ORLANDO, Fla. (July 10, 2026)\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Orlando Pride (6-6-2, 20 points)\u00a0defeated the Kansas City Current (8-6-0, 24 points) 3-0 on Friday night at\u00a0Inter&Co\u00a0Stadium, securing the Club’s fourth straight home win and handing Kansas City its first loss in its last five trips to Orlando.\u00a0 <\/p>\n
The two sides played to a scoreless first half, with both teams generating opportunities in attack but unable to find the opening goal before the halftime break.\u00a0 <\/p>\n
Just four minutes after the restart, Marta opened the scoring for the Pride, curling a left-footed strike from distance into the back of the net off\u00a0a layoff from Jacquie Ovalle. The finish marked Marta’s 50th goal across all competitions for the Pride, making her the first player in Club history to reach the milestone, while Ovalle recorded her team-leading third assist of the 2026 campaign.\u00a0 <\/p>\n
The Pride doubled their advantage in the 57th minute off a corner kick, as Ally Lemos delivered a\u00a0curled\u00a0ball into the box that was headed home by defender Hannah Anderson. The finish\u00a0was Anderson’s second goal of the season, while Lemos collected her second assist\u00a0of\u00a0the campaign. Both players previously recorded their first goal and first assist of the\u00a0year, respectively, in the Club’s\u00a0victory over the Chicago Stars\u00a0on March 20.\u00a0 <\/p>\n
Checking in as a second-half substitute, Barbra Banda capped the scoring in the 85th minute, capitalizing on a misplayed clearance by the Kansas City goalkeeper outside the penalty area before\u00a0calmly\u00a0slotting\u00a0the ball home. The\u00a0goal\u00a0was Banda’s league-leading 12th goal of the 2026 season\u00a0and her first-ever goal scored as a substitute.\u00a0 <\/p>\n
The Pride held Kansas City scoreless to secure their fifth clean sheet of the 2026 campaign, the third-highest total in the NWSL. Goalkeeper Anna Moorhouse led the defensive effort, recording a season-high nine saves in her 100th appearance across all competitions for the Club,\u00a0becoming the fifth player in Pride history to reach the milestone.\u00a0The nine saves are the second most she has\u00a0recorded\u00a0in a match in her NWSL career.<\/p>\n
\n Head Coach Seb Hines:<\/p>\n
\u201cReally\u00a0pleased with the result.\u00a0I think it\u00a0was quite even in the\u00a0first half. We had some half-chances, and we tried to stop their key players from having\u00a0a big influence\u00a0on the game. I\u00a0thought\u00a0the players implemented the\u00a0game plan\u00a0very well.\u00a0We had some really outstanding\u00a0performances.\u00a0I thought it was a really big collective effort from everyone.\u00a0I thought we showed what we were capable of doing.\u00a0It was nice to get some goals and a clean sheet\u00a0at\u00a0the end of it.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Pride will remain in Central Florida as they take on Boston Legacy FC on Wednesday, July 15. Kickoff from Inter&Co Stadium is set for 7 p.m. ET with the match streaming on NWSL+.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ORLANDO, Fla. (July 10, 2026)\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Orlando Pride (6-6-2, 20 points)\u00a0defeated the Kansas City Current (8-6-0, 24 points) 3-0 on…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":336728,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[88927,6216,9576,89864,6233,6659,115,139,141,140,3968,138021,89862,6226],"class_list":["post-336727","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-ally-lemos","tag-anna-moorhouse","tag-barbra-banda","tag-hannah-anderson","tag-jacquie-ovalle","tag-marta","tag-news","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-news","tag-orlando-pride","tag-orlvskc-07-10-2026","tag-solai-washington","tag-zara-chavoshi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/336727","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=336727"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/336727\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/336728"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=336727"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=336727"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=336727"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}