{"id":372873,"date":"2026-08-16T09:16:14","date_gmt":"2026-08-16T09:16:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/372873\/"},"modified":"2026-08-16T09:16:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-16T09:16:14","slug":"hanks-returns-from-injury-and-scores-game-winner-in-portlands-2-1-win-over-orlando","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/372873\/","title":{"rendered":"Hanks returns from injury and scores game-winner in Portland&#8217;s 2-1 win over Orlando"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Caiya Hanks returned after a 14-month absence while recovering from an ACL injury to score the winning goal in the Portland Thorns\u2019 2-1 victory over the Orlando&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Caiya Hanks returned after a 14-month absence while recovering from an ACL injury to score the winning goal in the Portland Thorns&#8217; 2-1 victory over the Orlando Pride on Saturday night. <\/p>\n<p>In the only other game in the National Women\u2019s Soccer League, Racing Louisville routed the Boston Legacy 4-1.<\/p>\n<p>Eight minutes after coming on as a substitute, Hanks scored in the 96th minute to give the Thorns (10-6-4) the victory at Portland\u2019s Providence Park.<\/p>\n<p>                                            &#13;<br \/>\n                                                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kare11.com\/assets\/shared-images\/icons\/arrow-circle-down.svg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>                                            &#13;<br \/>\n                                                This story continues below.&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Deyna Castellanos gave Portland the lead in the 58th minute with a curling shot from a tight angle. Pietra Tordin got her ninth assist on the goal.<\/p>\n<p>Jacqueline Ovalle scored for the Pride in the 63rd minute to level it at 1-1. Orlando (7-11-2) has lost three straight. <\/p>\n<p>Barbra Banda started for the Pride after returning from playing for Zambia in the Women&#8217;s Africa Cup of Nations. <\/p>\n<p>U.S. national team defender Meghan Klingenberg, who played for Portland Thorns from 2016-2024, was honored before the match by the club.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nKayla Fischer&#8217;s brace leads Racing Louisville                    <\/p>\n<p>Kayla Fischer had her first career brace in Racing Louisville&#8217;s biggest win of the season. <\/p>\n<p>She scored her first in the 44th minute then drew a foul in the box on Boston defender Jorelyn Carabal\u00ed in the 51st minute. Midfielder Katie O\u2019Kane converted the penalty kick to make it 2-0.<\/p>\n<p>Louisville (6-11-2) went up 3-0 on Emma Sears&#8217;s goal in the 59th minute and some three minutes later, Sears\u2019 cross found Fischer for the volley and a 4-0 lead.<\/p>\n<p>Sammy Smith headed home the only score for the Legacy in the 95th minute. Louisville is still in search of their first clean sheet of the season.<\/p>\n<p>The Legacy (5-10-5) have conceded four goals in back-to-back matches.<\/p>\n<p>                <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/soccer\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">See AP\u2019s full soccer coverage here<\/a>              <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Caiya Hanks returned after a 14-month absence while recovering from an ACL injury to score the winning goal&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":372874,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[139,141,140],"class_list":["post-372873","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\/372873","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=372873"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/372873\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/372874"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=372873"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=372873"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=372873"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}