to add fresh legs\u00a0in\u00a0the attack. Kouassi made an impact quickly, creating a fourth Spirit goal in the 71st minute with Rodman. Kouassi\u00a0made a run down the right side and sent a cross in close where Rodman tapped it home to restore Washington\u2019s two-goal lead.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Spirit was able to limit Orlando chances on the attack throughout the final 20 minutes of play until the final whistle blew. With four straight wins, Washington will head home with 15 points on the table through eight matches. After today\u2019s action, Cantore, Rodman and Santos are the team\u2019s leading scorers at three goals apiece while Kouassi and Rodman are tied for the most assists this season at three as well.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Next up, the Spirit will\u00a0continue a streak of away matches as it heads west to Seattle for a matchup with Reign FC on Sunday, May 10.\u00a0Kicking off at 7 p.m. EDT, the match will air on Victory+.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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-NWSL Match Report-\u00a0<\/p>\n
Match:\u00a0Orlando Pride\u00a0vs.\u00a0Washington Spirit\u00a0<\/p>\n
Date:\u00a0Saturday,\u00a0May\u00a02, 2026\u00a0<\/p>\n
Venue:\u00a0Inter&Co\u00a0Stadium\u00a0(Orlando, Fla.)\u00a0<\/p>\n
Kickoff:\u00a04\u00a0p.m. EDT\u00a0<\/p>\n
Weather: Rainy, high-70s\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Scoring Summary:\u00a0<\/p>\n
Goals\u00a0
\n1\u00a0
\n2\u00a0
\nF\u00a0<\/p>\n
Orlando\u00a0
\n2\u00a0
\n0\u00a0
\n2\u00a0<\/p>\n
Washington\u00a0
\n2\u00a0
\n2\u00a0
\n4\u00a0<\/p>\n
WAS\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Sofia Cantore\u00a0\u2013\u00a02\u2032\u00a0(assisted\u00a0by Trinity Rodman)\u00a0<\/p>\n
WAS\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Sofia Cantore\u00a0\u2013 6\u2032 (assisted\u00a0by Trinity Rodman)\u00a0<\/p>\n
ORL\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Barbra Banda\u00a0\u2013 33\u2032\u00a0(assisted\u00a0by Rafaelle)\u00a0<\/p>\n
ORL\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Barbra Banda\u00a0\u2013 39\u2019\u00a0(assisted\u00a0by Oihane)\u00a0<\/p>\n
WAS\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Claudia Mart\u00ednez\u00a0\u2013 55\u2032 (assisted\u00a0by Leicy Santos)\u00a0<\/p>\n
WAS\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Trinity Rodman\u00a0\u2013 71\u2032 (assisted\u00a0by Rosemonde Kouassi)\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/p>\n
Lineups:\u00a0<\/p>\n
ORL:\u00a01\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Anna Moorhouse;\u00a012\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Cori Dyke; 4\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Rafaelle; 5\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Hailie Mace; 21\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Oihane\u00a0(23 \u2013 Nicole Payne, 66\u2019);\u00a07\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Angelina\u00a0(8 \u2013 Luana, 74\u2019); 2\u00a0\u2013 Haley McCutcheon; 6\u00a0\u2013 Ally Lemos\u00a0(30 \u2013 Seven Castain, 79\u2019); 11 \u2013 Barbra Banda; 28 \u2013 Summer Yates\u00a0(80 \u2013 Simone Jackson, 66\u2019); 29 \u2013 Solai\u00a0Washington\u00a0(20 \u2013 Julie Doyle, 66\u2019)\u00a0<\/p>\n
Unused Substitutes:\u00a031\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Cara Martin;\u00a010\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Marta;\u00a038\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Reagan Raabe;\u00a041\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Hannah Anderson\u00a0<\/p>\n
WAS:\u00a018\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Sandy MacIver;\u00a014\u00a0\u2013 Gabrielle Carle; 9 \u2013 Tara Rudd; 24 \u2013 Esme Morgan; 13 \u2013 Lucia Di Guglielmo\u00a0(6 \u2013 Kate Wiesner, 46\u2019); 4\u00a0\u2013 Rebeca Bernal;\u00a010\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Leicy Santos;\u00a017 \u2013 Hal\u00a0Hershfelt\u00a0(12 \u2013 Andi Sullivan, 46\u2019);\u00a02\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Trinity Rodman\u00a0(21\u00a0\u2013 Gift Monday, 81\u2019); 27\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Sofia Cantore\u00a0(19 \u2013 Rosemonde Kouassi, 60\u2019);\u00a011 \u2013\u00a0Claudia Mart\u00ednez\u00a0(5 \u2013 \u00c9lisabeth\u00a0Ts\u00e9, 72\u2019)\u00a0<\/p>\n
Unused Substitutes:\u00a031\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Kaylie Collins;\u00a016 \u2013 Tamara Bolt; 26 \u2013 Paige Metayer;\u00a035\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Madison Haugen\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/p>\n
Stats Summary:\u00a0ORL\u00a0\/\u00a0WAS\u00a0<\/p>\n
Shots:\u00a016\u00a0\/\u00a010\u00a0<\/p>\n
Shots On Goal:\u00a08\u00a0\/\u00a07\u00a0<\/p>\n
Saves:\u00a03\u00a0\/\u00a07\u00a0<\/p>\n
Fouls:\u00a010\u00a0\/\u00a07\u00a0<\/p>\n
Offsides:\u00a01\u00a0\/\u00a05\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/p>\n
Misconduct Summary:\u00a0<\/p>\n
WAS\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Lucia Di Guglielmo\u00a0\u2013\u00a019\u2032 \u2013 Yellow Card\u00a0<\/p>\n
WAS\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Esme Morgan\u00a0\u2013 78\u2032 \u2013 Yellow Card\u00a0<\/p>\n
WAS\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Sandy MacIver\u00a0\u2013 82\u2032 \u2013 Yellow Card<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Orlando, Fla. (05\/02\/2026) \u2013 The Washington Spirit tallied its fourth consecutive win Saturday night with a four-goal outing…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":256299,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[139,141,140],"class_list":["post-256298","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256298","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=256298"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256298\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/256299"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=256298"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=256298"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=256298"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}