Kansas City, MO. (Sept. 11, 2026) \u2013\u00a0Barbra Banda scored a brace\u00a0as the\u00a0Orlando Pride (9-11-3,\u00a030\u00a0points)\u00a0drew\u00a02-2\u00a0against\u00a0the\u00a0Kansas\u00a0City Current (11-8-5,\u00a038\u00a0points)\u00a0in their\u00a0visit to\u00a0CPKC\u00a0Stadium on\u00a0Friday\u00a0night. <\/p>\n
The\u00a0Pride\u00a0opened\u00a0the\u00a0scoring in\u00a0the\u00a043rd\u00a0minute\u00a0against\u00a0the run\u00a0of play\u00a0after\u00a0Ally Lemos\u00a0struck\u00a0a\u00a0lofted ball\u00a0up\u00a0field\u00a0to\u00a0Banda\u00a0who\u00a0let\u00a0it bounce\u00a0once\u00a0before\u00a0volleying\u00a0home\u00a0a\u00a0long-range\u00a0effort. <\/p>\n
Banda\u00a0doubled\u00a0the Pride\u2019s\u00a0lead in the\u00a050th\u00a0minute\u00a0when\u00a0Hailie Mace\u00a0played\u00a0her\u00a0through\u00a0on the\u00a0left wing\u00a0before\u00a0the\u00a0recent\u00a0Ballon\u00a0d\u2019Or\u00a0nominee\u00a0spun past\u00a0her\u00a0defender\u00a0to dribble into\u00a0the box and\u00a0slot\u00a0a\u00a0low,\u00a0right-footed\u00a0strike\u00a0home at the near\u00a0post.\u00a0The goal\u00a0was Banda\u2019s 16th of the season,\u00a0extending her\u00a0single-season\u00a0club record\u00a0and marking\u00a0her\u00a0fourth\u00a0brace\u00a0of the\u00a0year\u00a0and\u00a0the\u00a0ninth of her\u00a0career. <\/p>\n
Kansas City\u00a0responded\u00a0just three minutes\u00a0later\u00a0as\u00a0Temwa\u00a0Chawinga\u00a0found\u00a0space\u00a0on\u00a0a\u00a0counterattack to\u00a0strike\u00a0a\u00a0shot\u00a0through\u00a0traffic\u00a0and\u00a0halve\u00a0the\u00a0deficit.\u00a0Elizabeth\u00a0Bell\u00a0then found\u00a0an\u00a0equalizer\u00a0for\u00a0the Current\u00a0following a\u00a0corner kick,\u00a0getting on the\u00a0end of a loose\u00a0ball\u00a0inside\u00a0the\u00a0six-yard box to level the match in the 56th minute.<\/p>\n
\n Interim\u00a0Head Coach\u00a0Yolanda Thomas:<\/p>\n
\u201cIt feels disappointing when\u00a0you\u2019re up\u00a0two-zero\u00a0and\u00a0you don\u2019t\u00a0come out with\u00a0three points, but\u00a0the fact\u00a0that we are\u00a0now feeling\u00a0disappointed about\u00a0not getting\u00a0three points\u00a0in\u00a0a game\u00a0like\u00a0this is\u00a0a\u00a0testament to\u00a0how far\u00a0we\u2019ve come\u00a0in just a\u00a0week and a\u00a0half.\u00a0So,\u00a0still,\u00a0to\u00a0go into this\u00a0atmosphere,\u00a0given\u00a0what\u00a0we\u2019ve\u00a0been\u00a0through\u00a0and to get\u00a0a point,\u00a0is still\u00a0a good\u00a0thing for us.\u00a0I\u2019m\u00a0proud with\u00a0the\u00a0effort put forth\u00a0and\u00a0the fact\u00a0that\u00a0we\u2019ve\u00a0come out\u00a0of here with a point.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Pride will\u00a0now return to Central Florida as they\u00a0continue to\u00a0push for a\u00a0third\u00a0consecutive\u00a0NWSL\u00a0playoffs\u00a0appearance,\u00a0hosting\u00a0the Portland Thorns\u00a0next Saturday, Sept. 19,\u00a0at Inter.co Stadium (4 p.m. ET | ION).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kansas City, MO. (Sept. 11, 2026) \u2013\u00a0Barbra Banda scored a brace\u00a0as the\u00a0Orlando Pride (9-11-3,\u00a030\u00a0points)\u00a0drew\u00a02-2\u00a0against\u00a0the\u00a0Kansas\u00a0City Current (11-8-5,\u00a038\u00a0points)\u00a0in their\u00a0visit to\u00a0CPKC\u00a0Stadium…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":397648,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[88927,9576,89863,9947,158156,9946,9577,115,139,141,140,3968,6230,6224],"class_list":["post-397647","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-ally-lemos","tag-barbra-banda","tag-hailie-mace","tag-haley-mccutcheon","tag-kcvsorl-09-11-2026","tag-kerry-abello","tag-kylie-strom","tag-news","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-news","tag-orlando-pride","tag-rafaelle-souza","tag-viviana-villacorta"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/397647","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=397647"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/397647\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/397648"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=397647"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=397647"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=397647"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}